you want to appear somewhat normal. Or, at least, not too extremely pathological.
I know some of you must ALSO have confessions to make, and it's only fair that you share them.
Here's one of my many strategies.
On a warm, sunny day, make sure that you expose yourself to the sun, and maybe even in a few different places to be sure you are effectively exposed. (The Rosetree Park, the outside chairs at Starbucks, etc) Wear your gym top, so you can be sure to gather natural looking tan lines. Deliberately have on less sunscreen than is warranted by the weather. THEN go home and hole up. Feel the burn start to show itself across your face and shoulders. And know that no one will ever imagine that you spent most of your weekend crouching in the corner of your apartment, over your computer. (Worry about sun damage later, if you're still around.)
I know some of you must ALSO have confessions to make, and it's only fair that you share them.
Here's one of my many strategies.
On a warm, sunny day, make sure that you expose yourself to the sun, and maybe even in a few different places to be sure you are effectively exposed. (The Rosetree Park, the outside chairs at Starbucks, etc) Wear your gym top, so you can be sure to gather natural looking tan lines. Deliberately have on less sunscreen than is warranted by the weather. THEN go home and hole up. Feel the burn start to show itself across your face and shoulders. And know that no one will ever imagine that you spent most of your weekend crouching in the corner of your apartment, over your computer. (Worry about sun damage later, if you're still around.)
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Tue, April 24, 2007 - 7:38 PMOh fuck you all. I guess you're SO normal that you don't have to fake it.
Fine. I'll just take up my own thread and run with it. But change it, maybe.
To things you do when you don't care at ALL about normalcy... in fact, when you spit at it. Spitefully.
Things you do when you're maybe not entirely normal. I mean, things you TAKE when you're not this way.
One bottle of red wine. AUSTRALIAN. That's not where you should get your red. Unless you like the price, WITH tax...SEVEN DOLLARS FORTY-ONE cents. If you can drink that, then it's good.
Two cans of Miller Lite. Goes down too fast. Too forgettably. But it goes down.
Two milligrams of Xanax.
One Ambien.
One Vicodin.
Maybe an Effexor, 75 milligrams, if I remembered to take it. I can't remember.
And as honest as I am, I will NOT tell you how many Marlboro Lights went into that mix, although, I DO think I'm out of them, but thank God for the Wawa.
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Tue, April 24, 2007 - 7:48 PMAlthough, now that I think about it, maybe you should refrain from going to the Wawa, since it's taken you this many tries to write this. And when I say many. I mean many. Like fourteen tries. Fifteen. Sixteen. Stop now. -
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Thu, April 26, 2007 - 4:48 PM"Oh dear."
Oh yeah. For sure.
It's like, I look at what I posted, and I think, "Ha! That's kinda funny! Anna Nicole without the methadone! Ha! Like I REALLY took all of that shit! Ha! As IF!"
And then it's like, "You POSTED it, stupid. What, you were making that up? You don't have it in you to make that up."
But then, it's like, "Whatever, I didn't actually take all of that. I didn't."
And then it's like, "You did. You said it."
And then it's like this back and forth and back and forth and.
And. The thing that fascinates me most is that, I KNOW what denial is, and I know what it means, and yet I don't see that I'm doing it.
And maybe you note that I'm in DENIAL.
But the thing is. I KNOW what denial is, and I know what it means and all that, so like, how can I be in denial if I know that I am in denial?
And you might think, "Very, very easily. Is how you do this."
And I might think, "Well, so yeah, I went to the Wawa when I shouldn't have. And maybe now, I am going to the liquor store, and I was definitely not gonna do this. But I am aware that I am doing this! I am not denying that I'm doing this. And I don't deny that I did what I said I did the other night. I deny that I MEANT to do it, but I don't deny, that much, that I did it.'
In other words, WHERE is the denial?
This is what I'm saying. "I deny that I meant to do this."
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Thu, April 26, 2007 - 4:54 PMYou want more of my logic?
You do not.
"Don't go to the liquor store. You said you wouldn't. You don't need that. Taken another fuckin Xanax and go to bed, for god's sake."
"But it's JEANS day tomorrow!"
And the logic is, that you already know what you are going to wear tomorrow.
So it's okay to drink tonight!
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Thu, April 26, 2007 - 7:52 PMwell of all the excuses - girl what are you doing drinking the night before 'jeans day'?!?! puffy puffy puffy!!!!!
if anything you should be popping diuretics!
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 1:45 PMOh, Mia. Don't rub it into our faces.
You can eat whatever you want, and you will always be slim.
That must be nice.
Me? I've got the box of Wheat Thins again. One box=one serving.
And I blame you for this!
It's one thing to be totally insane. It's another thing to be fat while being insane.
I resent you for this, I envy you, but never in a million years could I hate you for this. You are, to me, un-hatable. Is there anyone who dislikes you? There must be someone. I don't know how, but you are just totally, pathologically, un-dislikable. How can that BE? What don't we know?
Let's take Rendall. I have many reasons to dislike him. I still love him, but I can dislike him. And that makes him human.
But what about you? Can't I find anything to dislike? I can't.
Note. Cute drug dealer calls. You don't take the call! Cool! You don't take anyone's calls. But then the second one followed. Abruptly. Anf you took that one.
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 8:19 PMsee thats the problem - giving drug dealers your #. well i guess Thats not the problem but you know what I'm saying.
If it makes you feel better my bf's neighbor stopped by while I was gardening yesterday. I have'nt seen him in a while and right after the hello came this conversation:
Him: "Have you gained weight?'
Me: "yes"
Him: "Looks like you gained 10lbs"
Me: "Probably"
Him: "You pregnant?"
Me: "no just eating too much"
well there ya go. I actually found it really funny and honestly I can't be mad at him cause its totaly true and he's a close to 50 year old alcaholic biker with a comb over who's been out of work for a couple of months and really is as sweet as can be. Kind of like a 5 year old saying 'your hair is brown' ...ya know just stating the obvious with out any malice or judgement.
anyway it did flip the should I go to the gym today coin for me.
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Wed, April 25, 2007 - 2:00 PMOnly seven bucks on a bottle of wine? Yuck, stop shopping at Trader Joe's and get some decent stuff. Might as well have come in a box.
I wish I saw the fascination with Xanax. I take it for muscle tremors caused by other medication but I've taken up to 15mg at a time and don't get it and it doesn't matter how much I drink with it either. I also can find no muscle relaxant that works either which means I now get constant headaches again. Except for tizanidine which I had to stop taking after 5 years because it began reacting with Diovan which nearly killed me and then with Sular which caused spectacular hallucinations (while leaving me completely lucid).
Still, better living through Chemistry has always been my motto. But those just allow me to stay alive and function so that only leaves alcohol for fun. A really good red, or just a decent champagne makes anything seem like a celebration. Or a string of margaritas or mojitos on a nice hot day. Mmmm. I could go for one right now. It's a nice day outside. Too bad I'm stuck at work. I could sip these until the sun sets.
Margarita:
1 shot of Hornitos
juice of 1 lime
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 oz. of Citronge or 1/2 shot of blue curacao if you want a blue one.
1/2 oz to 1 oz simple syrup depending on how sweet you want it.
shaken and poured over ice in a glass with a lightly salted rim
Mojito:
1 shot of Bacardi Limon
juice from 2 limes
crushed mint
1 oz. of simple syrup.
shaken poured over ice in a tall glass fill the rest of the way with club soda/lime sparkling water.
Lemon drop:
1 shot Ketel One lemon
juice from 1 to 1 1/2 lemons
1/2 oz. Cointreau
3/4 oz. to 1 oz. simple syrup
shake and pour into martini glass with sugared rim
simple syrup:
boil 2 cups of water
add 5 cups of sugar
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Thu, April 26, 2007 - 4:29 PMThank you for the info, Hypno, once again.
But about the Xanax. It keeps the drinking under control.
And if it doesn't, then you're not taking it at the right time. You're not taking it at the right time! You HAVE to figure out when that time is! Damnit, you HAVE to figure out the right time! Figure it out, damnit! There's got to be a righter time, you idiot! -
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Fri, April 27, 2007 - 9:43 AMwell guess what? I started on the xanax. turns out my new doctor is a pill doctor and when I suggested I take some to help me get off the effexor he obliged was all, "okay, how many do you want?"
and then I was all, "damn. I wish I could talk to SuZEN right now."
"who's SuZEN?"
"She's this girl who I get all my drug advice from."
"Oh."
Anyway. I gave up trying to appear normal, what I've done is to surround myself with equally fucked up people so that most the time I either feel status quo or maybe even slightly better than my cohorts.
And really I don't understand how you can get so fucked up off a couple xanax, a bottle of wine, and a vic. You don't even smoke pot?
Let's see it's not even 10 a.m. yet....so far today I've had my effexor, (I've taken to opening the capsule and sprinkling some of the meds onto my palm and licking it off whenever I'm in public), a half of a oxycodon (generic for percs), and smoked a bowl.
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Sat, April 28, 2007 - 2:10 PMOh, LA LA!
We're on the SAME page.
That's wonderful. I love you for it.
And then, the jerk in me has to ask, "How's that workin' out for you?"
Because, for me, it's not working out at all.
Xanax and red wine- that's working out for me. Xanax and red wine, and then what likely happens after that- is not working out so well.
You know where it took me, and you know why I got away with it? Because my dealer didn't think that a personal check was okay. Fuck him! I didn't either, but had you looked at my bank statement, you would know why I suggested this. It didn't fly, and I was resentful, but God only knows how grateful I was on Friday morning.
After a typically hideous day at school, I went out to dinner with a few old lady teachers- Erin's Pub, but we didn't drink- and then I sat through the entire "High School Musical."
This is a sad outing if you're a fun-loving person. But, for me, it was a SUPREME accomplishment! I interacted with human beings, and then I agitated my way through a shitty play. But, I DID it! I did it.
And now I must avenge that wrong.
And how! Ha!
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Sat, April 28, 2007 - 8:59 PMAnd so I DID rebel against the hideous dullness of last night.
And I did a REALLY good job of it!
I'm very happy right now!
This is a rare thing. But it can happen! Who knew?
Even if it is only for a few hours, it's worth it.
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Sat, April 28, 2007 - 9:18 PMI am going to a bar!
I am going to a bar!
This is very exciting!
I haven't been out in two years, and someone is taking me out!
This is very exciting for me!
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Sun, April 29, 2007 - 1:38 AMI had fun.
And I didn't act like an alcoholic at all! Sipped some weird cocktail, and barely finished a pint of beer. In fact, my companion didn't believe that I was in any way an alcoholic. (I brought up the issue; I feel the need to) I was at a bar, in the city, and I was HARDLY drinking. Yes, I had a Xanax at 1:30 pm, a bottle of even cheaper than ususal red wine, between 3pm and 6, and then did a bunch of what the AA folks call other substances, and I was grand. Totally, like, normal.
I feel very normal right now. And like, normal in a good way.
And I will probably get a little action too. He just turned twenty-eight. Which is funny, since I always swore that I would never go there. Not under 30. And there were so many cute boys under 30 in my AA circle, Sean, Mike, Dan, Travis, et cetera et cetera. I never went there. I just wouldn't, but this guy isn't in AA. And now that I'm no longer in AA, I have relaxed, or rather, forgotten, any and all of my standards.
The good news is that I'm doing my substance abuse with another human being. This is a step up for me. Much less pathetic. No matter how honest I have seemed, the full extent of my pathetic behavior will never really be revealed. There are limits to what I will share. In terms of the amount of shit, and the amount of alone time in which I do the shit.
The better news is that Eryn suggested I go to a meeting, after I was bragging tonight about the fact that I was doing all this shit with ANOTHER person. I was SO proud.
You know what? It seems like I might not get that much action. And you know what, that's okay. I'm still with another human.
Oh, but my point. Eryn suggested I go to a meeting. And I said that I thought that was a good idea. And Jeff called me today, after weeks, or months, of me ignoring him. And I am gonna call him. I am. It's about that time.
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Mon, April 30, 2007 - 4:03 PMI lived next to that bottle for a long time, my love. I didn't touch it. I HID it, and Dad noticed this. I knew where I put it, and maybe, on a few occasions, I looked for it, when I was supposed to be watering the plants. It is gone. I know my Dad, and I know that he threw it out. Because he has no need for that shit, not because he was protecting me. I KNOW it's gone, but that doesn't mean that I haven't looked for it, maybe like three or four times.
But here's what I want to talk about.
Maybe the other night was a great one- it was- and maybe the next morning was a great one. And maybe the afternoon was kinda cool too. And maybe I briefly met a "famous" rock star. At 3 pm. And his fame wasn't known to me. I don't remember the name of the band, and I am glad of this. I will not find it out, and I will NEVER hear any of its music; I don't care HOW much it was hyped to me. And maybe I can't help but know the name of your HUGE headliner act. I know it. Who doesn't. And maybe I have heard its music. How could I not. And maybe it sucked. And maybe it didn't. But I'll never really know, because I will never hear it again. I refuse.
And maybe, you punk motherfucker, you made a comment about me, and it got back to me, in a lapse of someone's understanding of how senstive I might be. And maybe you said that I looked like a crack whore. Fuck you, you fuckwad motherfucker. If you had said I was ACTING like a crack whore, I could understand, because maybe I sometimes need to play that role. But I was not acting like a crack whore, because I didn't need to at the time. I LOOKED like a crack whore?
Fuck you. You get to be my age, and you're still goin' at it 30 hours at a stretch- you might not look your best. YOU can do it, you punkass motherfucker, but I guess I can't. Fuck you. Fuck you.
If I could will ill things upon anyone but myself, I would do so. And even if I can't, I am still gonna wish the ILLEST will upon you. I hate you. I am the first to talk shit about ANYONE, but honestly, I do not, at this time, really hate anyone. I hate you. I hate you. I could find out your last name, and your band's name, but I won't dignify this shit. Steve. I hate you. How dare you, you punkass motherfucker.
I'd wish death to you, but that doesn't seem like a bad deal to me, to be too honest.
Fuck him.
Were my feelings hurt? What do you think?
I post this because...hey, an almost semi-famous person said it! That's interesting! And because, by posting this, it becomes a joke to me. Ha! Me! I went to private schools my entire life. I am internationally travelled. Have YOU been to Timbuktu? I was VERY good at Dressage! Took me many months of practice with a fuckin' BRUTAL instructor. Sharon! Like I could ever not remember her name! I got good VERY VERY good at Dressage! You know what that takes? If you don't even know what this IS, then you, wisely, don't truly understand the ultimate in equestrian elitism!
I look(ed) like a crack whore? FUCK YOU! You fuckin' punkass motherfucker.
Today I went to school, fairly dazed. Not enough time to put together an outfit. But I did.
And you know what I got from that? "Oh, look at Miss M! Check her out! She looks so cute! You look like a high school student!"
First of all, I do not have the wherewithal to dress like a high school student. I wouldn't know how to do this. Because I don't have the clothes, I don't have the style, and like I said, I don't notice enough to know how to do this.
All I did was put on a hot pink skirt and put my hair into a hot pinked pony-tail scruncci (sp?)
The last thing I was trying to look like was a cute high school student. I was just trying to get through the day. But the students noticed, the male faculty commented, and you know what?
Good for them.
I look like a crack whore? I don't think so. Fuck you. You are the only person in the world that I truly hate now. I mean, I really hate you. That's a very intense feeling to have. I might come across as some kind of misanthropist, and maybe I am, but I don't actually hate anyone. Except for this punkass motherfucker.
I mean, I hate you.
Nonetheless, the point is taken. What ELSE am I gonna do with it?
I know! Post it! Put it up for a laugh.
And in doing that you can distance yourself from it.
I'm thinking about going a meeting, by the way. On the Main Line, where few will know me, and where crack whores don't fit in. It's an elitist kind of place, and that's where I'm going.
I still hate him. And the messenger was wrong to tell me. But I also know that he was trying to defend me, and he always thought I was hot. But he was like, "Yeah, maybe, but we looked GOOD 24 hours ago." The difference is that he looked much the same, and so did the dickhead, but I got 10 years on them. That is the difference.
I feel better now. I hate what's his name no less, but I love you guys that much more:)
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Mon, April 30, 2007 - 4:20 PMOkay, maybe you shouldn't have taken my advice on wearing the eye patch. But then you couldn't have said, "I am the Dread Crack Whore Roberts!" before you gutted him. -
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Mon, April 30, 2007 - 4:43 PMAnd whatever, I am SO drunk and enraged right now, and I was wanting some attention, so I thought, I'll FIND that motherfucker, and I will at least put out his name, just to be indiscreet like that, just to be an asshole like that! And I couldn't come up with it! Who the fuck opened for Godsmack at the Meadowlands, on April 28th, and how do we collectively wish ill will upon him?
Take a side, for God's sake. My feelings are very hurt! I cried all the way home from Philadelphia last night. It was like, the usual comedown- times ten=- from my excesses. You can imagine them. But I'll never actually reveal the real amount of them.
Whatever. I cried all the way home from Philadelphia. It was so sad. I am telling you. I forgot how really sad it is to cry. And it's not all that assholes's fault, in fact, it wasn't really beacuse of him at all, but it would be nice to have a scapegoat, especially someone as one as smug as him.
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Mon, April 30, 2007 - 10:12 PMof course that sucks, but lets look on the bright side he is a musician.... 'crack whore' could be the supreme compliment in his circle. plus it's more proactive than 'groupie'.
so did you go to the high end meeting?
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Tue, May 1, 2007 - 12:28 PMThat last reply was to LaLa.
To Rendall. It's a good point, but in the context, it made sense to tell me. The thing is, I am not about to get into that context.
I do not in any way blame the messenger. I blame the message. I blame THAT guy. And I still hate him hate him hate him.
But you know what? I'm kinda over it! Thank God for Tribe, and for this one, in particular, and for the people who take the time to read it. To read me. On one hand, I am easy to read. On the other, damn, it's gotta be painful.
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 12:03 AMPainfully Amusing. Good book title!
If you honestly can take a young 2X-yr old *punk rocker* *opening-for-Godsmack* seriously, then that makes you what?
Seriously.
The only way that could really hurt your feelings is if it was true. Which it is not. If you think you look like a "crack ho", you're suffering from some sort of body dysmorphia.
I'm surprised you could let a snot like that insult you. The elitist picture you paint seems to be far above such...gaucheness. Flapping gums. Whatnot.
But it does reveal a pain inside of you that you very rarely cop to, at least here. A humanity and the drive behind your struggle with drugs. If, despite your maybe-misanthropy, you don't really hate anybody, but you can and do hatehatehate this dude, then maybe you really do hate someone else. Yourself? Something about yourself?
Well, I'm feelin' the whack-a-mole comin' out right about now, so I'll be trundlin' along. Keep your left eye free! -
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 5:26 AMRiverlife! Wow. How did you get so cool?
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 1:15 PMThank you, River.
The fact that Chuckster hasn't been chiming in is disturbing.
There is the possibility that he has found something better to do. I could blame his indifference, but I know that it doesn't exist.
It just troubles me that he won't sass me. Has it gotten that unfunny?
Maybe it has. But don't stop laughing, even if it's the fake kind. I NEED to see the humor. I MUST see the humor. Or rather, you must see the humor. Otherwise, I will retreat, and will retreat into the abyss.
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Thu, May 3, 2007 - 1:17 PMI mean, who PROUDLY blows by one beer store, only to stop into the next one and exit with a case of Steel Reserve!
I did not mean to do this. I don't know how it happened. I really, really don't.
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