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Read more: Mar 27 – Journal EntryToday my longtime girlfriend sent me an image of my journal from 1990. I have to meet with her and get a copy. I took a half day off wotk today. I feel/am fortunate that I can work from home, maintain my income; not have to apply for employment insurance. COVID-19 hasn’t affected my income…
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Read more: Fourteen Six Word Stories (CW5-2015)Prompt: Tell a story in six words. Broke up with boyfriend. Online dating. MovieRunner. My first dating profile name. ADHD child. Difficult to parent. Help! Beware smiles that show no teeth. Tinder Cupid Elite Match. Still single. I love being in love. Newness! Can’t do short. Superficial. I know. Always loved Korean movies. Let’s watch…
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Read more: Working BreakfastEvery Friday someone would bring breakfast to work for the entire office. This Friday, Carlos brought a number of different pastries, including danishes, croissants, donuts, cinnamon buns and muffins. Plus various meats, cheeses. Fruits and vegetables (that nobody cared about). This week we even got some Portuguese specific pastries. Pastel De Nata, it’s a tart…
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Read more: Welcome to the Party (CW1-2020)Prompt: You just opened the front door and a dinosaur in a tuxedo lunges for your face! What do you do? (This is from Embrace Your Weird) “Hey Omar!” Hugging him. “You’re late. The ladies are waiting. Dinosaurs are extinct. No one is going to want to have sex with you.” “You should have picked…
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Read more: Miss JaniceMy Grandmother died recently; January 25, 2020. She fell at 96. My uncle believes if it weren’t for the subsequent respiratory infection she received while at the hospital she would still be here. I regret not going to her 95th birthday celebration – but, by the time I rounded up the correct documents to get…
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Read more: Mostly Untalkative (CW4-2015)Prompt: Write a scene with two characters. One can’t stop talking and one who has a hard time saying anything at all. “OMG! So yesterday was so freaking crazy at work. I hate my boss. He’s such a jackass. He’s not the person I though he was when he hired me.” Pausing only to look…
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Read more: TheBoys-IVThe Background: Matt received a merit award. The school gives them out for highest raise in overall grade average in a reporting period. His average is 79%. The Convo: Matt: Mom look! – He whips out the certificate and puts it on the fridge. Me: How do you want to celebrate? Matt: Can we go…
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Read more: Something’s Not Quite Right (CW3-2015)Prompt: A time when your character is looking in the mirror and something is not quite right. “Damn! I can’t find anything to wear.” “Where did this gut come from? These wrinkles on my forehead. Are these frown lines or laugh lines?” – “Argh! It doesn’t even matter! I look like shit.” “Honey! We’re going…
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Read more: Scene Inside an Elevator (CW2-2015)Prompt: Describe a scene inside an elevator. Jack and Marjorie have been working 12-16 hr days all week to finish plans for an extension to the ROM. As they board the elevator Marjorie exclaims, “I’m so tired!” “I’m not.” Jack says as he pushes the button to P4. “I’m gonna go home and play GTA”…