Author: rachelvb
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One crack, one river
I live 90% of my life without any skin. The other 10% I wear brass knuckles. That may be a slight exaggeration, 90% is a lot, but I’m beginning to hold who I am very dear. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: if I were supposed to lead an ordinary life, I…
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Mermabird
Pat commissioned this painting from my boss for my birthday. It’s hanging now above our television and I keep saying how I’ll never need to watch television again because every time I look at the painting I can’t look away. When Pat approached my boss, Audrey, he told her he wanted a small portrait of…
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Happy birthday to meeeeee!
This is how I SHOULD look by the end of the day and this is how my cubicle looked when I got into work. Best. Boss. Ever. Pat brought me coffee in bed this morning and I listened to music and took my sweet ass time getting ready. Then I took the train in and…
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Welcome to Mars
Today at the hottest point, I’m going to step outside and experience what 120 degrees feels like. Don’t cut yourself, my boss said. Your blood is so thin you’ll bleed to death. So it’s good my hemophiliac boyfriend lives here, then? I may pop. If you don’t hear from me for a few days I…
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A LETTER TO MY DOG, EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION – Andrea Gibson
“Humans hold so tight to the leash of life, but you will roll in anything dead and wear it like perfume.” – Andrea Gibson
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Aphrodite
Last night I dreamed a boy I knew from high school grew up to posses a psychic ability that enabled him to see into the future; moment by moment, he saw my life laid out on the grass before him. I, of course, could not and watched him scan through the images like a photo…
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Birthday memo
I left Pennsylvania almost a year ago. My 29th birthday is in one week and I remember last year on my 28th, I was on the road with my mom; a hostess cupcake she bought from some no name North Carolina gas station in my lap “to celebrate” and thousands of mile in front of…
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Winners!
Check out the winners of Flash Mob 2013 here! I’m so stokedhonoredthrilledhighbeyondexcited to be a part of this! Sometime this summer “Dear, Phoenix” will be published in JMWW I can’t FUCKING wait! (sorry, Grandma – the cursing was absolutely necessary) —– Here’s a link to the story on my blog
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Ascent
The Van Blankenships had a pretty solid weekend. Pat and I climbed the tallest mountain in Arizona on Saturday: Humphrey’s Peak at 12,633 ft. This was quite possibly the hardest physical thing I have ever done. We started the hike at around 8,000 ft and climbed 4.8 miles across roots, boulders, lava rock, loose gravel.…
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Top 25! yeah, buddy!
I’m in the top 25 for the Flash Mob! hells yeah! There’s a bunch of anonymous excerpts on this page, but I don’t want to keep mine anonymous, so I’m going to tell you it’s THE FIRST ONE! yay!! Happy Fridizzle! Flash Mob 2013 Top 25 here