"Visiting Diego's Apartment"    04/30/04
I went to Diego's apartment to visit, and we had gone to the grocery store together. As we were carrying groceries from Diego's car to his apartment, I met some strange looking men in the hallway.  Diego told me that they were homeless, but that they lived in the halls of his building and that they were named Paul and Young Ron.  They reminded me more of Jay and Silent Bob, but I tried to avoid these guys and get to Diego's apartment.  However, once at Diego's apartment he told me that he would put the groceries away and that I should go down to the car and carry more bags up.  I was afraid to have to walk by the creepy guys in the hallway alone.


"Assaulted by Julius at a Public Pool"    04/28/04
I was on a school camping trip with Julius and other classmates.  On the way to the campsite we stopped at a public swimming pool.  Everyone jumped in the water except the chaperones.  I began swimming/walking around the perimeter of the pool.  A girl named Miranda was swimming/walking with me, and then a boy joined us.  I was the only person in the entire pool who was naked.  I don't know why I was not wearing a swimsuit.  I think it was because I had said something about wanting to go skinny dipping.  The boy starts talking to me and Miranda.  We kind of talk to him, but mostly we ignore him.  Then he moves closer and grabs me.  I struggle to get away from him and then stare at his face.  I realize that I was just assaulted by Julius.  It took me a long time to recognize his face.  Miranda and I began swimming faster to try to move away from him, but he kept up with us and kept talking.  After a while I looked around and realized that everyone from our group was no longer in the pool.  At this point we all get out.  I now have a bedspread wrapped around me, instead of being completely naked.  I spot Mr. York and other chaperones standing on the edge of the pool.  They see us and then say that everyone from the group is accounted for.  We all get back on the bus and shortly after we arrived at the campsite.  I went into the camper where I would be staying and saw that my cousins writing my AIM screen name on a blackboard.  I wondered how they knew my AIM screen name and was also worried that perhaps they had given it out to strangers or people who I didn't want to give it to.

"Demi Moore Stole My Hair Appointment"    04/26/04
I decided to get a haircut at the Vidal Sassoon training school in Miami.  I called, made an appointment, and drove to the salon.  They had an outside waiting area that looked like a cafe.  I sat down with Ursula, who I guess I had forced to come with me.  As I was waiting the salon called me on my cell phone and said they'd have to cancel my appointment.  I was very annoyed, but the salon manager said he would take me out for dinner and drinks to make up for having to move my appointment.  I felt as if I should politely decline, but I felt unsure if that was proper or rude.  Then there was a long awkward pause, and finally I agreed to go.  So Ursula, the salon manager, and I went out and ordered drinks.  I ordered Red Bull and Vodka.  I am a big fan of Sugar free Red Bull, but in real life I have never had Red Bull and Vodka together, and I have heard the combination can be dangerous.  Then I saw Demi Moore come into the restaurant, and the salon manager left our table to greet her.  Somehow I realized my hair appointment got cancelled because she took it.  Then I realized we have to go back to the salon because I can get my haircut now.  After not having eaten dinner and having a few Red Bull and vodkas I was so drunk that I could not walk, so I decided to crawl through the street back to the salon.  But after crossing a busy highway and finally getting back to the salon I stopped to rest at the cafe-like area. There was another girl sitting at the tables who I recognize to be J's girlfriend (who I have never met in real life).  She didn't know who I was, but I knew who she was. I began questioning her in what was almost an interrogating style.  She didn't seem to notice, and we were both friendly, although the conversation was purely me asking questions and her responses.  I felt strangely fascinated by her, but I think this was mostly because I was still quite intoxicated.  I desperately wanted to tell her the truth about her boyfriend, that her boyfriend was a liar and a cheater, and that I knew from personal experience, but I couldn't bring myself to do it because I was too drunk. 

"Crazy Class Critiques"    04/25/04
In one of my classes at law school two girls were explaining a project they did in front of the class.  At the end of their explanation there was a question and answer session.  Louis raised his hand and began asking a question, but he spoke in what sounded like a Japanese accent.  I could tell that my classmates were having difficulty understanding him, but just then the professor explained that he was a foreign student and that we should respect that English is his second language.  I wondered if this were really true, given that I'd heard him speak before without the accent.  Louis began interrogating and harshly criticizing the girls.  As he was speaking multiple students tried to sneak out of the room.  Many of them were wearing suits and I saw Fabiola trying to leave with a dog she had apparently brought to class.  The professor interrupted Louis' rant and told all of the students attempting to leave to go back to their seats.  She also criticized Fabiola for having the dog.  Then I realized that I had my cat Zenith with me in class and I wondered if I would get in trouble too.  Fabiola complained that she was going to be late for an interview, but I couldn't understand why she was taking her dog to an interview.  The idea seemed like a disaster waiting to happen to me.


"J Interrupts A Vacation"    04/23/04
My family was visiting my grandmother's house when J walked into her yard.  He began telling me that his girlfriend wouldn't kiss him or let him sleep touching her last night.  He seemed distraught about it, but I couldn't understand why he was telling me this.  We really hadn't talked in a long time.  I didn't even respond to him, but he kept talking.  Eventually his girlfriend called on his cell phone and they made up.  Then he left without saying goodbye to me.  I ranted to my family that I hate the way J only talks to me when he wants or needs something.  But then I also noticed that my friend F and her boyfriend were fighting in my grandmother's yard.  I commented that people always fight during holidays.  I determined that it must be Valentine's Day due to all the fighting. 

"Bill Cosby Isn't Funny"    04/23/04
I found myself in the studio audience of that show where Bill Cosby attempts to get little kids to say funny things.  He was offering the little boy on stage a blue lollipop.  The boy accepted and didn't say anything funny.  Bill Cosby kept prodding, but the kid put the candy in his mouth and completely stopped talking.  The audience was getting restless, and I kind of felt bad for Bill, but it reminded me that he shouldn't be exploiting little kids in the first place.  


"Meeting Maybelline"    04/22/04
Some friends and I went to a party in an old brick building.  It was a school night, so we planned to stay out all night and just go to classes the next morning without sleeping.  Once we arrived at the party my friends wandered off and I was alone in a loading dock area.  Then I noticed a very tall auburn haired girl.  I glanced at her and marveled at how tall she was.  She had to have been over seven feet.  She caught me looking at her and said hi.  I asked her if I knew her and she said we had been in classes together.  I asked her several times which class, but I could never understand her answer.  I told her that she was very beautiful and that I was surprised that she was so tall.  I told her that I am not used to feeling short, but she made me feel short.  She smiled and informed me that she knew Jillian.  I asked the girl for her name so that I could say hi to Jillian for her.  She told me that her name was Maybelline.  I thought to myself that her name was easy to remember because it was just like the cosmetics line.  Then my friends reappeared and told me it was time to go to class.  I was shocked because it seemed as if no time had passed at all.


"J Is Gay"    04/22/04
My friend F and I were at school when I told her that I thought J was gay.  She said that she didn't think so, but then we saw him at school and something he did made it obvious that he was gay.  Somehow I felt sad that he had been so secretive about his preference.  I at least felt that he should have told me.


"My Parents' Reincarnated Dog"    04/22/04
I was still living at my parents' house and so was my brother, but my brother was not getting along with my parents.  I was offering for my brother to move out into an apartment with me, but then my parents came in and broke some bad news to us.  They told us that Midnight, the dog they had when I was about six years old, had just died.  However, then I noticed that there was a much smaller dog that looked similar wandering around my bedroom.  He was already wearing a collar, leash, and tags.  I saw that the collar and tags were Midnight's and realized that Midnight had died but had been reincarnated as a smaller dog.  Seeing him again made me feel at peace.

"Medical Help and IMing"    04/20/04
I was visiting my parents' house and not feeling well, so my mother called a doctor.  I felt depressed and wanted medication for that, but also I was asking him if I could get an abortion to prevent myself from becoming pregnant.  As far as I knew I wasn't pregnant at the moment, but I just never wanted to become pregnant.  He told me to just take birth control pills, but I said that I didn't like the way those made me feel.  He told us that he would have to call us back in a few minutes.  I went online and was IMing Drusilla.  I had been IMing Julius, but he told me that he had to sign off. Drusilla asked me about Julius and said something about how he has eight screen names.  I told her that I was only aware of one.  She informed me that everyone has more than one screen name, but I told her that I only have one.  I told her that I had to sign off.  I realized that the doctor might be trying to call back and because I was using the phone line for Internet, he wouldn't be able to get through.  I felt horribly depressed and just wanted him to prescribe some kind of medication for me that would make me feel better.


"Creating a Broken Heart"    04/12/04
In my family law class my teacher informed us that we were all going to make a piece of art to symbolize ourselves and that we would carry this art around with us always.  I saw a boy carrying a large red glass heart, so I decided to make one.  I made mine very large, but I did so because I thought I would have to put it in a kiln and during that process it would shrink.  I spoke to my teacher who said that I needed to make a smaller one.  I explained that I had no art training and really had no idea what I was doing.  She said that she would make a smaller one for me as long as I didn't tell the other students that she was doing it.  I agreed and then walked over to a water fountain.  I was thinking about how I should have asked my teacher to make a big gash through my heart to make it look broken, but then I decided that I couldn't really be picky since she was already helping me out.  There was a circulation desk area nearby as if this space were a library, so I decided to go over and ask the workers there a question.  Of course, who do I see but my former friend J.  I asked my question and began to walk away, but I could feel J's eyes on me.  I turned around to look at him and he flashed me a deranged smile.  I felt so sad and so terrified.  I turned and kept walking.  I met up with a girl from my family law class and told her about seeing J.  By this time I was really distraught and told her I was going to have to skip my classes for the rest of the day because I was just too emotional.

"The Sky in Bryce 3D"    04/11/04
I was in my apartment, but it seemed to be permanently night outside.  I was doing some type of interior design for the singer Brandy, so she was also at my apartment.  I was showing her the credit cards we were going to take with us when we went shopping for furniture.  Then I showed her the bill, which was $1290.  Brandy asked me if that was the bill for my work alone or if it was a combined bill including some work my father did for her.  I said it must be combined because I didn't think that I could have done enough work alone to justify charging her that much.  She and her mother left to go to the store without me.  I went into my bedroom and saw that my mother was sleeping there.  I opened the blinds and saw that the sky looked like it had been created in Bryce 3D.  It was spellbindingly beautiful, but staring at it made me realize all the ugliness in the world.  I told my mother that I had wanted to go on vacation to Japan, but now al Qaeda was torturing the Japanese.  I felt so sad.  I was telling my mother about doing design work for Aaliyah, but then I realized that Aaliyah had been tragically killed and that I was doing work for Brandy.  The woman I had been helping didn't really look like Brandy, but I knew it was her because she sang Almost Doesn't Count, one of my favorite songs.  I left my mother to sleep, but I felt extremely depressed about the way terrorism was taking over the world.

"Giving Birth to My Cat"    04/05/04
I came home to my apartment and saw that there was a white Post-It Note on my door.  My real-life neighbors, the Lazy Boyz, had invited me to a party at there apartment and left me an email address in the note where I could RSVP.  (I call them the Lazy Boyz because each of them has a decal across the rear window of his car which displays "Lazy Boyz" and what is apparently the owner's initials.)  I wondered why they were inviting me to their party given that I've never met them or even spoken to them.  Then I also realized that I was very pregnant and that most pregnant women don't get invited to parties other than baby showers.  I went into my apartment and my parents were there.  I cried to my mother that I was nervous about being pregnant and that I was afraid my baby would have defects. Then I realized that I was about to give birth, so I told her to call 911.  Giving birth was stressful but relatively painless.  Nevertheless I was screaming and crying.  Then I looked at my baby and saw that I had just given birth to my cat Zenith.  I felt very disturbed by the idea I gave birth to a cat, but I also felt relived that I knew that my baby was going to be ok.

"Making Cookies and Muffins"    04/04/04
My mother and I were in a loft apartment making no-bake cookies with only blue M&Ms.  I was also baking raspberry muffins when Ferula called.  My mother spoke to her, but I was actually shocked that Ferula had called because I haven't spoken to her in years.  My mother told me that Ferula had reminded me that I was supposed to bring the cookies to school or church.  While my mother had been on the phone she had filled the muffin tin with melted butter.  I had wanted to give some of the raspberry muffins to Waldo, but now I wondered if they would be good or not due to my mother's mistake with the butter.