Monthly Archives: June 2011
The 31 Stories, 31 Days Project, beginning July 1.
There are 31 days in July. Hopefully most of them will be filled with prize rose bushes, sunshine, light breezes and blue skies. But they will also be filled with story. Stories happen around us all the time; there is … Continue reading
Phone Sex: A Short-Short by Miya Abe
With the time difference, phone sex became a part of my morning routine. You were just going to bed and looking at the Paris evening from your window; black, you described the sky. Black, with city lights replacing the invisible … Continue reading
An Early Morning With the Hot Dentist.
I’ve always hated the dentist. I remember the fortunate incident when I cried while sitting in that sticky vinyl chair; my mom, at times trying to save face to keep the locals’ gossip at bay, was incredibly disappointed at me … Continue reading
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Rainy Days.
Despite the constant griping about Edmonton’s as-of-late torrential rain, I quite like it. There’s something sort of mythic and beautiful about the gray glow of the sky, the vast pools of dark cloud cover, the amplified, effervescent foliage, the curvature … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Vancouver Canucks Rioters
Dear Canucks Rioters: You have disgraced me. You see, I am a well-publicized, card-carrying hater of your team; I don’t hate them because they’re “good” either. I hate them because I have a personal vendetta against a particular fan of theirs. I was rooting against … Continue reading
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Dear Dean Philip Baker: I think you’re an idiot and an embarassment. And I wrote out this opinion myself.
This past weekend, Dean Philip Baker, the Dean of Medicine at the U of A was reportedly caught in the act of plagiarism; his convocation speech is allegedly stolen directly from that of another Medicine convocation speech given at an … Continue reading
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I changed my mind.
Just about two years ago, I wrote a novel. I finished it in April of 2009, which was the final semester of my undergrad; so flooded was I with good feelings of accomplishment and mountains of pride and my own … Continue reading
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You know what? I am going to pat myself on the back.
Last night, I was out (yes, I go out often). On said-outing, I ended up making out with two different people, neither of which I had any interest in dating, one of whom was a complete and total piece of … Continue reading
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