Alarming in Open Diary 2001-2018 (Pre-Prosebox)

  • Feb. 10, 2006, midnight
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Sometimes, you know, my entries are like affirmations to myself. I tell myself I have it made. I tell myself I have the life. I paint the rosy picture(well, the times when I’m not portraying myself as a dirty ol’ drunk). Sometimes I actually believe I have my shit together.

But I don’t. I so don’t have my shit together. You should see me now….waking up in the mornings, near death, clothes everywhere. My bathroom’s a pigsty, my kitchen’s cluttered, there are still moving boxes in the hallway and in the back room—some empty, some full, some half-unpacked. Sometimes I smoke a cigarette and butt it out in an old catfood can. Sometimes I walk around in a daze, in my undies.

And I’m as fat/flabby as ever again. Comfort eating. Comfort drinking. Occasionally comfort napping on the weekends when I should be busy getting my shit together. I can’t believe I’ve actually slutted out as much as I have in the past few months—who the hell would want to see this body naked?? Ow. It’s horrifying.

I couldn’t sleep last night. Because I ate and drank too much last night. Because I didn’t want to go home after work last night. So Maria met me out, and we had a wonderful dinner together. I even introduced myself to a handsome stranger while I was on my way to the bathroom. After I came back to my seat and I was stuffing my maw, the waiter brought over a giant ice-cream topped brownie with three spoons, complements of the handsome stranger. Flattering, yes…but oh so disgusting. Yet when the handsome stranger came over to say hello, I felt forced to eat big scoops of delicious melty chocolate so as not to offend him. Horrible goodness.

I woke with a start in the middle of the night just thinking about how gross I am. I pulled my cellphone out from the plug so I could see what time it was (2:35), and I noticed a dirty text from New York Guy (ick)…and I couldn’t fall back to sleep.

Thoughts that ran through my mind:

  • my disgusting body and how much effort it will take to get back in shape
  • my aging body and how wrinkled and old I’m getting
  • taxes
  • the fact that I haven’t been in love in a million years and wonder if I ever will be again
  • terrorism
  • men who only want me for fucking
  • my parents dying
  • my cat dying
  • how soon I’m going to have to roll out of bed
  • the photographer who has a studio downstairs
  • the handsome stranger and his annoying Oklahoma accent
  • upcoming travel
  • how I need to call my old pet sitters
  • my beautiful wardrobe that doesn’t fucking fit
  • text sex
  • the cancerous-looking splotch on my nose
  • when I will ever have a put-together loft
  • plane crashes
  • my flabby ass
  • when the alarm will go off

    …and on and on. You get the picture.

    The alarm finally went off.


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