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Journal of a Voyage out to New Zealand, 1840.

Epuni and the natives took Awhanga before Mr. Murphy, who awarded the pig to the natives, who had brought it from “Waiderop.”… John’s College on July 3rd, 1846: “I hope Mita Uru (Mr. Yule) will look out for a comfortable vessel for you to come up in, at any rate more comfortable than the Swan for she was wretchedly uncomfortable, and I hope that he will not trade along the Coast with you on board and make a floating pig-sty of her, for if he does that will be another source of discomfort as it was with us. [From Chapter X.

Posted 27 April 2008 † Yuletide § Aside ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sketch

He walks by sliding his chin back and forth through the air, swimming forwards, the rest of his body trailing behind. He wears the blue uniform of an off-duty athlete proudly. His hair is slicked back impeccably, like a real Italian, or perhaps an _American Psycho_.

Posted 04 April 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

H&M Newbury St. Boston

Suddenly, as is often the case, the volume of lymphoma-and-related cases exploded—all were husbands forced to endure retail hell for their post-war wives.

…He fades to the first floor like a wanderlust ancient sarcophagus, poised and stationary in his rigid dimension, arms solemnly crossed across neat t-shirted chest; he is facing off against an imaginary adversary.

Posted 01 April 2008 † Yuletide § Creative Nonfiction ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

writing over break

The first bald guy is not yet his lover — they are business colleagues, they met at the cafe in newton, the man is a programmer – a consultant who works from home.

…Streetcar suburbs are green and purple, the commuters run to catch their double-decker diesels, while th einner ringers walk with ease—theirs is a five minute interval during rush hour.

Posted 31 March 2008 † Yuletide § Incoherence § Snippets ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,