2008

May

i can’t keep pretending that ½ a...

The problem with this email is that almost none of it is true. Not only was I through with him...
May 19th

i feel a lot of possibility when i'm...

it took him two days to write back. i wanted to die during those hours, sure that i’d scared...
May 11th

i don't know what you want, but it's not...

i didn’t want to break up over email, but it was like a force that came over me, and i had to...
May 11th

sweet face

i know that being overly affectionate can be stifling in a relationship, but i want to be with him...
May 11th

i have a bad habit of falling madly in...

tallahassee, florida—-Dear You,I purposely took the long way home tonight, just to avoid...
May 9th

i rescind this statement

this is one of my great shameful emails, mostly because it is an emotional outpouring to someone...
May 5th

eep, you're adorable!

this was to a guy i had seen around over the course of a year at various shows and around campus....
May 5th

it only gets worse every time i see you

sent to an old boss from when i was an intern. he’s 12 years older and was certainly just...
May 5th

this company wouldn't survive without...

a week after i sent this email to a coworker, we found out that all communications, personal or...
May 5th

has our relationship progressed to xs...

having odd flirtations over email at work with famous, married writers whose work you’re...
May 5th

thought i'd take a much needed break and...

a tragic moment in my career as an almost groupie. luckily i came to my senses about randomly...
May 5th

the end. now leave.

los angeles, california—-i chose to end this relationship in january. i have trust issues, i...
May 5th

we do what we have to do

los angeles, california—-i fucked up tonight. again. i know.i wish i could explain my...
May 5th

a versatile and talented writer

i applied for a copywriting job that involved writing commercials and radio spots. the ad said to be...
May 5th

an email was obvi coming

i made out with an almost-friend. it was awkward. but not one to give up, i wrote this email, hoping...
May 5th

i don't know if we're really friends

a boy and i stopped seeing each other due to mostly mutual non-attraction. i wanted to be friends,...
May 5th

might be contingent on that small...

retrospectively, two weeks of ambiguous friend-dates might have been a little early for this...
May 5th