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khakicat commented on the post, airstream 4 days, 21 hours ago
The racket of air horns and vuvuzelas filled the airstreams as the graduates filed across the stage, waving and cheering. No graduation is complete without them.
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khakicat commented on the post, dissolve 2 weeks, 6 days ago
I poured the salt into the glass of water and watched it dissolve far too quickly. I hated gargling that stuff, but I hated the painful sore throat more. I think that’s the way it is with relationships and friendships. Sometimes you have to put salt in the wound in order to heal.
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khakicat commented on the post, ensue 3 weeks, 1 day ago
“All kinds of trouble will ensue if you pursue this ‘plan,’ if that’s what you want to call it. How can you expect me to support this kind of decision?”
“But after the trouble burns itself out, happiness, peace, and security will follow. That’s what we’ve always wanted isn’t it? That’s what we’ve spent our lives trying to achieve? Help me, Miriam. Take this risk. Yes, life is going to be awful for a while. Maybe a long while. But this story will have a happy ending. I promise.” -
khakicat commented on the post, crow 3 weeks, 2 days ago
As my car came barreling towards them, twenty or so screaming crows flew up from the pavement like the angry smoke monster on the TV show LOST.
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khakicat commented on the post, clasp 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Olivia clasped the rock in her hands. At first appearance, it was just an ordinary rock, likely from a river bed. But when she pressed it to her lips and whispered words, memories, and hopes it did became those things. As the Olivia’s breath caressed the stone’s surface, the fragile ideas at the edge of her mind became reality as long as restless words streamed from her mouth.
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khakicat commented on the post, soon 5 months, 4 weeks ago
“We’ll be there soon,” she said. That’s what she always said, but as usual, it wasn’t true. Soon, in her way of thinking implied something like in the next few hours, before the event is over. Rarely within the next few minutes did she ever arrive.
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khakicat commented on the post, fresh 7 months, 1 week ago
She took a breath of the fresh morning air and shivered in its crisp coolness. “This is the day,” she whispered, shivering again at the thought.
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khakicat commented on the post, headphones 8 months, 2 weeks ago
She scooted to the seat closest to the window and tossed her bag into the seat next to her. After jamming her headphones into her ears she looked around the bus through half closed eyes. “Oh no. Here he comes,” […]
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khakicat commented on the post, flex 8 months, 2 weeks ago
She flexed her muscles. They were definitely getting bigger. Pushing lines of six shopping carts around parking lots all day had it’s benefits. But what good are muscles when buried underneath fat? Megan pursed […]
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khakicat commented on the post, losses 9 months, 3 weeks ago
It’s bitterly ironic that this word should appear on this day–the day that I am so terribly haunted by my greatest loss.
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khakicat commented on the post, cabinet 9 months, 3 weeks ago
It’s just my tendency to romanticize the idea behind any word. The plain old boring word “cabinet” is no different. I like to think of an old, intricately carven wooden box with an ornate handle hanging on a wall. […]
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khakicat commented on the post, statement 9 months, 4 weeks ago
I turned various statements over in my mind, trying to decide which one would be most powerful and convincing. I tried to see my arguments from his point of view and pick out the flaws that he would see, so I […]
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khakicat commented on the post, gum 10 months ago
This word makes me smile so much. All kinds of crazy memories with my best friend are attached to it. Kurt and the mysterious, weightless rock are my favorites. Ahh! The pleasure of inside jokes!
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khakicat commented on the post, holder 10 months ago
The car’s cup holder was over flowing with trash–old receipts, gum wrappers, and dirty napkins–when darling, little Jared and his stupid friend threw a smoking match into it. Like the mischievous nine year old […]
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khakicat commented on the post, icing 10 months ago
Why is the phrase “That’s just the icing on the cake” always used sarcastically in reference to a bad event that tops of a series of negative events? I love the icing on cakes–except for the icing on some store […]
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khakicat commented on the post, instructions 10 months ago
John squinted at the complicated assembly instructions for his go kart and tossed a sidelong glance toward the contraption his friend was hunched over.
“Hey, Dave,” he sighed wiping sweat from his forehead, “you […] -
khakicat changed their profile picture 10 months ago
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khakicat commented on the post, suspects 10 months ago
The suspects were stuffed into a blank room behind a thick plexiglass wall. The police had lined them up so she could identify the perpetrator. A few stared boldly towards her as if attempting to prove their […]
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khakicat commented on the post, patrol 10 months ago
Just as vicious dogs trained to patrol and guard a junkyard can be led away only by one whom they trust implicitly, so also, we were disarmed and led away from our pride, our worthless treasure, by Your soft, firm […]
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khakicat commented on the post, stretcher 10 months, 1 week ago
In his pain induced delusion, Ryan wondered why the called the little thing the paramedics were laying him on was called a stretcher. Perhaps it was because every time he curled his body into tight ball of agony, […]
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