Sweltering Summer Month
by ^H
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no Hard Feeling
Title of Bloodhound Gang’s epic song about birthdays. Ain’t my job/to fuck you on your birthday The radio edit of that one is a completely different song It’s like Cee-Lo several years ahead of s...
Nineteen
What brings out the best in you? Challenge. I like to be challenged, mentally. And, yes, Governor Perry, that does mean you can do more pull-ups than I can. But I like to have opportunities w...
Eighteen
What’s your favorite birthday memory? What is your worst birthday memory? Best? I had a job interview on my birthday. One of the women on the panel I glanced at several times; “I know this ch...
Seventeen
Another day where I’m going to skip the prompt I’d recycled. I’m not at work; it was a hundred degrees in there. After half an hour, my vision and breathing were starting to go. This is the sor...
Sixteen
Somehow I missed a prompt a prompt for today. I didn’t miss the three birthdays of friends and family on Facebook. THow is baby formed after Thanksgiving turkey? Yes, it’s a bit disturbing to t...
Fifteen
what characteristics define you, and make you unique? This is tough. I am odd, and have been since I was very young. Listing those things out is trying, especially in light of my situation. I’...
Fourteen
Free. Free Writing Am I gonna have to pay royalties to Tom Petty on that bit like that dude had to for Stay With Me? But I guess it’s the overall progression and vibe, not so much the lyrics. S...
Thirteen
Is there an aspect of your personality you wish you could chnage? That’s a tough question. The only thing I can think of is that maybe I’m too trusting of ordinary people sometimes. I don’t thin...
Twelve
Today sucked in its own, special way. Still no news on WTF is going on with my work situation towards the end of the month. At the same time, I’m really excited about some other things that have...
Eleven
What changes would you make in your life if you could? Anyone who knows me, even a little, would know my two answers on this… Not have MS. Have a different job. While I’m not optimistic about n...
Ten
Where would be your ideal place to live? Is there truly an “ideal” place? I’m pretty sure I wanna stay in a city; “I get allergic smelling hay.” I also like having more than one way to get around...
Nine
What was the last thing on your mind as you fell asleep last night? Last night? Can I say awake long enough to see Weekend Update? No, no I couldn’t. Last night’s SNL was a rerun of Jim Carrey’...
Eight
Write about a mistake you made once (or more than once) that you never want to make again. It is really a cop-out, but I think I more than touched on that yesterday. I’ve made mistakes in my lif...
Seven
I’m sampling from NoJoMos in the past. It’s lazy, but these are things that i think still migh be interesting or different. From 2013: What Job would you never take? Another job with the four-...
Six
I had a prompt prepared, but I really don’t feel like writing about it. It’s Thursday. I’m tired. Supposedly it was raining earlier, but how the fuck would I know working in a windowless eighth...
Five
Write about your relationship status. How long has it been? Is it still good? If so, why? I’ve been together with my wife for over nine years now. We just work. And it really never feels like...
Four August
This is one my wife asked me. She gave me a few more this morning that’ll come up later on. What did you think your life would be like at this point? How is your life different? I guess this one...
Three
Prompt from a friend. write about something that annoys you-that really shouldn’t. You know, I used to be a lot more annoyed by what others did. Nowadays, I have trouble finding the fuck I’m no...
Two Aug.
8-2. What do you remember from 1982? Not much. I remember my mother being pregnant with my brother. For the Millenials in the audience, here’s the Wikipedia rundown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
One Aug
1. It’s always kind of odd when a month starts on the last day of the week. That aside, what are you doing this weekend? What would you rather be doing? Well, relaxing after the infusion yesterda...
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.31. Medical procedures. Tell me of them This prompt I wrote knowing what I’d be doing today. Accordingly, I started writing this from a bed in the infusion center at Norfolk General Hospital. I...
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.30. What has you on edge? This one is really one where I wrote the prompt while I was thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It could kill me. But, then, so could crossing the street. I...
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.29. What’s something you used to do often, but have gotten away from, and really miss? I think I was thinking about fishing when I came up with the prompt. Considering more, I don’t really miss ...
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twenty-seven. Write about a really expensive restaurant bill you’ve had. Where was it? How many people were in the party? What was really good? What was not-so-good? Do you at all regret it? I’m ...
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.26. Describe your work situation. Are you happy with it? Will it change soon? So, my current work situation is happenstance, and it’s probably not going to happen much longer. Either because I ...
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NoJoMo before the harvest.