Thanks for seein' about a girl, friend. here's where I'm writing my own history—for you, for me and anyone else who needs to laugh to keep from cryin' every once in awhile.

When it rains ...

When it rains I think about:

- calling in.

- how much I love having natural hair now and how nice it is that I no longer have to squeal and immediately take cover and worry about the approximately $70 the rain drops have caused me to waste.

- lovers who take their time making their way home like little kids who've outrun their mothers' voices telling them to come inside ...

- Dacusville school days. Who knew one could ever miss the smell of wooden pencils, disinfectant and carpet? Or the thrill of a game of "Heads Up, Seven Up" or "Graveyard?"

- open windows with screens and shades that billow in the breeze and the soft patter of raindrops dancing upon leaves.

- those people who are fortunate (or smart) enough to spend entire afternoons tucked in cushy coffee shop corners just takin' it easy.

- all the chill mixes I've made in the past and how Jeff Buckley was on none of them. This was an oversight I shall not repeat.

What are you listening to?

I, the emotionally reserved, will (apparently) "make cheat" on you.

It's Friday, so I have to laugh at something.