NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER.
"Oneupsmanship" is sibling rivalry at its rawest. That's from MAXIEGIRL.
I used to work at a bank. If you knew what went on at a bank, how careless they are with your money, you'd never put a dollar there again. That's not just my opinion. Read
"Bank Fun" from
BACKGROUND NOISE.
The first day of school mentioned in "School Daz" is celebrated (by their mother)---despite aliens sucking out their brains--- in ARE WE THERE YET. You also might check out "Humble Pie" for one of the most humiliating-when-it-happens but humorous-in-retrospect entries---ever.
Drama:
"In my Grandma's House" is about the death of her grandmother and the emotional and theological havoc it leaves. The followup is at "Matters of Life and Death". That's from TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US.
"Memories" explores the loneliness of a gay boy dwelling on his differences in high school. That's from ...AND THERE NEVER WAS.
"You Should Have Warned Me" deals with a play triggering memories of past abuse. That's from CREAM RINSE AND TOBACCO SMOKE
"Salt and Pepper-Shaken, not Stirred" examines what is perhaps the greatest drama of all---of being unsure in the most important relationship in your life. Of not knowing, for sure, where you stand. That's from PIECE OF MIND.
Slice-of-life:
"At the Mike" filled me with envy as well as pleasure. You can read it as a lovely moment and a momentary triumph over autism. That's from VISIONS AND REVISIONS.
Many of us would like to live life to a musical soundtrack, not just Ally McBeal...as Bob from GAY, PAGAN AND PROUD admits, rather enviously, to a lust for a personal life soundtrack in "Rock My World".
"And Tonight It's You" from THE IRATE SQUIRREL catches perfectly the loneliness, indecision, and longing of dating today.
"Lobster Festival" celebrates a perfect day. The perfect day. That's from
SACHERTORTE.
"Greensboro, NC" discusses bluegrass---mandolin, bajo, and guitar--- and Mammoth Caves, in a way that you'll not forget. That's from DAYS ON THE ROAD.
Unfortunately, this is also part of everyday life; occasional dealings with pervs in shoe stores, as witnessed in "Team Sports does Not Include Pocket Pool" from MY LIFE AS I SEE IT.
Weblogs: allied and yet...a little different.
In "Jonathan Burton" matters of restraint and emotional triggers are explored. This is from Turbulent Velvet's UFO BREAKFAST RECIPIENTS, showing the line between weblogs and journals are very slim indeed. You also might enter the world of an infant in "Nathan Update: Grabbyhands Stage", an entry in which I gleefully break my own one-month rule.
In the Sept. 7th entry of DEATH PEACH, Guppy delightfully discusses how people react --- when she wears her Stetson hat.
NOT.SO.SOFT observes that "God, people are so ******* rude sometimes!" and gives example after hilarious example.
I thought I'd mention an entry from Rose's weblog, LIMITLESS HORIZON. It's called "reliving childhood, in a way" but---unfortunately---her archives have been neutered and gutted, and the link now goes...nowhere. Still, I can't help but mention how great and well-crafted the entry was...and how I'll be watching this weblog for sure.
Watching the drama of "ordinary" life---which turns out, when examined, not to be ordinary at all---if examined, each one to be special and unique, like the Hope Diamond or the Crown Jewels.
Watch them shine.
Join us next month for more gems worth looking at.
Ever wish you could listen in at a psychiatrist's office? Learn what psychiatrists hear when people aren't afraid to talk about what really bugs them, amuses them, makes them tick? You don't have to spend years to become a psychiatrist for that privilege.