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Valerie Roney

Day 54 – nerd is the new sexy

Buckle up readers, you’re about to take a ride on the tangent train…

So my world these days is surrounded by really smart people, and a lot of really smart men. There’s one fellow in my life I absolutely adore, brilliant, kind-hearted, grounded, really easy to be with. And VERY young – young enough to be well eliminated by the creepy age difference formula of half your age plus seven. So, in a state of drug-addled sentimentality last night I realized if I’d made a baby in high school, he would have gown into this man by now.Read More »Day 54 – nerd is the new sexy

FUCK

For those of you in on the pool of when this day would come, count it as day 54.

My health has gone to total shit (as it often does this time of year) and the meds I need to take to manage that leave me pretty addle-brained.Read More »FUCK

Day 53 – useless

No zombie love installment tonight. Something else needed to come out:

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He’s dying. Not imminently, but he’s at the end of his days. “I’m worn out.” he says often these days; especially after folding back into bed after the 20 minute shuffle just to get to the bathroom and back.

He sleeps a lot now. He’s often sound asleep, blanket tucked under chin, in the times I drop in to visit. But that’s okay. I just sit with him, feet dangling from the wheelchair he hates to be in.Read More »Day 53 – useless