February 2009
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Erin E says Sammy D is a freegan. I guess I sorta... →
Feeling Low Energy
SAMMY: I have no energy today. Feeling low energy
ERIN: Oh man, feeling low energy, too, I am. So bored. I took pictures of myself at my desk. I'll send to you now.
SAMMY: UGH why the low energy I just want to feel like myself! I dont feel like myself anymore. blah.
ERIN: If you always say you don't feel like yourself, but you are yourself when you are saying it, then you are yourself! It's OK--I feel low energy all the time and love it! This is my natural state of being.
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bin Laden’s on Twitter, folks.
Wish I had someone to eat lunch with...
These days, people are too busy for a lunch break. Redic. Suck it, recession. Screw you, job security. I’m hungry.
Dontcha Just Hate it?
“I was really drunk the other night and pretty lonely. Nothing new, but lately I’ve been noticing how almost every time I go to talk with a friend their phone rings, or they get a text, or some other bullshit happens and I’m left staning there like an asshole waiting for them to stop interacting with their little piece of plastic and talk to me. I’m getting really sick of...
Reader Chad* is in Limerence
*name was changed to protect privacy
Got this email today:
Hey, My name is [Redacted]… I’m from Austin, TX. Been googling limerance for a while now to get my mind of this girl. I see you had bouts with this “limerance”… I on the other hand am currently in the vortex of complete and total limerance. What I’m trying to do now is forget/or cure myself from...
Never Wish Your Days Away
Erin: Sometimes I go into work thinking the only thing I'm looking forward to is the sweet unconsciousness of sleep.
Diana: That makes me so sad. You should never wake up wishing a day away.
Erin: Monday through Friday--that's all I do.
Diana: That has to stop
It's Lent Time
Precipated from a tift with my boyfriend that I can’t even blame him for, it’s recently come to my attention I’m a negative person. Though I’d like to call my “glass-is-all-empty” outlook a quirk, or a tic, it’s a personality flaw I recognize. I’d hope my boyfriend and those close to me find this quality endearing (funny perhaps?), but I mean come...
Who'd Of Known lyrics by Lily Allen
I love these words because they capture those really precious moments in the beginning of a relationship when you’re not sure where it’s going, you hope it’s going, you can’t confirm if it’s going….
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It’s 5 o’clock in the morning Conversation got boring You said you’re going to bed soon...
“And you know what though sometimes I think its ok to be that girl that kind of...”
– From an email with new friend Sandra this afternoon, pondering why girls in relationships (some girls, sometimes) lose themselves in a relationship.
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I heart Banksy. But my [hope] is that Shepard... →
The Girl Effect →
—thanks Yang for showing this to me. Where did you find it?
“Where do you live again? Amedeus?”
– Diana Levine. No Diana. E-m-m-a-u-s
“A true lover wants to know the shit about you because they love it. It’s like...”
– Sammy D on the virtue of spilling your shit.
5-word memoir about love
Cuts with broken picture frames
Why it Rocks to Be Alone
According to a study in the journal Nutrition, a person consumes 44 percent more when she eats with at least one other person and 76 percent more with 7 or more. This makes me feel better about eating alone tonight—and most nights.
“I just wanted to say good morning and no matter what I love you”
– from my boyfriend. I went to bed angry after him hanging up on me and refusing to talk in circles. Then, I threw a huge picture frame of us against my wall, and the glass shattered and I got cut everywhere and felt stupid and melodramatic, yet somehow satiated. Oh, and it hurt pretty bad, too. They...
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Another gross email asking me to help orphans and...
Barrister Vanbeeks
show details 8:38 AM (9 hours ago) ReplyGood day, This is Barrister Vanbeeks, the attorney of a late millionaire mogul Mr Daniel Blackett who was assassinated by unknown assailants in his UK residence 4 years ago. Mr Daniel was a millionaire philantropist who embarked on a project of Ј2.5 million pounds which is to build an estate to serve as ophanage for the UK orphans and...
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Screw 25-year-olds. I'm dating this 9-year-old... →
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Anyone else get this really creepy/weird spam...
Dorathy justin yac
show details Feb 13 (4 days ago) Reply Dearest, I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My name is Dorathy Justin Yac , 24yrs old, female and I held from South Sudan. I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My father Dr. Justin Yac Arop was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of...
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“5 word love memoir that I came up with this morning, based on last nights...”
– Lauren H lhorn0817@yahoo.com Boston, MA
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“Experience can be the absence of it.”
– Girls night, Friday, Feb. 13th, approximately 2:30AM
Help this guy out. Tell him why AWKWARD is... →
“Funemployed is the new unemployed.”
– OMG this is my dream: FUNemployed.
there should be an "alone" option for facebook...
So true. So, so true.
“Valentine’s Day is the only holiday I know of where there is a...”
– Paul on why V-day blows
Celebrate V-Day at White Castle →
—Response from a friend: “Hahahaha. If only love was as simple as those 2 burgers made it seem.”
Too Bad He Has a Girlfriend
Erin: What a cool guy--I really did have a blast last night. So over hung today (and, feel bad he paid?!)
Sammy: I FEEL BAD TOO!
Erin: How did we let that happen?
Sammy: I don't know. Too bad he has a girlfriend. Love him. Oh dear. I'm never going to find love.
Erin: Ha! Yes you will. But dammit...
Sammy D and I were talking about this last night.... →
“i think I’m getting to the freak out point with [redacted] where I’m...”
– From a gchat with a wise friend.
“I think I just felt one of your tears on my leg. It felt so nice.”
– Sammy D comforting me as I broke my no-cry streak and lost it on the F train after a stupid fight* with my boyfriend.
*aren’t they all?
“I made a point of knowing very little about her, experience having taught me...”
– —From daily literary blog the heartbroke daily (which is also my new favorite website).
I’m all about feelings—to a fault. But at times, I can’t help but feel—the best thing to do is try not to.
The Shug: Because Affection Can Be AWKWARD. So Do... →
5-word love memoir, from a reader
You were nicer in Africa.
—Faith Dwight
Skirt Magazine Raleigh, North Carolina
Meeting a friend's bf on Sunday....
Ying: Down to meet this Sunday?
Erin: Ya man. Excited to finally meet this feller.
Ying: I’m excited for you to meet him too. I told him to be prepared and I think he’s a little intimidated…
Erin: Be prepared for what?
Ying: That you’re gonna analyze the shit out of him
My response....
Hi [redacted] Re-reading your email, what you’re talking about is a classic case of limerence. Have you read my two stories? Limerence, part I: http://dailyuw.com/2007/10/18/not-love-fallin-in-limerance-part-1/ Limerence, part II: http://dailyuw.com/2007/10/25/single-in-seattle/ I have felt like you in the past, and honestly, the only way to get over it is to avoid contact with the LO. Your...
A Reader in Egypt (!) asks me about limerence
Hello Erin, I just stumbled upon your blog/post/whatever while researching this term i just discovered and wanted to share my experience with you in hope of a rational explaination, or better yet, a study to help others get over it or not fall for the trap. I have been limerent for my best friend for almost 3 years now. Since we met, I had a crush on him, but he was not interested so I never said...
5-word memoir about love (what else?)
You’re too cute to love. *Please submit your 5-word love memoir to erinsammyawkward@gmail.com and we’ll throw ‘em up!
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The writing's on the wall pt. II
Right before Christmas break, I stumbled into the bathroom stall that served as the inspiration behind my November 22 post on Awkward. To my surprise, at least seven more people had contributed to the “love” wall over a three-week span. Here are more pictures of the boy advice dispensed by female college students while in the loo.
~Kathleen Garvin Philadelphia, PA tua31156@temple.edu
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Don’t sleep with him on [the] 1st date
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See him, not a fantasy of the perfect him
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