today_yesterday
- i_love a_ghost 050711
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tessa rice joy 060718
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; ) tending_gardens day_and_night 070109
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no reason dating_perfection
escape_closure
130307
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raze build_me_a_world as_winter_fades 130310
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raze go_on_and_get_moving, son. 130313
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raze 21st_century foot_cramp 130313
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raze fuckity clutter 130316
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raze blathing talent
kick aside_beside
130318
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raze beautiful_and_weird half_asleep_thoughts 130319
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no reason passive betrayal
meanwhile things_go_up_in_flames
130320
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raze i_am_jack's passing_feeling 130322
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Lovers Lament vicodin worked.

^ Just btw, a truer non statement has never been made. I guess now that I stated it, it's not a non statement anymore?

This isn't working.
130322
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raze weird_confessions, cruel_ironies 130324
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raze ugly celebrities_who_remind_you_of_people 130326
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Lovers Lament focus commitment 130326
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Lovers Lament ah focus 130327
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lg ever_changing turning 130327
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Lovers Lament basic_goodness expires 130328
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raze ludicrous people_i've_lost 130329
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raze unexpected advice 130330
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do they? chickens standing_at_an_upstairs_window 130331
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raze i_found_my_heart eaten 130401
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raze marilyn_monroe, eater_of_books

(she really was a voracious reader, too)
130401
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raze honestly, what_made_you_smile_today? 130403
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raze you_smell_like something_elliot_smith_once_said 130404
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unhinged you_smell_like half_asleep_thoughts 130405
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raze talk_is_cheap, and_i_cried_out_your_name 130408
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raze a_book_you_should_read secretly 130409
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raze my_heart_is_an_insect? unfathomable. 130411
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e_o_i talking_about_the_weather breakthrough 130412
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raze my_heart_is_an_insect: a_praying_mantis

(i was waiting for these two to line up)
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raze today_of_all_days, i_shouldn't_be_here 130414
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raze selfish arm_chair_geographers 130417
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raze on_the_other_hand, neither_wood_we 130418
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raze i'm_done proving_people_awful 130419
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raze very_punny feeling_inside_of_me 130428
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raze this_is_my_city; she's_like_a_pinwheel_camera 130501
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raze quote_of_the_day: "fake_it_till_you_make_it." 130502
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e_o_i (Damn, that's just what I was thinking. Don't be so psychic next time.) 130502
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e_o_i ...by which I mean a_code_of_conduct capture. Everyone should capture one sometime. 130502
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raze not to worrymy latent psychic abilities only emerge once every three years, in sudden sixteen second bursts. 130503
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raze predictable butterfly_dreams 130507
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e_o_i a_song_you_should_listen_to out_of_reach 130511
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raze 97 crushes 130513
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raze some_days, elephants_are_angry_drunks 130517
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e_o_i half_asleep_thoughts walk_around_naked 130518
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raze moan a_compliment_to_the_ear 130523
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raze this_night darker_still 130524
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Norm what_woke_you_up_this_morning a_well_placed_silence 130524
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raze awestruck blue_blather_blues 130529
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raze tattered group_soul_in_transit 130530
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raze foot chemistry

(something too often overlooked when it comes to relationships)
130603
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no reason ha, now it's "penis chemistry" (probably less overlooked in gay relationships) 130603
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raze staring foot

(if feet had eyes, the things they would see...)
130604
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raze life_never_repeats, you_know 130606
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raze feverish reading_and_writing 130608
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raze seek random_memorable_snippets_of_conversation 130610
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e_o_i chasing_my_tail decoy 130610
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raze reading_in_the_bathroom, messing_with_a_good_thing 130612
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raze brain_movies hit_the_nail_on_the_head

(and sometimes, they really do)
130613
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raze frightening grocery_lists 130616
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raze a_smile_that_doesn't_travel upright

(apparently some of them get around on all fours. smiles that crawl on their hands and knees. who knew?)
130623
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raze organizing what_normal_people_talk_about

(there's a dossier, you see...)
130630
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raze fails at the linkage phooey. i meant to type:

organizing what_normal_people_argue_about
130630
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e_o_i That is clearly a case of what_normal_people_talk_about desired. 130630
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raze fireflies: the_worst_gum_in_the_world

(the inside of your mouth may look pretty for a few seconds, but your breath will not be freshened in any way)
130709
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raze baby_steps, gas_station_fishfly 130713
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raze 30 past_dreams 130718
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raze heidegger, old_friend... 130724
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raze green_spandex summer_thing 130728
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raze some_days things_deserve_to_be_broken 130729
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raze mosquito, little_things_remind_me_of_you

(maybe because you're little yourself, oh annoying insectoid one)
130731
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raze serves_you_right, stomach 130810
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raze typos living_in_fear

(i like to picture them huddled together in a falling-apart cabin in the woods, trembling with such force that the clatter of their teeth can be heard miles away. typos have teeth, believe me.)
130811
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raze supper_is_whatever_you_want_it_to_be, washcloth

(yeah...i talk to washcloths. i share with them life lessons i've learned from red_blather. that's just what i do.)
130815
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raze just_because the_words_don't_match_the_song 130821
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raze mean kissing 130822
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raze televangelism maps

(not the kind you want to find folded up in your pocket when you're lost)
130903
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raze feed peter 130904
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raze singer zoo

(how many zoos can you visit where the animals break into random song?)
130908
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no reason i like weird_confessions zoo. i would visit that, for sure. 130908
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raze blatherskite_dreams unlocked 130911
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raze reading_now: steinbeck_on_sunsets 130917
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e_o_i the_borrowed_shirt dreamed_of_mon
because who says shirts can't dream?
130917
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raze flirting apparatus 130919
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raze make_your_own_tongue_twister daughter 130921
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raze more_things_learned_from_dreams i_didn't_know 130922
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raze she's pulling_teeth 130922
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raze liquid degrees_of_separation 130925
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raze persistent atheist 130927
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raze restive degrees_of_separation 131002
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raze itchy_index_finger smells 131003
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e_o_i (sometimes I suffer from) joke_splicing anxiety 131004
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raze you stagger 131008
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raze could_have_been staring 131012
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raze happy_canadian_thanksgiving october_13_slash_14

(red_blather knows its canadian holidays)
131014
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raze half_asleep_thoughts talk_to_me

(and they do. they chatter away. you wouldn't believe the things they day.)
131015
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raze holy hell, i can't type straight today. SAY! the things they SAY! 131015
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raze deleted half_asleep_thoughts

(some of the more interesting ones do erase themselves sometimes before they can be committed to memory)
131018
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raze schizophrenic headache 131025
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e_o_i in_the_trunk_of_a_car, riding_a_bicycle_down_the_stairs.

It's a big car.
131029
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raze grandpa britney

(i couldn't resist...it made me laugh)
131101
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you might have embarrassed britney 131101
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epitome of incomprehensibility (time is a) birthmark vampire

(it sucks (the colour out))
131105
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meta today_yesterday tomorrow 131105
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raze bad_puns_in_fake_kenya tonight 131105
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raze christmas headache

(they're not as festive as you'd think)
131106
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raze choose_your_own_adventure aujourd'hui 131108
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raze leave_it_up_to rudolph_steiner 131110
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raze soundtrack_to_my_teenage not_quite_truisms 131112
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raze i_am_convinced i_am_only_one_person

(said the man with dissociative identity disorder, and they pronounced him cured)
131114
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e_o_i Faulkner, what_is_your_weakest_greatness? 131114
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raze turn_on_the_bright_lights, guelph

(it's getting late)
131116
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raze i_appreciate_you, captcha 131117
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raze peter, we_are_a_magnifying_glass 131118
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raze seductive mania 131120
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raze condescending batman

("i am the night," he says. i mean, who does he think he is?!)
131123
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raze captcha critics 131125
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raze tripping transparent_things 131128
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dafremen reading_now tripping 131130
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raze i_appreciate_you, table_11

(hey, sometimes tables need to be told these things too)
131201
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raze december typos

(now cooler by six degrees)
131202
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raze the_perks_of_proofreading kraft_dinner

(because each mac_and_cheese dinner is secretly a novelist at heart, and editors get tasty rewards for their work)
131203
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raze restaurant staring 131204
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raze autograph? i_would_never_want_a_book's_autograph! 131206
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raze thinketh, fist!

(so said the shakespearean boxer to his most powerful hand between rounds)
131207
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raze chihuahua_subterfuge sonnets

(the title of my first book of poetry)
131210
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e_o_i What_is_mad? What_you_don't_know_about_me. 131211
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raze ominous math 131212
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raze tangential address 131215
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raze bass glasses

(they live low in the spectacles range)
131215
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distractyl jerk glasses

They clean up the image, but hide all the important bits... Frames too thick, like blinders keeping my focus up ahead.
131215
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e_o_i today_yesterday glasses

(the wisdom of hindsight)
131215
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e_o_i white_beach bass

(it's all about the tropical fish)
131216
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dack-till whiskey voice_range

Somewhat impaired, but with a texture that more than compensates.
131216
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raze starfish whiskey

(heavy on the calcium carbonate)
131217
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raze blathing_on_a_train? slow_loading_time.

(but not yesterday. yesterday was lightning quick.)
131219
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raze naked at_the_train_station 131221
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raze snoring professor_of_political_geometry

[[[and]]]

captcha aversion
131224
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raze "homework! occupy_the_kitchen_sink!" 131230
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raze polar_vortex motivation

(what inspires a circumpolar whirl? a bad breakup? an itchy sweater? justin bieber?)
140107
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e_o_i black snow_day 140107
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raze let's_talk_about_books, bish! 140108
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raze insistent epiphany 140109
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raze blame three_thirty_seven_pm 140110
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raze captcha courage 140113
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raze raze, professor_of_political_geometry

(no! it couldn't be!)
140114
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e_o_i the_earth_is_broken, melted 140114
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e_o_i ('twixt mixed_tape and global warming) 140114
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raze bent casio_SK1

(it's a real thing! and i didn't try to make it line up that way!)
140116
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raze kvetch? well_why_not? 140117
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e_o_i stereotypical_scares: self_esteem_lowering 140118
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raze band_practice xiv

(because sometimes you need roman numerals to keep track of these things)
140124
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raze limitless orion

blather_speaks: "eat_your_desert!"
140128
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raze what_made_you_smile_today, dear_michael_bay? 140130
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e_o_i eschew typos! 140201
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raze blather_erotica band_practice

(because it made an amused smile happen, even if it doesn't make much sense)
140203
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raze pete_seeger pillow

(the kind of pillow that sings you to sleep and gives you stuff to ponder)
140204
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raze pinky_swear crushes

(i swear i like you! i swear with my littlest finger!)
140206
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e_o_i petty worm_screams 140206
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raze how_do_you_like_your_roses enforced? 140209
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flowerock today_yesterday serial_story 140210
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raze cannibalism crushes

("did you see that guy who just walked by? he's so dreamy. i'd love to eat him with some garlic butter and a side of carrots.")
140213
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raze valentines_day cannibalism 140214
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raze uncultivated heavy_hearts_get_lighter 140215
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flowerock things_learned_from_dreams , heavy_hearts_get_lighter 140215
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flowerock captcha today_yesterday
(what are you waiting for?)
140216
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raze o upside_down_blathe

(a paean, surely)
140217
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raze the_larceny_of_not_knowing what_made_you_smile_today

(and the accidental poetry of blathe titles)
140219
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raze george, what_the_fuck_am_i_doing_here? 140227
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raze speed_reading blind_book_date 140301
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flowerok more_things_learned_from_dreams , blatherskite_dreams (dramatic, specific) 140301
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raze captcha days

("capture days", as said by someone with a thick brooklyn accent?)
140302
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raze toronto, my_soul_is_buried

(you need to talk to cities like they're people sometimes. they need to know what's on your mind. me? i'm talking to sarasota right now.)
140303
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raze iced_curry_peaches captcha

(in some cultures, the captcha isn't only a security measure; it's also a delicacy available in many stimulating flavour configurations)
140305
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raze she's a_painting_the_world_made 140307
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raze missing mountain_goats 140308
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flowerock bob_dylan , sometimes_I_see_things_that_aren't_there

(bob dylan sees them too, don't worry)
140308
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raze aromatic chair 140309
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e_o_i mind, what_would_i_say? 140309
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raze fertile failure 140312
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raze slightly_rehearsed side_effects

(choose your secondary effects, within reason)
140314
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e_o_i nervous_accents other_you

(treat "other" as a verb, and it works)
140315
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raze evolve, girl_with_curls

(grow some wings, stat)
140317
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raze night_is_alive_with_the_folly_of_men looking_in_windows 140319
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raze random_beef playoffs 140320
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raze captcha absorption

(that would be an odd sensation, wouldn't it?)
140322
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raze gloved mandolin

(musical instruments get cold fingers too)
140324
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raze this_morning blather_don't_be_slow

(default morning thought when the computer gets powered up these days)
140325
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raze carly guacamole

(a tasty superhero)
140326
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raze natural_people advice

(it's best to stick with this. unnatural people always try to steer you wrong.)
140328
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raze fails at the linkage that should have been:

natural_person advice
140328
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raze in_this_hole, digging 140402
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raze a_picture_you_should_see, anne_szumigalski

(just because it rhymes)
140403
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raze bilingual name_discrimination

("robert" is fine, but if you pronounce yourself "ROW-BEAR", well, we might have a problem…)
140403
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raze button jumping_in_slow_motion

(if a button fell off of your shirt, or my shirt, or anyone's shirt, and the first thing it did with its freedom was this, i think it would be pretty entertaining. some buttons must secretly long to leap with such a lack of speed that they seem to those who are not buttons to be floating or flying. surely they must.)
140404
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raze captcha: making_the_possible_impossible

(keeping spambots out since 2006)
140405
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raze very_punny misnomer 140411
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raze spring_begins: good_news

(unless you live here, where in 2014 spring apparently doesn't begin until june)
140415
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raze upright batteries

(they do stand, sometimes, when they feel up to it)
140417
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raze captcha reborn_as_alcohol

(a strange thing to drink, i'd imagine, whatever form it took. and can you really get a buzz going after just four characters?)
140420
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raze car_commercial substitute 140424
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e_o_i dog_interview: fun_with_google_translate

(Whaddya mean it doesn't do dog-human yet? Why not?)
140425
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raze e_o_i_asks: what_made_you_smile_today? 140426
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raze captcha obscured

(how can ye type what ye cannot see?)
140428
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raze previous culinary_epiphanies 140430
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flowerock curious squirrels 140503
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raze thigh fish_evolution

(you haven't lived until you've seen a thigh fish. and you *really* haven't lived until you've watched a thigh fish evolve in real-time.)
140506
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raze russian notes_to_the_brain

(sample note: "Вы мягки и мягкими, я уверен, но ваш тяжесть дает мне паузу. давайте молиться за избытком гороха, вы в вашем замке и меня в моей ухоженный тюрьме."

english translation: "you are soft and fluffy, i'm sure, but your heaviness gives me pause. let us pray for excess peas, you in your castle and me in my manicured prison.")
140507
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raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning, daffodils?

(you have to talk to flowers sometimes. ask them how they're doing.)
140513
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raze suitcase cliques 140514
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raze enlightening sorting_hat 140519
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raze lady_a, you_can_do_better. 140522
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raze misheard random_memorable_snippets_of_conversation 140523
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raze corrupt cliques 140524
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raze wistful new_song 140525
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raze sexual_tension, i_appreciate_you 140530
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raze ignite cheesy_ideas

(and you get flaming cheese, in idea form)
140531
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e_o_i I_love_canadians interviewed (barbequed, they're too dry) 140531
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raze large plant 140602
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raze portals_to_discovery: auditory_hallucinations 140604
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raze predict the_wisdom_of_friends 140606
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flowerock I_didn't_know today_yesterday

and

fucking car
fucking_car
140607
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raze kardashian_rhythm raven

(it's just got a nice ring to it)
140609
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raze captcha playoffs

("voin takes on viku in a rematch of their stirring battle last year")
140611
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raze document_tags deodorant

(says, "you're it")
140612
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raze full_moon celebrities_who_remind_you_of_people

(the man in the moon! he's famous! he reminds me of someone! but who?)
140614
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flowerock bud test
bud_test

how well do you know your buds? quiz
hope you pass your bud test! piss_test
140615
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raze simply_irresistible headphones

(the ears can't stay away)
140616
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raze experimental braille_on_body 140620
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raze blather_together, it'll_be_okay 140622
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raze fails at the linkage (fine. don't accept my apostrophe.)

blather_together, it_ll_be_okay.
140622
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raze fails at the linkage well, no wonder it wouldn't link. i got a whole word wrong.

blather_together, it'll_be_ok.
140622
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raze waitress fishes

(because there are restaurants under the sea)
140623
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raze afternoon_storm days

(because today was one)
140624
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raze adult half_asleep_thoughts

(because sometimes they're r-rated)
140626
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flowerock adult clown_knows (funny AND sexy!)

what_made_you_smile_today pete ?

library dialogue (shhhhh ee hee he hee)

raze misread (when you're not sure what he/she(!?) said)

eat_youe_desert ,eif (yes mom,,,)

things_you're_not_supposed_to_say half_asleep_thoughts

even_more_things_learned_from_dreams sleep
140626
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raze profane: i'm_on_fucking_fire

(because how can you pass that one up?)
140628
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raze glitter blather

(because that would be something surreal to see)
140629
...
flowerock captcha nectarines (gotta catch em all!)

agreed, glitter blather would be pretty cool
140629
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e_o_i scary_dictionary etymology 140701
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flowerock I'm_from a_painting_you_should_see 140703
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raze misheard porch

(because some porches don't enunciate as well as they could)
140704
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raze talking_to_myself: sun_speak

(because every once in a while a person becomes a sun, and they talk like one)
140705
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raze skeleton_key holidays

(because it conjures something both celebratory and mysterious)
140706
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raze sang for_you_flux

(because she did, in the blathersong way)
140707
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e_o_i Frenemy Avenue (on the variably cloudy side of the street) 140709
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raze giant holidays

(because you know they've got at least a few of their own)
140710
...
no reason headache chicago
(couldn't have said it better myself)
140714
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raze overheard weird_confessions 140715
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raze australia infatuation

(because who says you can't have a crush on a place?)
140716
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e_o_i Email_surprise: phone_tag! 140716
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raze even_more_things_learned_from_dreams: you_can_do_weirder

(because it's true)
140717
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raze i'm_awake_because je_ne_regrette_rien 140718
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raze my_heart_is_inside_a_dying_animal headache

(becausei think i just pulled a muscle in my brain working out the logistics and metaphorical ramifications of that one)
140720
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raze lettuce_pray la_vie_en_gris

(because it rhymes once you translate the second half into english)
140721
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raze what_the_moon_eats, misspeak

(because it's got a sort of poetry to it)
140722
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no reason paid today (that would be nice)

feminist blather_erotica (curious how that would read)

resist what_made_you_smile_today (now, why would i want to do that?)

scary_dictionary heartbreaker (hurtin' words)
140723
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e_o_i (1. hm yes; 2. some of what's on here I think classifies, at least more so than Class Prejudice: The Porno (my Marxist critique of Fifty Shades of Gray - you don't have to actually read things to critique them, as I learned in school))

and The_Way_I_Write, Nose_Wise is a good title for someone's memoir, though I'm not sure whose.
140723
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raze sleep, little_fucker

(for the times when tenderness, profanity, and frustration all intersect)
140725
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raze brooklyn blog

(is loading slow, loading slow, loading slow…)
140727
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raze witness_to_a_horrible_mess: a_wedding_and_a_breakup 140728
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raze dumb_puns make_money_not_art

(because some puns are capitalists)
140729
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raze notes_to_the_brain, old_testament

(a different kind of bible)
140730
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raze shedding thursday

(another name for friday)
140801
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raze karaoke bible

(on the evening of the sixth day of his bed-in for peace, jesus rose and said, "i would like to sing 'pour some sugar on me'." and lo, the man operating the karaoke machine made it so, and the earth shook.)
140802
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raze three half_asleep_thoughts 140805
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no reason things_in_my_bed walk_away
uh-oh.
140805
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nr ha. now it's things_in_my_head walk_away 140805
...
e_o_i they're nameless 140806
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TK e_o_i's_exciting_life unhinged 140806
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raze busier train_station
naughty captcha
140807
...
raze it's_a_shame train

(and its whistle sounds like a guilt-stricken moan)
140812
...
raze [i left "naughty things_in_my_head" in case anyone else wanted to have fun with that one when those two lined up a few days ago, but the moment passed, sadly.] 140812
...
raze horny tennis

(now that i'd like to see)
140813
...
raze self_mutilation gun

(because it's an interesting if somewhat disturbing image, and those deserve preserving)
140814
...
e_o_i dance_party capitalism_a_fling

(Capitalism's a Scottish folk dance. I knew it. All the legends are true.)
140816
...
also when_the_tree_dies, dressed_like_that 140816
...
raze pescetarian dance_party 140817
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raze i_need_to_colour_the_sky (weird_facts_about_me) 140818
...
raze paranoid linguistics 140820
...
raze you_don't_need_an_iphone graveyard

(you can pay your respects to iphones that have passed any old place)
140821
...
nr misheard alcohol

(i always think i hear it saying things to me, and i listen to it, even though i'm probably mishearing)
140823
...
raze girlfriends everywhere_and_nowhere 140826
...
raze respectable asceticism 140827
...
raze misheard typos

(what sounded like a "jsut" was really a "belive")
140828
...
nr today today_yesterday 140829
...
raze intoxicate_me mostly

(i only want to be 89% drunk)
140829
...
raze silly_naked_sushi cafe 140831
...
raze pronounce typos

(because it's good for a laugh)
140903
...
nr ruthless nostalgia

ooh. i like that one.
140903
...
raze commercials set_on_fire

(some arsonist is burning the elements of advertisements)
140906
...
raze serendipitous_lending parade 140910
...
e_o_i Vertically, there's a gmail fetish, but that's a today-today. Wrong orientation. 140910
...
raze unstill_background fetish

(i can see how that could be a thing)
140911
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw sappy_pathetic_little_me 140913
...
raze melancholy headache 140918
...
raze the_sex soulmates

(they're always getting undressed)
140919
...
raze writers_who_are_the_shit intoxicate_me 140921
...
raze it_was_so_easy, ron 140923
...
raze out_of_control garbage_orchids 140929
...
e_o_i Ello! Quiet_in_here, eh? 140929
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw ottawa

(i think the today / yesterday columns are turning into accidental comedians here)
140930
...
raze unsafe unconscious_creativity 141004
...
e_o_i Antarctica_music cellist (a very specialized musician) 141007
...
raze thanks, running_shoes

(for all you do to make running possible)
141013
...
raze movie_marathon mouse_trap

(just because it sounds fun when you say it out loud)
141015
...
raze what_made_you_chuckle_today, cellist?

(i suspect it was something to do with old rosin and a granola bar)
141016
...
raze sea_enemas: the_sky's_disguise

(an educational television program like no other)
141019
...
raze callous proximity 141021
...
raze i_love_canadians weirdly 141026
...
raze scary_dictionary in_the_pool

(no! deliver its pages from water!)
141104
...
raze blatherskite_dreams for_those_of_us_who_fall_in_love 141111
...
raze go_fish, fractured_heart 141112
...
raze winter hair_symmetry 141118
...
raze and_still_more_things_learned_from_dreams grow_younger 141203
...
e_o_i (in the not-so-distant future): What_do_you_do_with_that tape? 141205
...
raze and now it's:
what_do_you_do_with_that dominatrix?
141205
...
raze time_capsule mouthwash

(not guaranteed to effectively freshen breath so far past its sell-by date)
141208
...
e_o_i I_forgive_you, mouthwash!

(I see your Listerine and I raise you a Crest Whitening Something-or-other, raze. The stakes are getting cleaner and cleaner.)
141208
...
raze (nooooo! the cleanliness, it is electric!) 141208
...
raze what_colour_would_i_be whispering? 141210
...
nr matt stares 141210
...
leni you_you_you and_still_more_things_i_learned_from_dreams 141211
...
nr what_made_you_smile_today and_still_more_things_learned_from_dreams 141216
...
raze you_not_you what_made_you_smile_today?

(because sometimes you get picky about who you're asking)
141217
...
raze caffeine saxophone

(the horn that keeps you up all night)
141218
...
raze guess_what, spiders_and_strangers?

(now THAT's a line)
141219
...
raze don't_look_back; the_floor_is_made_of_lava 141220
...
raze festive adult_stressors

(because they sometimes break out their party hats when you're not looking)
141225
...
raze captcha captivity_narratives 141229
...
raze enigmatic concept 141230
...
raze dream bathroom_graffiti

(i wonder if the graffiti changes every time you look away and then look again)
150105
...
raze misheard rage_bubbling_up_from_nowhere 150109
...
e_o_i Facebook therapy (or not) 150109
...
raze more_films_you_should_maybe_see, kubrick

(a nonexistent list for stanley, or advice rendered in elegantly broken english?)
150110
...
e_o_i 22 more_films_you_should_maybe_see 150112
...
raze secret fog 150114
...
raze misheard song_of_the_day 150122
...
e_o_i curly Peter_Gabriel 150123
...
raze whispered from_the_past 150127
...
raze meg, i_love_you_for_seven_mental_reasons 150128
...
raze realistic rumble 150131
...
raze lead when_lust_arrives 150219
...
raze i_read_myselfi'm_on_fucking_fire

(what you might say when you're on a hot streak)
150221
...
raze too_many_hearts, too_much_not_enough 150224
...
nr two_strangers, too_many_hearts 150225
...
raze i_love_her washing_machine 150304
...
nr waiting_for_you_to_leave, you_find_yourself 150306
...
raze for_the_birds: drunk_blathing

(now that would be entertaining. birds blathing while drunk, i mean.)
150309
...
raze carnage! my_inflamed_lung

(seems like it should be the title of a poem or something, eh?)
150312
...
e_o_i Instrumental sinking_ship, playing while the Titanic burns 150312
...
raze brian_eno: karl_barth's_sister

(well, this changes things)
150313
...
raze come_back, things_in_my_head 150314
...
raze crooked blatherskite_dreams 150317
...
nr challenge a_bullet_moving_in_slow_motion 150317
...
raze slightly_rehearsed jazz 150320
...
nr the_love_that_grows_out_of_secrets happened 150320
...
nr what_i_think_is_sexy: jazz.

(i swear i didn't plan for this to happen.)
150320
...
raze blather_in_blue water_world

(it was only a matter of time before they developed underwater internet service)
150325
...
raze sensitive eyes 150326
...
raze facepalm_decay: a_painting_you_should_see 150401
...
raze en_edible_heart sequence 150402
...
raze (should have been an_edible_heart sequence

not sure why i went all germanic there…)
150402
...
raze friends: kiss_or_sex? 150405
...
raze spring_begins. spoil_it_now.

(this one was too perfect not to make note of)
150407
...
raze cherry_pie lifemist 150409
...
nr texting cherry_pie

i look forward to the delicious day this will be possible.
150411
...
raze drowned soulmate 150416
...
raze neophobic eyes 150417
...
nr tense 420
(seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me)
150421
...
raze don't_be what_made_you_smile_today 150421
...
e_o_i Living_in_the_past, everybody's_attacking_Belgium 150422
...
past intuitive deadlines 150425
...
raze go_to_bed_hungry, ron 150428
...
nr what's_best? rip_out_the_last_page. 150428
...
raze marginal maze 150502
...
nr selfish_technology 150508
...
nr minus the underscore. 150508
...
nr today_yesterday highly_sensitive.
couldn't have said it better myself.
150508
...
raze love_more like_there's_no_tomorrow 150513
...
e_o_i IELTS shit_list

(Yes, it is there. More so for people having to take the test, I imagine.)
150514
...
raze drunk mad_max 150520
...
raze misheard b_side 150523
...
raze silly, the_love_that_grows_out_of_secrets. 150525
...
nr are_we_ever_really_full, stu? 150525
...
nr distance dave

(this is clearly doomed from the start. at least it has alliteration going for it.)
150526
...
nr now it's: love_the_one_you're_with, dave

(that might've made the lyrics to that song more interesting)
150526
...
nr dreamt i_don't_belong_here 150602
...
raze his_brother_said, "interview_me." 150604
...
raze absent_minded anne_of_green_gables 150609
...
raze bone_back inertia 150612
...
nr tom_waits the_waiting_game

waits waiting?
waiting for waits?
the tom wait(s)ing game?
150613
...
nr angst ends

(if only it were that easy)
150619
...
raze indexing difficult_situations 150623
...
raze single weak_week_tweak 150626
...
nr luddite single 150629
...
unhinged one more link in the chain of lonely shit that draws in my horizon 150701
...
raze psychopathy: what_made_you_smile_today

(as opposed to "it's what's for dinner"?)
150705
...
raze anger_creates_a_demon, tongue_tied 150707
...
raze weird_confessions interlude

(this one needs its own theme song)
150720
...
raze loved_and_lonely life_without_words 150811
...
raze waking_up_sad blueberries

(whereupon they promptly become grumpy, half-awake blueberries)
150812
...
raze blueberries projecting_tension 150815
...
raze bus hangover

(ride too much and it's bound to happen)
150821
...
raze polaroid forgiveness 150823
...
leif not_over_you bookend 150824
...
raze disappearing_to_find_her being_honest 150827
...
raze death_dream_psychosis dinosaur_orgy 150828
...
raze ashley ashing_in_the_street 150829
...
nr taking_things_too_personally, ashing_in_the_street 150829
...
raze died taking_things_too_personally

(of all the ways to go...)
150831
...
nr one_and_only art_show 150907
...
raze sibling snowflakes 150908
...
raze i_feel_pretty tennis

(some days this is true. and some days i feel pretty rugby.)
150912
...
raze what_i_don't_learn_from_my_dreams: happiness_is_a_warm_cat 150918
...
raze california pharaoh 150921
...
raze dream_a_little_dream_of_me, tessa 150923
...
raze her_name_rhymes_with_fancy lowercase_world_problems 150927
...
raze admiring rilke 151005
...
raze wounded_by_must, wounded_by_dust 151007
...
raze calm life_partner 151009
...
raze olfactory_crack inertia 151020
...
raze anxiety seasons 151022
...
raze needlessly_shitty druid_or_wolf 151026
...
nr trumpet disgust 151029
...
raze unreciprocated twitter 151030
...
raze search_creature bearing_witness 151111
...
raze pete! it's_a_trap! 151116
...
raze amnesiac photographer

(shades of "memento", maybe?)
151117
...
raze terrorists_are_corny mermaid_breaths 151119
...
raze in_my_bed, roar_bacon 151120
...
e_o_i embarrassing refuge 151121
...
raze clearly there_was_this_urge 151201
...
nr clearly puzzled 151201
...
raze textured self_protection 151203
...
raze tyrants listening 151208
...
raze stretch, tyrants

(do your yoga, ya lazy despots)
151209
...
nr forceful tyrants

seems a bit redundant, but i guess tyrants can come in all types.
151209
...
nr family mouse

he's a pet.
151215
...
nr giving_up commitment

that sounds like a catch-22. you'd have to commit to giving up commitment, and then if you did commit, would you have to give that up?

yep.
151220
...
raze winter_berries, seething_resentment

(an dark seasonal sequel to "crouching tiger, hidden dragon", maybe?)
151221
...
raze (how the crap did i type "an" in there? seriously. what kind of crap is that crap? i mean, crap.) 151221
...
nr it's_a_small_world_after_all, brother 151222
...
raze others marry_creased_mousse

and then, right beneath that:

unreciprocated, we_are_golden
160109
...
raze stop_dying, snow 160111
...
raze bowie refuge

(too true)
160112
...
raze spaghetti, how_far_do_i_have_to_run?

(i ask my spaghetti this question ALL THE TIME)
160120
...
raze campus_radio regret

(i knew i shouldn't have played that song about illicit frog-juggling ...)
160126
...
nr tired_logic, stop_dying 160127
...
raze curly divorce

(some opt for a divorce-straightening device; others let the frizz fly free)
160201
...
raze attic divorce

(that's the place to do it, in front of all the spiders and dust bunnies)
160204
...
nr elliott_smith begonias

it would be neat if deceased artists grew again as flowers. (maybe they do.)
160204
...
nr the_perks_of_proofreading begonias

they usually contain far fewer typos.
160204
...
raze response_to_a_photograph_of_tadpoles: sea_enemas 160206
...
raze that'd_be_the_day, debussy 160212
...
raze flowerock all_knit_up

(staying warm with yarn, i see)
160228
...
nr don't dream 160229
...
raze fuck face

(couldn't resist. i'm going to take a wild guess and say we won't see those two showing up next to each other on the recent page too often.)
160303
...
raze integrative wheeze 160308
...
raze manipulative patient

(always gonna get that extra lollipop, doc)
160315
...
raze john_coltrane, human_like_all_of_us 160322
...
e_o_i toxic car_pet

(if you're allergic)
160325
...
raze stop_dying, anxiety

(why not live forever?)
160406
...
nr dating anxiety 160406
...
raze staff_paper prince

(the kind of royalty you can hum, if you can sight-read)
160424
...
raze active_listening playoffs

(you hear some, you talk over some)
160427
...
raze happy_birthday_you're_a_ghost equipped_with_the_skills 160503
...
raze pumpkin_oatmeal playoffs

(this makes me laugh for reasons i don't even understand)
160606
...
e_o_i That's_not_my_name, Nemo. 160607
...
raze stop_dying, sunset_rainbow. 160619
...
raze weigh_in, mother_nature 160624
...
raze stood_up purple_pride

(stood up on its side!)
160704
...
raze sneezing stu 160810
...
raze olympic_gymnasts healing_chant

(missing an apostrophe, but close enough)
160812
...
raze casual olympic_gymnasts

("i'll just do acrazy flip thingno big deal.")
160813
...
raze flirt, baby 160826
...
raze vacation time_turns_muffins_into_bricks 160828
...
raze centipedes been_called_names 160908
...
raze misread negativity 160914
...
raze baby typos

(so cute and cuddly in their wrongness)
160925
...
nr baby roll_call

"gaga!"
"waahhh!"
"gooooo!"
"waaaaahhhh!"
160925
...
e_o_i the_beatles listening_party

or

delicate listening_party

I think yesterday was really two days ago? I'm too busy to make friends with Time.
160929
...
raze between_grief_and_nothing (there is) joseph_gordon_levitt

(of course. i should have known.)
161005
...
raze captcha ambrosia 161019
...
raze fragrance captcha

(i dream of a day when we can prove we're not robots based on the way we smell)
161107
...
raze bizarro_world fragrance

(when everything smells like the opposite of what it is)
161109
...
raze important tapes 161204
...
raze lust_hurts things_you_wrote_when_you_were_young

(slaps 'em right in their faces, it does)
161215
...
raze mean singularity 161224
...
raze affirmation intersectionality 170125
...
raze volatile mockingbirds 170209
...
raze discrete celebrity_guycrushes 170308
...
raze misheard reverie 170414
...
raze things_in_my_bed commit

(ain't any noncommittal things hanging out in my sleeping space)
170426
...
raze sick_of beyonce 170529
...
raze preach half_asleep_thoughts

(my kinda church, where the priest mumbles about things that only make sense if you're resting your head against the thin wall that stands between either side of sleep)
170602
...
raze something_must_break instagram

(a hammer that chases pictures, perhaps)
170624
...
nr lock kate_bush 170625
...
raze reboot things_you_wrote_when_you_were_young

(hey, hollywood has been running out of ideas for ages now ... soon they just might start pilfering the stories of children. in some cases the results would probably be better than the movies grownups are cobbling together.)
170627
...
raze christianity reboot

(in this hip new retelling of a crowd favourite, god is a talking fig leaf who has ALL KINDS OF ZANY ADVENTURES)
170629
...
raze arrived_there. the_house_is_gone. 170702
...
raze one on top of the other:

spelling err

blatherskite_dreams approach_the_correct_food
170711
...
raze cellular satire 170719
...
raze mayor jesus_puns

(he prefers "mr. puns", but everyone calls him "jesus", and it leads to a whole lot of awkwardness)
170903
...
raze christy, i_feel_pretty 171008
...
raze the_perks_of_proofreading celebrity_girlcrushes 171110
...
raze squirrely google 171128
...
raze 2018 problems

(for the love of dogs and cats everywhere, don't go predicting that sort of thing already, blather oracle)
180101
...
raze earthquake intimacy 180421
...
raze omnichord loneliness 180626
...
raze cleverbot postmodernism 180801
...
raze fridge twisting

(sounds like an appliance store pastime gone wrong)
181010
...
raze pastry pet_peeve 181029
...
raze swarm silliness

(even the bees need a little levity sometimes)
190317
...
e_o_i a_morbid_sense_of_powerpoints preventing_christianity_in_your_children

or

Israel preventing_christianity_in_your_children

I swear I didn't plan it like that!

Oh yes, and I still haven't finished the PowerPoint story. It's just that there is a tragic background and I have Avoidance Sensors activated at times.
200108
...
nr glitter art_rock (glitter_art rock?) 200408
...
e_o_i It's like glam rock. With glitter! :) 200409
...
nr jeff_tweedy misheard
(he does mumble sometimes)
200419
...
nr happy_birthday out_of_control 200817
...
raze video technology

(an unintentional bit of symmetry, i assure you)
201028
...
raze things_in_my_bed: spit_bubble_or_eyelash? 210720
...
raze tidy ride

and

jane_says no_rain
210731
...
raze consciousness adverbs

(i know "mindfully" is a word, but is "cognizantly"?)
210803
...
raze superfluous dream_conversations 210805
...
tender square things_i_never_thought_i_would_say tracing_clouds 210807
...
tender square medical_tourism hangbone 210807
...
tender square lizard a_picture_you_should_see

(the next big superhero movie coming to a theater near you)
210807
...
raze (i'd pay to see that! there aren't enough reptilian heroes represented on the big screen if you ask me.) 210807
...
raze a_praying_mantis losing_the_data

(man, i'm never hiring an insect to work on my computer again.)
210811
...
raze morphogenesis diner

(i want to know what they've got on the menu at that place.)
210813
...
nr shame diner

"on special we have the burger and fries combo, but you probably shouldn't order it because i'm not sure you need more calories"
210813
...
raze consider what_made_you_smile_today 210815
...
raze essential temporal_lobe 210817
...
raze little_pleasure on_days_like_this 210821
...
raze conflicted yearning 210826
...
raze condiments seen_on_the_sidewalk 210829
...
raze a_kind_of_confession: i_am_a_stopwatch.

(not what you wanted to hear from me, i'm sure, but i can't lie to you.)
210831
...
raze the_microwave prayer_with_no_words

(it goes something like this: "beep. beep. beep. beeeeeeeep.")
210903
...
raze distorted things_in_my_head

and

what_made_you_sing_today, trailer?

(which is a question you ask of either a mobile home or a person who won't quit following you. either way, you'll probably get an interesting answer.)
210904
...
raze full_moon hunger_pangs

(did i hear a bit of werewolf_music just now?)
210907
...
nr avoidant_tendencies fired

(if only it were that easy!)
210909
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts: whispers_in_the_dark

(this one's pretty poetic. i likes it.)
210910
...
raze seen_on_the_sidewalk: george_bush. 210913
...
raze cry acid

(that doesn't sound like it would be much fun)
210916
...
tender square we may have been writing a lot of blathes about you lately, but you need to know

it_isn't_about_you squirrels

k?
210918
...
raze punk_as_fuck right_here 210920
...
e_o_i punk_as_fuck squirrels! 210920
...
raze (okay, that one is flat-out fantastic) 210920
...
raze take_me_back, manny_delgado

(i swear, sometimes it's uncanny how these things line up)
210922
...
raze book_club regrets 210925
...
tender square (oh boy, do i have those. ha!) 210925
...
nr yet_more_things_learned_from_dreams: her_body_is_the_sky. 210926
...
nr jennifer, what_the_fuck_am_i_doing_here? 210926
...
tender square soul_tired bodhisattva

(damn!)
210927
...
tender square kissing_the_flame: a_lesson_on_grief 210927
...
tender square windsor: designing_fate 210927
...
nr vocabulary bleeding_words

(also what_made_you_smile_today)
210927
...
raze sunflowers in_clothes 210928
...
tender square read_this_aloud: i_love_you_for_seven_mental_reasons 210929
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw kevin 210929
...
nr too_much ever_since

sums it up.
210929
...
tender square lots of goodies:

read_this_aloud. louder.

family overheard_in_conversation

mindfulness ever_since
210930
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: a_mind_spread_out_on_the_ground

(tough to step around one of those without kicking a bit of perspective or stepping on a piece of a memory, but worth the effort)
211001
...
tender square windsor ghosts 211002
...
raze save_me raze

(i couldn't resist making a note of this one. how many times is *that* going to show up on the recent page? and why do i feel like singing the theme song from "smallville" all of the sudden?)
211002
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw it's_october. 211003
...
raze current_obsessions: sex.

(not true. not quite grammatically correct, either. but funny.)
211004
...
tender square aphrodite gas_station_flowers

(a new fragrance available this fall)

the_silent_pulse: memories

(which is true!)

brandon, what_made_you_smile_today

(probably not what i wrote in there about you, my bad)
211005
...
raze where_do_you_write memories? 211005
...
raze nephew, what_are_you_reading? 211007
...
tender square to go with j's post on the importance of the "marshmallow_cream" ratio in banana splits, i give you marshmallow_cream placement. 211008
...
tender square the_wood moods 211008
...
raze listen: everything_is_automatic. 211009
...
tender square waterbed waterbirds 211010
...
raze this one sounds like the best commercial ever:

surprised_by_joy? give_thanks_and_kick_ass.
211012
...
tender_square crying beautiful_buried_red_blathes 211013
...
raze spare music_you_should_hear

("pink moon" by nick drake comes to mind, along with early cat_power, "the pearl" by harold budd and brian_eno, the self-titled mark hollis album, and a whole lotta other good stuff i can't think of at the moment)
211013
...
raze (and i didn't even link to mark_hollis . . . shame on me and my itchy_index_finger) 211013
...
nr monochrome toronto

kinda feels like it these days...
211014
...
e_o_i captcha doctors

(They won't do any good. It's incurable.)
211014
...
raze blather_party beliefs

(the first rule of a blather party is everybody's_going_to_dance_tonight.)
211015
...
raze sneeze the_blather_who_button

(that would be an interesting sneeze)
211016
...
nr sorry, i_did_not_know 211016
...
raze (i was hoping someone would make a note of that one before it disappeared! yay! all the yays!) 211016
...
raze my_middle_name_is house_fire 211017
...
raze blatherskite_dreams: preventing_christianity_in_your_children

(they will have that effect)
211018
...
e_o_i the_brakes_of_a_city_bus sneeze

(wheeze more than sneeze, maybe)
211018
...
nr codependent seagulls 211019
...
tender_square what_are_you_reading? beautiful_buried_red_blathes

nevermind the_wisdom_of_friends
211020
...
tender_square dear_alistair, my_dad_wrote_a_porno

(y'know, just in case you wanted to check it out sometime)

more_than_nothing, an_oil_painting_sky

(so much beauty to behold in the things we often take for granted)
211021
...
raze cherry_colored_funk beliefs 211025
...
raze running facial_hair

(now that i'd like to see)
211026
...
raze what_made_you_sing_today, city_workers?

(i don't really want to know, because i don't like you or the noises you make, but it's only polite to ask)
211028
...
nr mom, what_made_you_sing_today?

my mom couldn't sing, and she always really wished she could. maybe, wherever she is now, she's singing her heart out.
211028
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw a_painting_you_should_see

and:

catholic_slow_dance soul_mate

(also, leave it to nr and tender_square to find a way to sneak some moving words into this blathe of all places)
211029
...
nr i'm_trying resistance 211030
...
raze pour_some_sugar_on_me, squirrels.

(every squirrel secretly wants to be a pastry chef. believe it.)
211101
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning, mr_convict? 211103
...
raze thirty_three radio_ghosts 211104
...
raze incremental temporary_insomnia

(i hope you get some good sleep tonight, e_o_i)
211105
...
tender_square raze, what_made_you_smile_today?

(i think i know)

cherry_hearts

(a quintessential red blather title if ever there was one)
211107
...
raze naked daylight_savings_time

(now *that's* how you spring forward and fall back with style)
211108
...
nr regeneration museum 211111
...
raze at the top:

absent_minded linguistics

and at the bottom:

the_romantic cherry_hearts
211111
...
nr st_vincent, be_a_little_bit_wiser_baby

(she already seems pretty wise to me)
211112
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw blanket_movement.

(the wind will do that)
211113
...
tender_square i_want_to_learn what_made_you_dance_today 211113
...
nr eleven heartbeats 211113
...
raze (i love how many evocative combinations we're getting lately) 211113
...
tender_square i_want_to_learn regeneration

(can this be taught like the dougie?)
211113
...
raze sacred_and_profane freudian_typos 211114
...
raze value_village sundays

(this is an actual thing; i can't remember ever being there on a day that wasn't a sunday)
211115
...
raze what_hides_inside the_loop?

(the answer used to be me, once upon a time. but only on friday nights.)
211116
...
raze nudity_depends_on_my_perspective on_marriage. 211120
...
raze bite_your_tongue, squirrels. 211121
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw well_shit

(for those times when you take a look outside and see an aquifer taking a very public dump)
211124
...
raze but_then, i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw...

(that's right! build that suspense!)
211126
...
raze oblique alternative_dream_occupations 211127
...
tender_square snow_world icicles 211128
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw outside

good thing!
211128
...
raze north_will_be_south: the_far_edge_of_the_circle.

(i'm not sure this one makes sense, but it struck me as being evocative and worth making a note of)
211129
...
raze scandent siblings 211130
...
raze a few good ones before the recent page turns over this morning:

blathosphere nachos

(pass the bowl over here a sec, will ya?)

left_behind in_flight

the_corner, the_future
211202
...
nr cry needed 211202
...
raze revolutionary weird_confessions

(and one line beneath that:)

reactionary replies
211203
...
nr skull things_in_my_head

you know, like, those skull things we all have?
211203
...
raze oh_my_love, look_at_me.

(some unexpected musical synchronicity)
211204
...
raze target your_heart 211206
...
raze stretch when_teeth_are_linguistics_assignments

(useful advice, no?)
211207
...
tender_square i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw it's_so_fucking_cold

(it's so cold out you don't even need to be outside to confirm, you just *know*)
211208
...
raze a few goodies from the latest batch:

secrets left_behind

dear_diary: it's_so_fucking_cold

metaphor breakfast
211208
...
raze sad crossword_puzzles 211211
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts bind_us_together 211212
...
nr coffee, shithead? 211212
...
raze these three kind of read like a nonsensical sentence:

i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw borscht. runners, what_made_you_dance_today? come_back, boys.
211214
...
nr free drawers

(what a deal! you just have to buy the dresser first.)
211215
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw kerry 211216
...
tender_square ceramic grace 211216
...
tender_square swabbed_piracy 211217
...
raze girlfriends mending_holes 211218
...
tender_square laughs girlfriends

(it's not the greatest pairing sonically with the two plurals, but it describes my weekend, lot of much-needed laughs with my girlfriends, and i am grateful)
211219
...
tender_square laughs girlfriends

(it's not the greatest pairing sonically with the two plurals, but it describes my weekend, lot of much-needed laughs with my girlfriends, and i am grateful)
211219
...
tender_square (didn't mean to post twice, and love how i complained about plurals and yet forgot the "s" on "lots") 211219
...
raze dave laughs

(and)

squirrels rock
211220
...
raze ashlee_simpson linguistics

(now that's a class i'd take. the syllabus would include topics such as "the morphology of la la" and "pieces of syntax".)
211221
...
raze new_dream_lessons repeating 211222
...
nr run_for_your_life, ashlee_simpson 211222
...
raze song_of_the_day: "purr_therapy"

(sometimes that's just the kind of music you need)
211224
...
raze shit_michael_says: "santa_claus_is_real." 211225
...
raze lavender_clouds seen_on_the_sidewalk 211226
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw billy_joel

(and he was singing, "slow down, you crazy child")
211227
...
raze digital flaming_mirror 211230
...
raze inappropriate goddess_whispering 211231
...
raze again, there's a whole lot of fun symmetry on the recent page right now:

janus_faced fear_of_driving

betty_white, you_have_a_dictionary

"2022? goodbye_2021."

new_dream_lessons: this_moment_matters
220101
...
tender_square profane squirrels

i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw new_year_new_you

betty_white firecrakers

(i'm not awake enough to add clever asides to these titles, i wanted to grab them before they disappeared.)
220103
...
raze strangest_spam ritual 220104
...
tender_square root_rot ritual 220104
...
e_o_i I should go to sleep but "inappropriate citrus" just struck me as funny.

That is all, goodnight!
220104
...
raze inappropriate jars

(the contents of which might be consumed while listening to a)

sad_romantic stones_song_of_the_day
220105
...
nr windy swearing

"fuuuuuuck YOO-oo-OOOOO-ooooo-OUUUUUU!
220105
...
nr "

(the wind was so strong it blew away the closing quote marks)
220105
...
raze you cracked me up good with that one. oh man. i can *see* it.

grabbing these before the recent page turns over this morning:

dream_city support_beams
strawberry_mansion root_rot

(i'm digging the foundational theme here)
220106
...
raze "girl_scout_cookies? not_home."

(the response of a cookie hater, no doubt)
220107
...
tender_square sidney_poitier leaving_on_a_jet_plane

(RIP)
220108
...
raze rising warmth 220109
...
tender_square saint quarters

(patron of parking meters everywhere)

lossy judgement

(a poetic way to describe impairment, no?)
220109
...
raze high_priestess from_the_turquoise_sea 220110
...
raze devastation in_philly 220111
...
nr seen_on_the_sidewalk: sidewalk_notes. 220111
...
nr windy_wind, wind_like_water 220111
...
raze bunk_bed guilt

(when you get the top bunk, but you aren't sure you've earned it)
220113
...
tender_square what_made_you_sing_today? frustration

(for raze and his attempt to join the dogchestra)
220114
...
e_o_i genius_of_love in_bed ;) 220114
...
tender_square side_sleeping squirrels

(adorable! i can just picture them spooning!)

sowing footsteps

(what's that line? a journey starts with a single step?)
220115
...
tender_square wallet_body 220115
...
tender_square song_of_the_day: we_were_wolves

(johnny west for the win)
220116
...
tender_square (robert) frost, what_made_you_smile_today? poetry symbols 220116
...
raze electric_acoustic ontario

(the only province you can play without having to plug in)
220117
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw how_we_kiss_with_our_mouths_closed 220120
...
raze little_guy the_crying_reflex

(two things that are definitely linked right now. it's like you know me, blather.)
220121
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw something_that_changed_the_way_i_live_my_life 220123
...
raze not to keep reusing one specific blathe, but i have to make note of this:

i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw e_o_i

because it really happened once!
220126
...
raze (i think i missed an "a" there. it wouldn't be the first time.) 220126
...
raze chapped curmudgeon

(something i've been a time or two. again, it's like you know me, blather.)
220127
...
raze reactionary readings 220128
...
nr tapas: right_or_wrong? 220128
...
nr revolutionary squirrels 220128
...
raze cranberry_juice cardiograph

(i just really like the alliteration here)
220129
...
raze good_luck, night_owl. 220131
...
raze enablers, what_made_you_dance_today?

(a question i often want to ask)
220201
...
nr i_have_words relating_to_books 220201
...
raze miniature anne_of_green_gables

(there's some truth to this one; porcelain anne dolls do exist)
220202
...
nr song_of_the_day: self_esteem
(90s_song_of_the_day?)
220203
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw canada

(this is true!)
220205
...
raze black_country_new_road under_construction 220206
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning at_the_beach?

(i'm going to guess it was either the waves lapping at your feet, or a seagull stepping in for an absent alarm.)
220207
...
raze red_things, sudden_gifts.

(red_blather in a nutshell, no?)
220208
...
raze what_made_you_snicker_today, dog? 220210
...
tender_square valleys peaks 220210
...
tender_square cracked good_as_new 220210
...
raze hailey's the_supervisor 220211
...
nr what_made_you_dance_today, jane_eyre? 220211
...
raze captcha self_sabotage

(i imagine that would look something like, "zzzzzt," or maybe, "fuckit.")
220213
...
raze random_fact_of_the_day: the_good_shall_go_unnoticed 220216
...
raze good_luck, george_bush 220217
...
e_o_i ritual shamrock

(a tradition for invoking good_luck?)
220217
...
raze power_failure by_the_numbers 220218
...
raze city_workers, take_five

(though in their case, it's more like, "take five hundred")
220219
...
raze snowman crying

(would his tears turn to ice? or would we be able to watch them fall before they became two lonely stalactites?)
220220
...
raze bilingual translation

(c'est pretty good, n'est pas?)
220221
...
raze (n'est-ce pas, even. this is why i'm not a bilingual translator. i can't keep my memories of french straight.) 220221
...
tender_square so many poetically aligned beauties:

lost_in_the_blue you_are_the_ocean

the_not_allowed, voiced

the_moon, punch_drunk

bees_in_my_head sing_among_the_stars

forever just_behind_my_eyes
220222
...
Bizzar wow! you're right!

also... i love this thread and the idea of it.
220222
...
Bizzar forever not_forever 220222
...
Bizzar i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw you_are_the_ocean

false_thaw voiced

grief punch_drunk

lost_in_the_blue sing_among_the_stars

the_not_allowed selective_nostalgia

the_moon coma

bees_in_my_head just_behind_my_eyes
220222
...
raze i'm digging these two right now:

you_are_too_deep voiced
(those poor baritones)

good_luck, raze
(i know i'll need it)
220222
...
raze algorithmic dream_poetry 220223
...
past where_is_he_now? the_parishoner?

(for some reason my phone renders the lists in the same size finally so they actually line up)
220223
...
raze kung_fu_chicken tea

(can i drink and eat this at the same time, or will it kick me in the face while clucking?)
220224
...
raze soft_chariot: electric_car 220225
...
past half_asleep_thoughts: bleeding_calculators 220228
...
Bizzar today_yesterday here_we_are 220228
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw whispering_trees 220301
...
raze i_am joanna_newsom

(i'm not, but these two things lining up made me smile)
220302
...
Bizzar i_am the_nostratic_hypothesis 220302
...
raze thoughtful sidewalk_notes 220304
...
tender_square seen_on_the_sidewalk forty_nine_sidewalk_scenes 220304
...
tender_square harder hardened 220305
...
raze patterns touch 220307
...
raze scat "what_woke_you_up_this_morning"

(i think that jazz vocal performance would sound something like, "zwee ba dee, ooby dooby, oh, it was the sound of the rim ram radio ... or maybe, scooby dooby, it was the sound of the raaaaiiiin...")
220308
...
raze johnny shades

(my mafia nickname, no doubt)
220309
...
tender_square johnny heartwood 220309
...
nr johnny, what_made_you_laugh_today? 220310
...
raze (i can answer that question! i know more than one thing got a laugh out of me today, but the first one that comes to mind is tali jumping up on me, and her great laughing face that said, "hello! hello! did i say hello? well, hello!") 220310
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts compliments

(i bet these would be hilariously random. like, "your eyelids are the only flair i ever want to wear on my lapel.")
220311
...
nr fishing compliments
("great catch there! your line and sinker look beautiful today!" not to be confused with fishing_for_compliments.)

undeserving squirrels

diligent black_cat
220311
...
raze devour lessons_from_tempered_glass 220312
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw nothing 220314
...
tender_square pure_morning unfurled 220314
...
tender_square "you_don't_know_my_heart, knee!"

(so quit acting like you do!)
220315
...
raze impatient fishing_for_compliments 220316
...
raze always_will_be porch_blathing

(just as long as the weather allows)
220318
...
raze squirrels, grab_your_boots! 220319
...
raze enough lessons_from_windows 220321
...
raze these two pairings are right on top of each other:

ruby rain
careworn squirrels
220323
...
past the_garden slushie (a seasonal delicacy) 220323
...
tender_square toots_and_truffles 2 (the fartening) 220325
...
raze song_of_the_day, what_made_you_sing_today?

(because sometimes you have to ask the song itself what music lives inside its head)
220326
...
raze hedged disdain_in_the_garden 220327
...
tender_square 33rpm misheard

(raze captures the beauty of a song experienced at the wrong speed)
220327
...
raze new_books, tired_days. 220328
...
tender_square i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw butterscotch (and she waved her tail at me like she was a majorette twirling a flag in a parade) 220402
...
e_o_i I_used_to_be_a_writer somewhere_near_a_tangent (now I'm firmly ensconced in them, but that's okay) 220402
...
raze six_dollar_sunshine straightjacket

(i'm not sure this one makes any sense at all, but i like the way it sounds)
220403
...
raze concrete pimples

(even buildings and sidewalks need to exfoliate)
220410
...
raze my_ass_exploded liquor_chocolates

(the random absurdity is strong with this one)
220412
...
raze squirrels, what_language_am_i_speaking? 220413
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw everything_and_nothing 220414
...
tender_square bilingual freudian_typos

(even typos are more cultured than me. sheesh.)
220414
...
nr cranky squirrels 220414
...
raze peanuts pregnant_with_uncertainty 220416
...
raze triumphant babes 220418
...
raze tomatoes shiver

(everything gets cold at some point)
220421
...
tender_square soup alone

(makes for a sad meal)
220421
...
raze seen_on_the_sidewalk: sidewalk 220422
...
e_o_i a_steady_diet_of humility 220422
...
tender_square seen_on_the_sidewalk running_through_sundrops 220423
...
raze porch_blathing clique 220424
...
nr i_feel_like plastic 220424
...
tender_square i_feel_like convalescence 220424
...
raze try_this important_shit 220425
...
tender_square the_potency_of_longing one_year 220427
...
raze today_i_learned the_potency_of_longing 220428
...
raze overhead intractable_sky 220430
...
tender_square headstone overhead 220501
...
raze twenty_one typos 220502
...
raze come_sit_around_with_me, mediocre_samaritan. 220503
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw your_ghost. 220505
...
raze terrestrial fields_of_verdun 220506
...
tender_square windslept poe

(so that's how he got his hair to look so fly!)
220507
...
raze super_rich tree_parables

and much farther down the list:

overheard_in_conversation: "i_love_you_for_seven_mental_reasons."
220508
...
tender_square you_shall_not_pass sanskirt 220509
...
tender_square (that was intended to besanskritbut the inadvertent typo makes it funnier. “you will not pass unless you’re wearing clothes!”) 220509
...
tender_square big_foot running_to_stand_still

(he's got places to be and he's in a hurry.)
220509
...
raze three_words playoffs

(this series between otherwise busy missouri and century serene somnambulist could have the makings of a classic)
220510
...
tender_square super_rich serendipidance

(love the sound of this trochaic octameter)
220511
...
tender_square four_letter_words: sign 220511
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw dear_blather_gods
(they are the dearest!)
220512
...
raze three_words: feels_like_summer. 220514
...
raze dick cakes 220515
...
raze cucumber cockpit 220516
...
raze into_the_mystic marimba 220519
...
raze transition whiplash

(because some segues are too dynamic to prepare for)
220520
...
raze thunder transition

(from "hey, that kind of sounds like the start of a storm," to, "HOLY SHIT THE WORLD IS ENDING," in five seconds flat)
220521
...
tender_square windwhipped, like_a_virgin

(blown for the very first time)
220521
...
e_o_i This made me chortle, tender_square - well-done!

I have "history_department playoffs" (not to be confused with the Linguistics and Modern Languages Tournament, which is a giant multilingual Scrabble game).
220521
...
e_o_i (aaah, extra hyphen! why does it follow me around? so mean) 220521
...
raze macaroni ghosts

(the spirit of kraft_dinner compels you)
220522
...
nr wasted ideology 220522
...
raze a few more good ones for today:

on_the_beachheat_madness

avoidant backyard_blathing

chipmunk ideology
220522
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw tyson

(dear god no)
220523
...
nr secrets on_the_beach 220523
...
nr misheard, but_not_in_a_sexual_way 220524
...
raze in keeping with the same theme:

backyard_blathing (but_not_in_a_sexual_way)
220524
...
raze porch_blathing garden

(complete with a wireless internet router and ample light for all your outdoor blathing needs)
220525
...
tender_square "fear_of_flying" (a_film_you_should_not_see)

[especially if you're e_o_i]
220526
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw hoppy's_children

(THIS REALLY HAPPENED)
220527
...
nr sleeping_in shoes
(it's not the most comfortable)
220527
...
nr shy note_to_self

"to_nr,
i, um... er... sorry to bother you, but do you have a second? i have a little note for you..."
220527
...
raze shy toes

(always hesitant to introduce themselves to the friendly feet of others)
220528
...
nr all_right to_be 22_22_22_22_22_22_22_22_22 220528
...
raze faces_in_unexpected_places: sometimes_they_come_back 220529
...
tender_square fast_food satire

(Man Sues McDonald's For Pain and Suffering of Passing Big Mac Through Bowels, Says "Ba-da-ba-ba-ba I'm Hating It")

[and with that i've officially become leslie knope with my use of long headlines]
220529
...
raze past_dreams: the_ghost_of_you_lingers 220531
...
past (not wrong, given that the latter probably influenced the former) 220531
...
tender_square lightbulb hotter 220601
...
raze rebecca_solnit, what_made_you_dance_today?

(that would be the first thing i'd ask her if i met her, too)
220602
...
raze lonely street_scenes 220603
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts subreddit

(now there's a thread i would read with great interest)
220605
...
tender_square simple_pleasures erection_season

(come one, come all!)
220605
...
tender_square withered engineering

("uh...this doesn't seem structurally sound!")
220605
...
raze three_words obituary

(that kind of simplifies things, doesn't it? "this person died.")
220606
...
raze three_words: live_through_this 220607
...
raze song_of_the_day satire

(sometimes even music seems to be against you)
220608
...
raze what_made_you_dance_today: speed

(amphetamines have been known to do that)
220609
...
e_o_i tattooing not_quite_truisms

"Live every day like it could be your past!" on my back and shoulders?

(Hey, I should put that there. I mean on the blathe, not my skin. And then the two blathes above won't be aligned anymore. Ah well.)
220609
...
raze i_think_you'll_find ghosts_of_old_friends 220610
...
raze symbolic mallards 220611
...
tender_square today_yesterday porch_blathing

(you know how i spend my days, red.)
220611
...
raze song_of_the_day: "five_years"

(it was on september 26, 2021)
220613
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw most_of_the_moon 220614
...
raze squirrels arise

(the rodent-themed "batman" reboot you never knew you needed)
220615
...
nr right_here, steel_guitar. 220615
...
raze sweating capo

(either the sliding bar attached to this guitar is overheating, or the captain of that mafia crew over there has something to hide)
220616
...
nr sweating faces_in_unexpected_places 220616
...
raze what_made_you_smile_today? you_don't_know? 220617
...
nr life_is satire 220618
...
tender_square life_is firecrackers

(for raze's annoying neighbour. get a hobby, man!)
220619
...
nr depends. congress, don't_mess_with_me. 220619
...
nr oof! that was supposed to be under three_words. 220619
...
raze resolute porch_blathing 220621
...
raze three_words: running_on_empty 220623
...
raze past_dreams seen_on_a_shirt

(i would buy that shirt)
220626
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw tori_amos

combustible angel_olsen
220627
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts rage_against_the_machines 220628
...
raze title_splicing buckaroos 220628
...
raze tori_amos, you_expected_monsters 220629
...
epitome of incomprehensibility red_family dispatches (like we're sending yearly cards to more far-flung blather relatives, complete with a group photo) 220630
...
raze a_stranger_yells_at_me: "you_only_have_so_much_time!" 220701
...
raze rubber harpsichord

(where all the bouncy tunes are born)
220702
...
tender_square life_is dispatches

(and kerry is fucking killing it on that serial blathe.)
220702
...
tender_square gifts: john 220703
...
raze before_i_die, (some) weird_confessions. 220705
...
nr before_i_die, not_dead_yet. 220705
...
raze bill_and_maggie strolling 220707
...
nr misread abridged_journal 220707
...
raze rummage realizations 220708
...
tender_square what_is_your_favorite_nut? i_just_don't_know. 220708
...
raze sometimes_i_see_things_that_aren't_there. i_might_be_wrong. 220708
...
raze know_what_you're_fighting_for; rage_against_the_machines. 220709
...
tender_square overheard_in_conversation: floof 220710
...
raze three_words before_i_die 220711
...
tender_square take_care cantankerous 220712
...
raze bruising belief 220714
...
tender_square what_did_you_smell_today, fingernail?

(do i really want to know?)

radio_wisdom; hear_reveal
220715
...
raze flagged live_chat 220716
...
nr razed all_existing_red_blathes
(noooooooo!)
220716
...
raze now_but_not_for_long (forever) 220717
...
raze in keeping with the same theme:

all_that_you_can't_leave_behind forever
220717
...
tender_square front_porch forever 220717
...
e_o_i I_looked_out_a_window_and_saw my_oldest_tallest_friends 220717
...
e_o_i return now_but_not_for_long (I swear I didn't plan it this way) 220718
...
raze get_out_of_my_mind, bird_eating_hypocrite! 220719
...
tender_square diantre dispatches

(the devil writes in his diary)
220719
...
tender_square i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw what_is_craft

[it's too bad i forgot the answer before i could report back to e_o_i.]
220719
...
tender_square kathleen_edwards grounded

(the perfect adjective to describe her whole vibe. i read a guardian article about her from 2020 this morning and i want to be friends with her.)
220720
...
raze raze, get_out_of_my_mind

(i'm trying, i swear! if you could point me to a fire exit or something, that would help expedite the process.)
220720
...
raze you_are_my_sunshine, kathleen_edwards 220721
...
raze porch_blathing firefly

(what i want to know is this: would the firefly in question glow red as they inked their words here?)
220722
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw hungary

(that ... would be cause for concern)
220723
...
raze browser bumper_stickers

(mine would be a plea from chrome that would read, "save_me from this madman")
220724
...
raze what_made_you_cry_today: imagined_grief 220725
...
nr laptop browser

(sometimes things just actually... make sense)
220725
...
nr toxic bike_ride

flag whatever_will_sustain_us
220725
...
raze songs_for_late_summer night_owl 220726
...
nr ember flag 220726
...
raze q: who_runs_blather?
a: maybe_thunder.
220727
...
tender_square love dream_exam

(the answers are all floof.)
220728
...
tender_square three_words: six_feet_under 220729
...
raze oh_i_wept when_muriel_met_sybren 220729
...
nr i_look_like art 220729
...
raze seen_on_the_sidewalk: swear_jar

(look at all this fucking money! oh shit. now i gotta ... damnit!)
220730
...
nr blather_loves_you, kate_bush 220730
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: "blather_loves_you." 220731
...
raze today_i_learned the_blues 220731
...
raze self_important vacuuming

("you see that? you see what i just did? no one cleans house like i do. i'm an *artist*, man. i'm a black & decker baby in a dyson-drenched world.")
220801
...
raze auditory_hallucinations disconnected 220802
...
tender_square storms no_no_no_no

signs yeah_yeah_yeah_yeah
220802
...
e_o_i dream_crafts: bugbead 220802
...
raze scratch_that infinity_mirror 220803
...
raze aloof embrace 220804
...
tender_square red_things: look_at_the_sunset 220804
...
raze song_of_the_day radio_wisdom 220805
...
nr tender_square, beware! (nooooooo) 220805
...
raze hollow fanfiction

speedy futurities

trusting an_island_in_the_middle_of_a_lake
220806
...
tender_square captcha bumper_stickers

(they make no sense at all!)
220807
...
raze fanfiction music_you_can't_listen_to_without_crying

("who gives a shit who shot j.r.?" by wilco gets me every time)

cancelled bumper_stickers

(it's a sad day when no one cares where the beef is anymore)

seen_on_the_sidewalk: sidewalk_furniture

(the geographic math checks out)
220808
...
tender_square strolling cancelled

(it nearly was with the rain that threatened to fall)
220808
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts shield

(would that be a device that prevents a half-asleep person from experiencing random brain blips, or a shield *made* of half_asleep_thoughts? because that could get interesting in a hurry.)
220811
...
nr second_guessing oxygen

(does it REALLY serve the purpose it's rumoured to?)
220812
...
raze pissing white_noise

(that sounds kind of unpleasant, but potentially interesting on a purely sonic level)
220813
...
raze new_dream_lessons lost 220814
...
raze second_guessing corny_jokes 220815
...
raze potato reverence 220816
...
raze letter_i_never_sent that_didn't_age_well 220817
...
raze blue water

(a rarity in these parts)
220818
...
raze eight screennames 220819
...
raze the_empty rooster 220821
...
raze peaceful oddly_specific_recurring_dream 220822
...
nr how_can_i_help, strong_bad?

OR

how_can_i_help strong_bad?

(is he having trouble with da emailllllls?)
220822
...
raze how_can_i_help windsor?

(if only our elected city officials asked themselves that question once in a while)
220823
...
raze sore_feet, take_wing! 220824
...
raze collected shades_of_summer

(a new seasonal clothing line)
220825
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morningtools.

(true words)
220826
...
raze what_are_you_reading for_science? 220828
...
raze he_is_not_like_any_other water_dish 220829
...
raze absent_minded nirvana 220830
...
nr roadkill skunk
(i mean...)
220830
...
raze buy what_made_you_laugh_today 220831
...
raze a few good ones before the recent page turns over for the day:

nuts_to_you, apostrophe!

it's_september, red_blather.

apologies, pettersson_und_findus.
220902
...
raze minty captcha

(freshen your challenge-response test)
220903
...
raze ghosts passing_notes 220904
...
tender_square the_moon with_the_paper_cranes 220905
...
raze tali singing_in_the_shower

(now this i gotta see)
220906
...
e_o_i Go_Google_yourself, Hungary 220906
...
raze seen_on_a_shirt: "you_are_too_deep" 220907
...
raze for_sure! nuts_to_you_too! 220908
...
nr go_google_yourself, for_sure. 220909
...
raze spaceghost, can_we_count_on_your_vote? 220910
...
nr ferret languages 220911
...
nr toxic cycle 220911
...
raze wild blatherskite_dreams 220912
...
raze short_lived disquiet 220914
...
raze sunny lyrics_in_my_head 220915
...
raze straightforward sidewalk_furniture 220916
...
raze low_voices cry 220917
...
raze spanking choir 220919
...
tender_square not_a_problem frustration 220922
...
raze chilly fall_weather

(this is a definite thing right now)
220927
...
raze midlife_crisis bluegrass

(not your ordinary country music)
220928
...
raze what_i'll_be: the_good_kind_of_strange 220929
...
raze what_made_you_laugh_today: yourself

(true today, true most days)
220930
...
tender_square raze('s) badge_of_honour

(one thousand blathes in nine months. unreal.)
220930
...
tender_square rear_view_mirror dream_city 221001
...
tender_square raze porch_blathing

(i can picture it)
221002
...
raze election_season scabs 221003
...
raze supine daybreak 221004
...
raze sidewalk_furniture: my_last_hope 221005
...
tender_square try beer_goggles 221007
...
raze fill_in_the_blanks. try. 221007
...
tender_square joy, what_made_you_smile_today? 221008
...
raze thanksgiving: the_quiet_is_loud 221009
...
tender_square what_made_you_cry_today? newsom_was_here 221009
...
raze give_me_a_sign newsom_was_here 221009
...
raze precious red_things 221010
...
raze three_words cafe

(perhaps you'd like to try the "matty and_i_can't_sleep wrong_body" blend? our customers say it's transportive insomnia in a coffee mug.)
221011
...
raze notes_i_don't_remember_writing elvis_costello 221012
...
raze seen_on_the_sidewalk: marital_difficulties_forgetfulness_and_lint 221013
...
raze junk_mailthe_sound_of_the_world_today. 221014
...
nr cleverbot, hold_on. 221014
...
raze weekends underwater_with_detours

(these "weekend at bernie's" reboots are getting stranger all the time)
221015
...
raze shrinking cap 221016
...
nr fire burned_out
(whew!)
221016
...
tender_square (you'd think with the way this autumn has been going so far that it had...)

early_winter ambition
221019
...
tender_square three_words farting

(cover your ears and your nose!)
221020
...
raze winterizing: a_feeling_i_feel_i'm_feeling 221022
...
raze kettle, running_water

(always a winning combination)
221023
...
nr i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw the_answer_to_a_question_you_never_asked 221023
...
e_o_i winterizing heat 221023
...
raze trick_or_treat, captcha

(give me "smtgte")
221024
...
tender_square she_s mute 221027
...
tender_square (trying that again!)

she's mute
221027
...
raze little_star tongues 221028
...
tender_square red_things: redbud 221030
...
raze birds, what_made_you_sing_today? 221031
...
tender_square hollow_wiener hawks 221031
...
raze i_am_eating horror

(and it tastes like yesterday)
221101
...
raze passive_aggressive guilty_pleasure 221103
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts juxtaposition

(it happens)
221104
...
raze gif_this gust 221105
...
raze overheard_in_coversation: silly_expressions 221106
...
raze election_season bumper_stickers 221107
...
raze three_words_but_rearranged jazz 221108
...
e_o_i partly_autobiographical monster (hmm) 221108
...
raze lost_in_the_move: a_list_of_things_i'm_likely_to_keep_doing 221109
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning: roof_runners

(alas, not today. but most days, the sound of feet scurrying above my head is part of waking_up.)
221110
...
raze three_words: "universal_fucking_grammar." 221111
...
raze jumping_jacks reflex 221112
...
tender_square this_blows, christen. 221112
...
raze perfect lungs 221113
...
tender_square open_water catastrophizing

life_is_a_highway funeral
221116
...
tender_square i_have_no_desire rhymes 221117
...
nr barefoot balance 221117
...
raze chill. life_is_a_highway. 221118
...
raze childish winter_haiku 221119
...
raze free_solo sidewalk_furniture 221121
...
raze the_list_of_things_to_do where_i'm_going 221122
...
raze letter_carrier waltz 221123
...
tender_square rustic_hymnal letter_carrier 221124
...
tender_square conductor oblong 221125
...
raze absent_minded runaway 221125
...
raze weird_confessions voicemail

(a podcast i'd listen to)
221126
...
raze soundproofing concerts 221127
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: good_advice 221128
...
raze what_a_conceptcheesy_ideas 221129
...
tender_square what_a_concept, xerox! 221129
...
raze all on the recent page right now:

quiet cricket

i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw my_dad

opera song_in_my_head

three_words: it's_december_again
221202
...
raze elastic people_with_hearts

(they're flexible *and* affectionate)
221204
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning: cold_house

(it isn't what wakes me up, really. but it's what i wake up to.)
221205
...
tender_square lentils, that's_not_my_name! 221206
...
raze song_of_the_day? why_now? 221207
...
tender_square darker_shades_of_blue paper_cuts 221209
...
tender_square snippets_of_memory ninety_miles_from_nashville 221210
...
raze lost_wearables? call_it_what_it_is. 221211
...
tender_square couch anxiety

(what it feels like to be a new patient in a therapist's office.)
221211
...
raze lame name_twins

(a band formed by the disgruntled children of celebrities who saddled them with names like "apple" and "audio science")
221212
...
tender_square lame skeletons

pet_peeve vanity_plates

hades pressure
221213
...
raze bulldog runner_ups 221214
...
raze congratulations, typos!

(your doing a reel good job!)
221215
...
tender_square exceptional dream_plants 221219
...
raze deadened cheesy_puns 221220
...
e_o_i butter urges

(which is what made the dog sick earlier, come to think of it)
221220
...
raze relaxing lullaby

creepy death_of_a_parent

(and a well-known chemical brothers song:)

"hey_tender_square, hey_past"
221222
...
tender_square plans: relaxing 221223
...
raze hey_past knives

(what did you cut when you were still yourselves?)
221225
...
past strangers_yell_ar4me: "trust!!!!!" 221226
...
past strangers_yell_at_me: "trust!!!!!" 221226
...
past (third_times_a_charm?)

a_stranger_yells_at_me: "trust!!!"
221226
...
raze absent_minded strolling 221227
...
raze drinking things_you're_not_supposed_to_say

(my winter beverage of choice)
221228
...
nr jesus_christ holds_the_cards

hmmm
221229
...
raze song_of_the_day poetry

(let nature sing,
blinded by the light
in a big country.
happiness is not a place
between something and nothing.
i'm closing my eyes.
i will follow you into the dark.)
221230
...
raze erotically angry

(believe it or not, this is a thing)
221231
...
tender_square foghorn, what_made_you_sing_today?

(uh, isn't it obvious? fog.)
230102
...
tender_square time_travel sleep_tonight 230103
...
raze bluegrass song_in_my_head 230104
...
raze three_words: time_travel.

(call me crazy, but i feel like the math is just a hair off there)
230105
...
raze stepping_stones; realizations 230106
...
nr badger song_in_my_head
(mushroom mushroom!)
230106
...
tender_square past_dreams toast
(and it's about the beauty of transformation as only he can render)
230107
...
raze underrated photographs 230108
...
raze burned_out one_blathe_wonders 230109
...
raze caution: absent_minded 230110
...
tender_square brought cookies

(then you, kind sir, are a friend of mine.)
230112
...
raze threatening sign 230114
...
raze out_of_focus: what_i_want 230115
...
tender_square scat, baby_hitler. 230117
...
tender_square signed sealed

(delivered, i'm yours!)
230120
...
tender_square i completely botched that set-up, ooof:

sign sealed

(delivered, i'm yours!)
230120
...
raze rest, leo

(even blather recognizes when a special soul has transitioned to a different set of tracks)
230121
...
tender_square acorn bough 230121
...
raze abbreviated artwork 230124
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw absurdities.

(true today. true most days.)
230125
...
raze double necks

(i had a guitar like that once)
230126
...
raze wordless quotes_to_live_by 230128
...
raze not_enough triplets 230130
...
nr speak_for_yourself, captcha.

"qt236y?"

"exactly."
230130
...
raze three_words to_nr

(mine would be, "you are loved.")
230131
...
raze insufferable bankrobber

(they can't all be charming career criminals)
230201
...
raze bleary_eyed reporter

(suddenly these are getting very descriptive)
230202
...
raze archetypal accent 230203
...
tender_square exes seen_on_the_sidewalk

(just another crazy day in the life of tender_square.)
230204
...
raze a_stranger_yells_at_me tonight 230205
...
tender_square ghosts dancing_in_the_dragon's_jaws 230205
...
raze muffins six_feet_under

(because cadavers get hungry too)
230206
...
tender_square home for_sale 230207
...
raze st_johns song_in_my_head

(one of the more beguiling permutations st. john's wort went through before it hit the market)
230207
...
raze elemental texture 230209
...
raze processing what_i'm_listening_to_right_now 230210
...
nr processing realities

(no thanks)
230210
...
nr bilingual guilt

"je feel so coupable."
230210
...
nr (i guess that's more like frenglish) 230210
...
raze you_are_a_bear. what_did_you_smell_like_today?

(bear answers, "pine needles and poems, most likely.")
230210
...
raze vile wind 230211
...
raze (these three read like a small poem)

lidless joy
everything wrongheaded
mistaken mess
230214
...
raze horrible valentines_day

(oh, have i had me some of those in years past...)
230215
...
nr pay_me_to_read a_clockwork_orange 230216
...
raze freezing_rain, blow_away. 230217
...
e_o_i (come again some other day)

theft leggings
230217
...
raze barking if_the_city_goes_dark 230219
...
raze pissed, overwhelmed 230220
...
raze three_words: just_one_fix. 230221
...
raze today_i stayed 230222
...
tender_square sirius dust 230222
...
raze crystal_palace shine 230223
...
raze ass_leap insulation 230224
...
tender_square crystal_palace insulation

(it's probably water)
230224
...
tender_square strolling moby 230225
...
e_o_i Lined up this evening:

blueberry_juice to_the_host_family_in_kassel

(it would be nice to bring something)
230225
...
raze fictitious crystal_palace 230226
...
raze who_am_i? lady_marmalade?

(a question i ask myself more often than i probably should)
230227
...
raze puritanical sidewalk_notes 230228
...
raze knight regressing

("this table is not round, i say! it's flat! flat as a pancake!")
230301
...
raze narrative stairs

(a story you can climb)
230304
...
raze half_asleep_poem_thirty_four: this_is_not_an_exaggeration

(it's true. there really are that many half_asleep_poems. more, actually.)
230304
...
tender_square three words: happy_birthday_nr

(we all hope you had a great day!)
230305
...
raze rooftop allergies 230306
...
raze i_don't_expect_you_to_understand what_made_you_swear_today 230307
...
tender_square today_i_learned what_made_you_laugh_today

(and i plan to deploy that knowledge to make you laugh always, because you have the best laugh, so full of life and surprise.)
230307
...
raze bionic chopsuey 230308
...
raze things_i_never_thought_i_would_say: "i_have_contemplated_the_clouds." 230310
...
tender_square bash the_devil 230312
...
tender_square younger_self yawning 230313
...
raze frightened faces_in_unexpected_places 230314
...
raze understanding dream_conversations 230315
...
raze relation landmines 230318
...
raze house envy 230319
...
raze doppelganger dibs 230320
...
raze what_i'm_listening_to_right_now: outer_silence_inner_silence 230321
...
raze song_of_the_day: "tones_of_home"

(not my favourite blind melon tune, to be sure, but still a good one)
230322
...
raze i_have_wordsbeautiful_buried_red_blathes 230323
...
raze what_the_hell_was_that last_kiss? 230325
...
raze song_of_the_day shame

(or, "when nickelback attacks")
230330
...
tender_square dad_wisdom (the_only_one_who_understands_me) 230331
...
raze i_spent_my_night ditched 230401
...
raze u_haul taste_test 230402
...
raze (i don't often post more than one of these a day, but this one's got such nice alliteration to recommend it)

betsy backup_beeper
230402
...
tender_square advice bar

(step right up and take a shot of suggestion)
230403
...
raze so_tonight_that_i_might_see shit_my_tenant_has_done 230405
...
tender_square welcome_to_the_real_world, ice! 230407
...
raze random_memorable_snippets_of_conversation overheard_in_conversation

(the math seems to check out)
230410
...
raze plucked fugitive

(try keeping one of *those* in tune)
230411
...
raze matchmaking notes

("note_to_self: members of former girl groups and disillusioned narcotics detectives don't mix. i don't know why. maybe emma bunton has the answer.")
230412
...
raze distressed hermit

(pretty much)
230415
...
e_o_i unseasonal countries_of_the_world

mom_wisdom, even_now
230416
...
raze i'm_so_tired_of unnecessary_appointments. 230421
...
past (that right there, raze, is a truth.) 230421
...
raze it's crazy how well these things line up sometimes, isn't it?

now it's changed to:

i'm_so_tired_of windsor.

(which is something i'm feeling pretty hardcore these days.)
230421
...
raze landlord lipreading 230422
...
nr keys, landlord? 230423
...
raze the_romantic random_poem_generator

(so romantic, it gave me this:

luminous cave reverberates
over the forest
suddenly
collapsing assignment
forecasts for the hatred
within the prison)
230425
...
past song_of_the_day: birdsong 230426
...
tender_square i'm_so_tired_of ghosts. 230426
...
tender_square i'm_so_tired_of ooze. 230427
...
raze dream_job: underrated 230427
...
raze today_i_learned you_would_have_missed_me. 230428
...
raze language_acquisition metaphor

and:

i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw shit_my_tenant_has_done
230430
...
past flat_footed trefoil (a unique species of tiny ent.) 230430
...
raze "growling_stomach, strangest_spam"

(the unfilmed sequel to "crouching tiger, hidden dragon")
230503
...
raze i_hate_myself_so_why_don't_you gouge

(that's ... not the goo goo dolls song i remember)
230504
...
raze misheard lyrics_of_the_day

(in the styx song "nothing ever goes as planned", i was sure dennis deyoung was singing, "even sparrows turn to sand." but no. it's "pharaohs".)
230507
...
raze the_tragically_hip song_in_my_head

(at the moment, it's "scared")
230508
...
raze weird recent_searches 230510
...
raze coach, what_made_you_cry_today?

(i imagine the answer tonight would be, "the field goal percentage of my starting back court.")
230512
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raze utterly colding 230514
...
raze lies_i've_been_told after_midnight 230516
...
raze i_looked_through_a_camera_and_saw mind_gremlins 230517
...
tender_square honey_do (you_can't) 230519
...
raze literally feed_me_with_your_kiss 230521
...
raze german in_laws

(the german word for that is "schwiegereltern")
230522
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raze prompt headache

(the discomfort that's always on time)
230526
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raze the_middle kids 230528
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raze i_am_hungry. what_made_you_swear_today? 230603
...
raze medicine_cabinet dragon

(they'll hand you band-aids and tweezers while breathing fire in your face)
230607
...
tender_square give things_you're_not_supposed_to_say 230608
...
raze spin_cycle wildfires

(a chapter from a book i'll write someday called "shit my washing_machine does")
230609
...
raze sometimes_i_see_things_that_aren't_there, sober.

(because hallucinations are possible without chemical intervention)
230610
...
tender_square 4_am skeleton

(somehow, it's different from 4 pm's skeleton)
230612
...
raze classic_rock covers

("hairway to steven", anyone?)
230617
...
raze counterclockwise crying 230619
...
tender_square peep feather 230622
...
raze new_dream_lessons in_bloom 230623
...
tender_square dusty drawings 230623
...
tender_square nice. disappointed. 230624
...
tender_square some_of_you squint

(but not all)
230625
...
tender_square ugly, balls_out_english_music

(as opposed to pretty, tits up american music)
230629
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raze my_middle_name_is "full_moon" 230702
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raze what's_in_here, bloodsuckers? 230704
...
tender_square fib crotchety

(if my tenant was a rapper, this would be his stage name: "always lyin' always cryin'")
230706
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raze half_asleep_thoughts addiction

(i can't get enough of the mypsi barrier)
230712
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raze new_dream_lessons accumulate 230712
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raze crucifix coerced 230714
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raze song_of_the_day: "photograph"

(nickelback nooooo)
230717
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tender_square kids tumble 230719
...
tender_square cruel love_calling 230720
...
raze inert bird 230721
...
tender_square today_i_learned lines

(sounds like my childhood, where my punishments often included writing lines about the bad behaviours i would no longer engage in.)
230722
...
tender_square critic, the_buick_stops_here.

(gtfo)
230723
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: "i_want_to_walk_around_with_you" 230725
...
raze oversharing corny_jokes

(surely this cannot be a thing. there can never be too many jokes that are corny, cheesy, or punny.)
230728
...
raze little_denials, cruel_ironies. 230731
...
raze why_am_i_here, lucifer?

(so said the man who woke up in hell)
230803
...
tender_square lazy ghosts 230803
...
tender_square vanishing dream_blathes 230805
...
raze mystery dream_songs 230806
...
tender_square body burrowing

(i just want to sleep for a long time.)
230811
...
tender_square spider clown

(a new insult)
230814
...
raze song_of_the_day: "this_is_canada"

(a more literal variation on our national anthem not often sung in schools)
230815
...
raze if_the_parameters_for_rescheduling_are_violet vanity_plates

(...then that's a car i really want to take a ride in)
230816
...
raze awkward notes_i_don't_remember_writing 230817
...
raze stubborn seaside_town 230817
...
raze disquiet worsening

(true words)
230819
...
raze alphabet_soup font

(according to reddit, it's times new ramen)
230821
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: lies_i_tell_myself 230823
...
tender_square i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw gus.

(hey, gus!)
230824
...
raze call_it_karma; lower_the_great_lakes

(and farther down the list:)

best_advice rejected
230825
...
raze tissue pencil

(something tells me sharpening *that* thing would be a real pain the ass)
230826
...
raze busking gag_reel 230828
...
raze my_toes_were_dipped_in_philosophy, screaming_into_the_void. 230830
...
raze these three, one after another:

kind train_whistle
civil captcha
anxious gord

(the last two i can see. the first one ... not so much.)
230831
...
raze misread lyrics_of_the_day 230902
...
raze thought_provoking three_words_but_rearranged 230904
...
raze sending_sand soap_and_spit

(that's bound to be an interesting care package)
230909
...
tender_square bicycle_ghost drunk_dial 230910
...
raze ghosts forage

(even the dead have to eat)
230911
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raze there's_a_whole_world_inside circular_breathing 230913
...
raze born_again_hedonist nicknames

("violet the voluptuary" comes to mind)
230915
...
raze bilingual blanket

(oui, c'est very cozy)
230916
...
raze write_a_poem_using_only_your_blathes. (don't_lose_sleep_over_that.) 230917
...
raze underwear habits

(wearing them, at least some of the time)
230919
...
tender_square sweat, waiting_for_the_sun 230919
...
raze cross_eyed clicker 230920
...
raze greatest_soundtrack_ever: growling_stomach

(it *does* get pretty musical sometimes)
230921
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tender_square weird_confessions: midnight_he_moaned 230924
...
raze threshold? high. 230924
...
raze passing_ships never_arriving 230925
...
raze three_words to_the_trees 230926
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raze avant_garde_a_clue what_woke_you_up_this_morning 230927
...
raze the_space_between moments 230929
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raze quietly_devastating song_in_my_head 231002
...
raze well_named auditory_hallucinations 231003
...
raze come_back, dear_newsom.

(if_only...)
231004
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raze macomb_county musical_conspiracy_theories 231006
...
raze ghosts under_the_table

(because they don't just hide under_the_bed)
231007
...
raze the_point? i_might_not_be_married_anymore. 231010
...
raze three_words overheard_in_conversation

(two days ago, they were these: "i_love_you")
231012
...
raze derisive mimicry 231013
...
raze waterpark war 231014
...
raze i try to limit myself to one entry a day here, but this is too good to pass up:

hopeful nachos
231014
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raze love_is what_i'm_listening_to_right_now 231017
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw what_exhaustion_does_to_the_brain 231018
...
raze don't_lose_sleep_over_that flirting 231019
...
raze vanity_plates increased

(i *have* been seeing more of them lately)
231022
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raze what_made_you_swear_today, dr_k?

(i'm always drawn to questions that rhyme)
231024
...
raze disposable troubadour

(my new, painfully accurate stage name)
231025
...
raze creepy notes_i_don't_remember_writing 231028
...
raze swamp stomp 231029
...
raze after_the_rain, what_made_you_smile_today? 231030
...
raze i_dreamed_i_was matthew_perry 231031
...
raze squeaky faces_in_unexpected_places 231102
...
raze asshole_is_not_a_mental_illness, friend. 231105
...
raze underrated eric

(a much more interesting guy than overrated orville, if you ask me)
231107
...
raze focus, ernie! 231108
...
raze durable national_anthem 231110
...
raze i_can't_tell_you_why faith_is_a_blind_heart. 231111
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw jesus_fucking. 231112
...
raze newsom remembrance_day

(that's every day, really)
231113
...
raze bill_evans? i_hope_he_gets_the_job. 231114
...
raze i've_been really_digging_this_buried_blathe. 231114
...
raze scarf spanked

(a more playful form of punishment)
231117
...
raze three_words_but_rearranged in_passing. 231118
...
raze random_footstools seen_on_a_shirt

(okay, i want that shirt)
231119
...
raze crispy focus 231121
...
raze shorts, what_did_you_smell_like_today?

("the person who last wore me, presumably," answered the pair of pants with its legs cut off)
231122
...
raze tingling burnout 231123
...
raze overheard_in_conversation: half_asleep_german_thoughts

(warum weinen laubfrösche nie?)
231124
...
raze rare furnace_lullabies 231125
...
raze out_of_breath captcha

(because even turing tests need to catch their breath)
231126
...
nr i_dreamed_i_was rare 231126
...
raze song_of_the_day: "fragile"

(a sting fan, eh?)
231127
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raze weather_beaten beautiful_buried_red_blathes 231128
...
raze selling pens 231129
...
Soma daily captcha 231130
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts daily

(it's true. i'm not sure when my brain decided to start doing this every day, but it's been going on for quite a while now. which is surprising, because the thing hasn't exactly been at its best lately.)
231201
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raze three_words subscription

(lather, rinse, refresh)
231202
...
raze okay, this one's better:

holding a_list_of_things_i'm_likely_to_do
231202
...
raze cooler captcha

(and the captcha says, "you want something cooler? fine. take this: tutjf4.")
231204
...
raze absent_minded dream_dog 231205
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts test

(this is only a test of purple garden hose thrum. don't lose the rhythm.)
231206
...
raze three_words after_dark

(is this the "adult" version of three_words, where racier configurations of blathes come out to play?)
231208
...
raze song_of_the_day; song_in_my_head

(sometimes they're both the same song)
231211
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raze names_for_a_wizard: shane_macgowan

(an irish wizard, then?)
231212
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raze "three_and_four," he_said. 231213
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raze incipient dream_conversations 231214
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Soma i_am_going_to_break what_grows_in_the_dark 231214
...
raze shit_linguistics_profs_say: "i_am_not_going_to_break_" 231215
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts murky

(they often are)
231216
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Soma The_trouble_was what_made_you_cry_today 231216
...
raze eighty_proof dream_dialogue 231217
...
raze blather_red air_freshener

(what's it smell like to you?)
231218
...
nr sick air_freshener

("thanks, man. doesn't it sweeten up the room?")
231218
...
Soma "One_day_i_woke_to_find air_freshener"
- misheard dad_wisdom
231218
...
raze tableware: things_in_my_bed

(beside the pillows you'll find a fork and knife, since you never know when hunger might strike...)
231219
...
e_o_i singing_in_the_shower: dream_choir

people_also_ask: what_made_you_smile_today?
231221
...
nr jerry_garcia song_in_my_head 231222
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raze half_asleep_thoughts frighten 231224
...
raze xmas things_in_my_head

(tinsel and pine needles, mostly)
231225
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raze new_dream_lessons unblathed 231226
...
raze partly captcha

(now there's a weather forecast i can get behind)
231227
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raze three good ones right now, all stacked on top of one another:

1. unblathed (partly)
2. misread half_asleep_poem_fifty_two
3. well_rested faces_in_unexpected_places
231228
...
raze dream_woman seen_on_the_sidewalk 231230
...
raze normal weird_confessions 231231
...
raze new_year's_day hiatus

(the year that starts one day late)
240101
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raze squeaking things_in_my_head

(i really need to stop storing dog toys inside my skull)
240102
...
raze misheard somewhere_between_waking_and_sleeping 240105
...
raze feel_your_feelings, frankenstein. 240107
...
raze hypothetical ghosts 240108
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts quiche

(that would be an interesting meal)
240110
...
raze captcha confession

(twasme)
240111
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raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning: sleep_paralysis 240113
...
raze you're_always laughing_in_horrific_times. 240114
...
raze absent_minded shit_linguistics_profs_say 240116
...
raze short_notable_blathes (the_best_kind) 240117
...
raze russian shields

(a shchit by any other name would be as strong)
240119
...
raze jim_dickinson shaved

(that would have been a tragedy; the man grew a great beard)
240120
...
raze simple_machine_porn spider 240121
...
raze urine onion

(no i'm not)
240121
...
raze three_words: simple_machine_porn. 240122
...
e_o_i anglicize simple_machine_porn (we're tired of our simple machine porn in different languages, dammit!) 240122
...
e_o_i anglicize Antarctica,
germanize peanut
240123
...
raze heirloom clutched 240124
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts before_i_die

(i imagine there *would* be some of those)
240126
...
raze grab ghosts

(give 'em a shake)
240128
...
raze cliche_blender vanished

(good_luck buying a new one)
240130
...
raze jesus_christ_divided_by_zero = son_of_god 240201
...
raze hot_water worries 240202
...
raze this one rhymes:

parking_lot_morality rot
240203
...
e_o_i Europe bounce

(it's either an order or a music genre)
240203
...
raze dream_animal dysphoria 240204
...
raze unconditional sleep_debt 240206
...
raze queasy exposures

(sounds like an obscure post-punk band)
240207
...
nr yelling zones

(these would be a good idea)
240208
...
raze two_out_of_three_words misread 240209
...
raze educational_spam toll 240210
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw even_the_sky_goes_grey 240212
...
e_o_i vanity_plates going_around_being_supportive

(I didn't know they did that. I mean, even if one did say something like LUVURSELF, it wouldn't necessarily have much impact on a random onlooker.)
240213
...
raze magnetic_poetry outside_my_window 240215
...
raze you_will_be_surprised thursday. 240216
...
raze i_looked_out_a_window_and_saw other_people's_pianos. 240219
...
raze half_asleep_thoughts ... poor_things. 240221
...
pony three words: sigh of relief. 240221
...
pony (i think i got the format wrong; forgive me I'm new) 240221
...
raze no worries. in this case, you'd just connect the phrases on each side with underscores to link to them, like this:

three_words: sigh_of_relief

but the way you did it works just fine too. :)
240221
...
raze folded old_shit 240222
...
raze what_woke_you_up_this_morning: bizarre_injury_inflicted_by_an_ostrich 240225
...
raze dried dream_art

(the paint doesn't stay wet forever)
240227
...
raze raze_inspired heated_seats

(now that i gotta see)
240229
...
pony raze_inspired pony

(and heated_seats come to think of it, and a great many other small fragile forms)
240229
...
raze there_is doves

(grammatically incorrect, maybe, but it's true. there_is.)
240303
...
raze ephemeral radio_wisdom 240307
...
raze new_dream_lessons (in_which_i_forget_that_muscles_exist) 240307
...
raze shoplifting the_white_album 240309
...
raze long_way_to_go_for_a_laugh, lewis. 240311
...
raze herzog melancholia

(a common affliction after watching certain films the man has made)
240314
...
raze illegitimate dream_dialogue 240315
...
raze old_shit; big_ideas 240316
...
raze fucking_up my_grandfather

(the hospital took care of that)
240320
...
raze door_to_door irony 240321
...
raze strangest_spam party_in_my_head 240326
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