Tracy:

Writing is great and stuff but I should get out more, you know, hang out with my boyfriend when he calls, and answer my guy friends’ messages instead of letting them go to voicemail.  I should keep my promise to go to SoWeBo with Brad and I should watch Katatonix and not make up excuses about why I have to lesson plan and do my bills- when all I really wanna do is write.

Muse:

Yeah but you can do all that stuff in your story.  In fact if you wrote about…

if i were to go traveling on a bus there’s lots of things i’d bring, like peppermint mint spray for someone i didn’t want to, sitting next to me. a camera to take pictures of bars that i wouldn’t look inside beyond the passenger side’s window.  a magazine so i could circle all the things i could have, just in case i never made it back to see them again. a backpack with a large sized water bottle (in case we got stuck somewhere).  advil (just in case someone sat next to me really…

How did i adopt these habits?

The wine. I guess you're supposed to bring that.  But this was a Jewish barbeque and I sure as heck wasn't about to bring manechewvtiz

Presents.  I wrote inside the card, "Dinner on me!" instead.  Just on the half chance they won't take me up on it.

Taking napkins from empty place settings at other tables

Drinking the Diet Sunkist that is supposed to be for the kids

Trying to make full conversation with someone who uses sign…