Deliberacy

One of my oldest stories has found a publishing home. Go check it out: Camroc Press

This one is especially dear to me. Hope you like it!

Ok here’s a new story. Hopefully no one will take it personally because it’s not based on any single person. Although it does draw heavily in places from several of my friend’s real life situations, this one is really about the My Space/Facebook gererations and the difference between virtual and real life.

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Lola Gets her Shit Together

Lola just found out she’s no longer in a relationship—aren’t Facebook status updates peachy.

Lola is upset, shocked, heart-broken and single.

Lola hates looking for jobs on craigslist but she is running out of cash.

Lola should stop playing online and clean the toilet.

Lola is so the slacker who’d get thrown out of Real World—sorry guys.

Lola keeps wondering why an intelligent 28 year old with an Honors Degree can’t manage a job, boyfriend or room-mates without loads of drama. (What the hell is wrong with me??!!)

Lola needs a change of scenery.

Lola bought her airline ticket— it maxed her last credit card but WWOOFing here she comes!

Lola is ooo-la-la…France is way cool.

Lola totally loves communal living and organic lifestyle.

Lola is beat. Picking grapes is harder than it looks.

Lola wonders whatever possessed her to become a farmer.

Lola thinks French kissing is even better when the kiss in question is with a French man

Lola is skipping on moonbeams.

Lola fucked up big-time! What else is new?

Lola should have realized that sleeping with her boss/host would lead to homelessness if her other boss/host (his wife) caught them.

Lola is upset, shocked and heart-broken. Again!

Lola plans to really get her shit together this time and do something useful (she hopes).

Lola can’t believe she got a paying job teaching English in Uganda!! Ya think these people are desperate?

Lola is Holy Crap things are different here.

Lola is internet deprived. We only have connectivity on weekends??!!

Lola feels overwhelmed, lonely and homesick.

Lola wishes Africa wasn’t such a scary place and she’s glad she got all her shots.

Lola can’t imagine living like this for another day, let alone forever.

Lola has learned what death looks like.

Lola knows she’s being shallow and self-absorbed, but she wants to come home right now!

Lola found a sick puppy but it’ll probably die, cause that’s what happens to sick things here.

Lola is exhausted. Mulogo says the only way to keep the puppy alive is to drip water in its mouth every fifteen minutes. He also says it would be kinder just to put it out of its misery.

Lola has done the unthinkable—rest in peace little Fang.

Lola doubts she’ll ever see the world in quite the same way.

Lola suspects Mulogo is the wisest person she’s ever met. And he’s only 9!

Lola just returned from her first native festival where she was startled to learn that joy is so resilient.

Lola is sorry she hasn’t posted for so long and hopes no one has been too worried about her, but she’s been busy.

Lola wishes she could do more.

Lola is finding it more and more difficult to confine her state of being into single line status updates.

Lola has decided to stay in Uganda and is headed north to work with children rescued from the LRA.

Lola can’t be bothered with this Facebook crap anymore.