tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75699919896503033742024-02-20T10:46:38.391-08:00the good and bad luck of erin elanErin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-43435182671816419712020-05-31T14:20:00.000-07:002020-06-06T18:44:50.239-07:00On the Subject of Killing Black Americans<div><br></div><div>Growing up, I didn't think of myself as a color. I was just me--quirky, wild, and stubbornly individualistic. I was Jewish. My dad was White. My mom was Native American, African American, and Irish. I was named for my Irish heritage. I was left handed like my dad. I had interesting facts about me, and that's what defined me, not one or two pieces of that story, but the whole thing.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMM_L8cfARWUOMDWU3VQW6g6wR_TY6MuukvcFQpa1cDZyN5_ToRb4Ig-XyLp3keE5CCqPDFVkVtX47_-3mB0SfNOCD-Yq7R2Qtp4SMB9-kt3xBEqEPvSfoPV4rKDa9kN7bYw9DGmQASq-/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMM_L8cfARWUOMDWU3VQW6g6wR_TY6MuukvcFQpa1cDZyN5_ToRb4Ig-XyLp3keE5CCqPDFVkVtX47_-3mB0SfNOCD-Yq7R2Qtp4SMB9-kt3xBEqEPvSfoPV4rKDa9kN7bYw9DGmQASq-/s320/CD28E014-1ACE-4D14-9C35-C8AAC8901570.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In fourth grade or so, I made a painting that looked something like this:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MeEvyWx6i62_FqRVTHYVns_W8mU_ufW5mI478D8S7Z-RO0XfwwweZjm_CD_RTOAdxOLldMp8V5jCpRK4TujyWoE8Kd4uqHjuV0Ja8bx3aai6VhUpxKVgqP0zZE8yzyAF2XMQIxllNLZV/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MeEvyWx6i62_FqRVTHYVns_W8mU_ufW5mI478D8S7Z-RO0XfwwweZjm_CD_RTOAdxOLldMp8V5jCpRK4TujyWoE8Kd4uqHjuV0Ja8bx3aai6VhUpxKVgqP0zZE8yzyAF2XMQIxllNLZV/s320/D3B05678-78FE-4012-BB86-0DF8F99D6B8F.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I made it to convey my ideal of a peaceful world. My dad loved it, told me I should call it "the conception of Erin," which I found wildly embarrassing--both because anything even vaguely about sex was taboo, but also because I hadn't been thinking about myself at all when I created it. I had been thinking about the world outside of my little safe one.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSxG9PMWXDUgn4WxbmQpBqgd5Nc8xn9TnQAHVLS8khRdORes0KlkNtkIbqIP-796HoGUH3e6Z2olPPq-NDw3lhV_pGnO-9mHLXxxM9Awm7NlN8TGAJv8MrRhJ0Qk5J13cfRwxwVkDtXIJ/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSxG9PMWXDUgn4WxbmQpBqgd5Nc8xn9TnQAHVLS8khRdORes0KlkNtkIbqIP-796HoGUH3e6Z2olPPq-NDw3lhV_pGnO-9mHLXxxM9Awm7NlN8TGAJv8MrRhJ0Qk5J13cfRwxwVkDtXIJ/s320/E5475484-AD73-4F6E-8D37-D084E68B8E1A.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I didn't even realize that most of my friends were white until middle school when there were more black and brown people in attendance. But I was in the honors track--I didn't speak like them or mix with them more than in passing. They weren't my people. And I wasn't their's.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi651GM-IVtDJ8vfIdnaC2r3vXFYynKBw0IrCiqllsklKlHguO47XEL6Mc2qLokMvkvQLCM0fCQSa7N8u1YN7_yKdnLwsbh2g53OZdUHuCJHy-I0EVIMgx9h_1gkTqOQ-S1MupBkSLOfvbZ/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi651GM-IVtDJ8vfIdnaC2r3vXFYynKBw0IrCiqllsklKlHguO47XEL6Mc2qLokMvkvQLCM0fCQSa7N8u1YN7_yKdnLwsbh2g53OZdUHuCJHy-I0EVIMgx9h_1gkTqOQ-S1MupBkSLOfvbZ/s320/C7E3F555-C164-4047-B5B8-EDBAB826EC1B.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I remember distinctly meeting a new friend in seventh grade who was smart and cynical, like me. I soon learned that she was also interracial like me, which I found delightful. Even though we were mixed differently, it was our sameness I relished. She was just like me! But she was also a dancer, had a Wizard of Oz collection, and liked making cookies. I loved her, and we soon became inseparable.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDbrLOLKK98AE83bZBlJ-7jv-WRWtRqpRDXRvVQwrDxQ4wCyuf1SQAkPePl2Lh1iVoP-yFVER0rK0BylyqRERh5B7JblKWBSzQarPkkeFlNngU4bAEkIg314HdC1nDmGZezt0MXRepJYi/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDbrLOLKK98AE83bZBlJ-7jv-WRWtRqpRDXRvVQwrDxQ4wCyuf1SQAkPePl2Lh1iVoP-yFVER0rK0BylyqRERh5B7JblKWBSzQarPkkeFlNngU4bAEkIg314HdC1nDmGZezt0MXRepJYi/s320/F1F22B78-CE85-4CBA-90BC-1212DEE99583.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But middle school was also when I was pushed into understanding that just because I didn't see <i>myself</i> as a color, didn't mean my friends didn't see me that way-- new friends from my new community theater group whose descriptors never started with White to me, but always with the characteristics they defined <i>themselves</i> as: Catholic, musician, actor, gay....</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLphy0bUbrEO7WaYGWudxv_bNxXasvPHH02tqp1cPrygbnKU0S0FAUVTPWEQxcT4y0yrPsmQCeAemiQ56FPEKASHxgwRYXz4CTy_2JntPxN0didO-NXzHE7vAiCuyQk_ZxHutzptvvHR7/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLphy0bUbrEO7WaYGWudxv_bNxXasvPHH02tqp1cPrygbnKU0S0FAUVTPWEQxcT4y0yrPsmQCeAemiQ56FPEKASHxgwRYXz4CTy_2JntPxN0didO-NXzHE7vAiCuyQk_ZxHutzptvvHR7/s320/CEF5B3DB-1082-4E60-9130-28B3EBBBDB90.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div>I recall one of these new friends casually calling me Black. I was shocked. I had never been defined by Race to my face before, and I definitely hadn't identified <i>myself</i> as anything to <i>him</i>. It made me deeply uncomfortable. Even though I didn't know why, I was enraged. I shot back that I was Jewish, White, Native American, Irish, too--I had many things in the mix. He insisted that I was trying to deny my Blackness. I shoved him--hard--nearly knocking him into the opening night cake that had been set up in the lobby. Everyone found this hilarious and we all moved on. Even me. Probably, especially me.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjwTcUUs88ZA5MVIDd1rgEfV_7QUlaQQ12au-BAwwD_1BbvJoZwyOdwxTtsGhwjauAG4YvmjLMhHZYA5bmxRQz5SguGbgUbOUGvEvOkG-Z-NjvxXK7Dkre7s-4piQ3qCA9JINVFVVhHfV/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjwTcUUs88ZA5MVIDd1rgEfV_7QUlaQQ12au-BAwwD_1BbvJoZwyOdwxTtsGhwjauAG4YvmjLMhHZYA5bmxRQz5SguGbgUbOUGvEvOkG-Z-NjvxXK7Dkre7s-4piQ3qCA9JINVFVVhHfV/s320/44CADD8D-60F8-47DC-B4B4-A8AFE6AD20AF.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Around that time was also when I first read "A Race is a Nice Thing to Have," a book by renowned psychologist Janet E. Helms, who also happens to be my aunt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbSIyjBMqfxclmE7K2dwbKWD9BlZdAUTELMhUqClumcYUk0U_NlsvtE3exs8pxBhaNXzBKxPGHq9w750C1EI4YXhaxng9oHLVYvvgoP7LYjxJbftQLEruLbJW-ViZnKVFDU_K38Y-_61C/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbSIyjBMqfxclmE7K2dwbKWD9BlZdAUTELMhUqClumcYUk0U_NlsvtE3exs8pxBhaNXzBKxPGHq9w750C1EI4YXhaxng9oHLVYvvgoP7LYjxJbftQLEruLbJW-ViZnKVFDU_K38Y-_61C/s320/2BDADA09-A785-4880-9071-E635839C45DC.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>At the time, I rejected large swaths of it. It didn't seem right that white people should be thinking of their Whiteness first: wouldn't that make the beautiful melting pot ideal I'd grown up with less than ideal? Wouldn't it be pushing us all to spend <i>more</i> time thinking about race rather than less time? Wouldn't that be bad?</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAWSzm8xMYPpaYVBAr_Ti0CsCzd1TDLru5DP2W-mavA_l18AZDAKbucqdZnSS2JHegZo61EUHTa0aK36WI-r35jxTTeWEJeGtCXEGWKfMhsK-ExCRCBCmQUVX2BelxHVleQ0BPKL6TVVp/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAWSzm8xMYPpaYVBAr_Ti0CsCzd1TDLru5DP2W-mavA_l18AZDAKbucqdZnSS2JHegZo61EUHTa0aK36WI-r35jxTTeWEJeGtCXEGWKfMhsK-ExCRCBCmQUVX2BelxHVleQ0BPKL6TVVp/s320/365B24F4-C92F-4456-A5B0-AD1C370F22B9.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It took me years to understand what a novel and powerful ideal my aunt was striving for. I hadn't realized that my (white) friends were ALL thinking of me as their black friend. Often, I was their only non-white friend--the one they casually brought up with others to validate there own progressiveness.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-keoPb-AQhNaFYEXFDgQqyEN0uvW9seGB3hA_87NxbLyvq6oP0Ld3lDrQUEizL2n8GYp2HMsYC6Ca8py2GYbUOcitz91HepSTmeIc3UeeZKS6SszoNMr_aVqGP3Pd-HaJa5-rSM0j0mo/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-keoPb-AQhNaFYEXFDgQqyEN0uvW9seGB3hA_87NxbLyvq6oP0Ld3lDrQUEizL2n8GYp2HMsYC6Ca8py2GYbUOcitz91HepSTmeIc3UeeZKS6SszoNMr_aVqGP3Pd-HaJa5-rSM0j0mo/s320/E284D2F6-44EE-4B2D-80E7-60628B820003.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>They didn't think of themselves as a thing. They thought of me as an anti-thing <i>separate</i> from their blank canvas.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivng9X2JPczcTMMeKmTspqr4eOuGNoZHD915NQj3JyXvAa0q6tMYbiuMxQZGDP_ea4K5L9JeSGUcZxpDyEzEcF7Omn2SUGKassvXbSQ5oCQ9Mkk3rk3jD37oQDZmLTruJW27tVXayvU8n-/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivng9X2JPczcTMMeKmTspqr4eOuGNoZHD915NQj3JyXvAa0q6tMYbiuMxQZGDP_ea4K5L9JeSGUcZxpDyEzEcF7Omn2SUGKassvXbSQ5oCQ9Mkk3rk3jD37oQDZmLTruJW27tVXayvU8n-/s320/0B598BDF-AD73-4B66-8E26-E0EEC45C224F.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And then my eyes opened. My brother and I were traveling from New York to Texas to drop a car off for my parents. In Kentucky, we were driving along a two lane highway when a cop cruiser glided up beside us, looked in, went behind us and pulled us over.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCaHwaHHaDvE8SB6Zx30f-i6rLqVuR1BgnhLZVGjRx6xVORsbNFozbGC2i5zV5urCAs86PdpQvEtZhi9P_mjTzCgH0nHVWDVCtwXXvRVG1ScR7wHbxC_Z_NF_PDsV2JfLMrHwqqOULgib/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCaHwaHHaDvE8SB6Zx30f-i6rLqVuR1BgnhLZVGjRx6xVORsbNFozbGC2i5zV5urCAs86PdpQvEtZhi9P_mjTzCgH0nHVWDVCtwXXvRVG1ScR7wHbxC_Z_NF_PDsV2JfLMrHwqqOULgib/s320/32575B72-F539-4102-8D65-CB9C59E75B68.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Politely, the cop asked us:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFj-kwJrlWlJ-0aEcYJ5DSvH2KaIc5Uywn4mxJCFnXek0ZE9BDkqC7roagITiNLbweGlPiPA8or-QIxaJ69x-MLShB4AFxTP6lEv5-j8zUGclL_xntF1m881D5x5YJEWTY7vVQrZqDsM3/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFj-kwJrlWlJ-0aEcYJ5DSvH2KaIc5Uywn4mxJCFnXek0ZE9BDkqC7roagITiNLbweGlPiPA8or-QIxaJ69x-MLShB4AFxTP6lEv5-j8zUGclL_xntF1m881D5x5YJEWTY7vVQrZqDsM3/s320/10F54364-4729-46D0-8735-5C7A28D1B307.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Politely we answered:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppYs9V8ZSBn6GdyMYaiBQAEevKsf3qBYoDVx9OqdYB9HoJ7GNg7I2piRoucBXYzalRl1klUSMF9QavjfdGJFiTjQeptW7-oHYvKKCmCs46iZQ8vl3BCpJkzXVi2u8nFk_fhlzSzwLvijv/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppYs9V8ZSBn6GdyMYaiBQAEevKsf3qBYoDVx9OqdYB9HoJ7GNg7I2piRoucBXYzalRl1klUSMF9QavjfdGJFiTjQeptW7-oHYvKKCmCs46iZQ8vl3BCpJkzXVi2u8nFk_fhlzSzwLvijv/s320/E4BEE541-3271-47DB-8C70-1F50E0613929.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Calmly, casually, he asked me to get out of the car. I was extremely aware of the fast moving traffic zooming inches from me. I was aware that my brown brother was being questioned alone in the car, and while he'd been taught what to do, these cops didn't know us and could interpret everything we said however they wanted. I was afraid for him and angry for both of us. </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pOCvckDffE8d5nM9hYFgMlmO4EaHwJCbF6kKsMPDjPvziJAN-t8pL40RD9sRrD4cNl_y1P75vywaKrikg_vZ-Y5nZTHbiEZ98PNvgza5KlP2bJQv75iDk378JqqWeiLc5HDrF6RpeHNv/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pOCvckDffE8d5nM9hYFgMlmO4EaHwJCbF6kKsMPDjPvziJAN-t8pL40RD9sRrD4cNl_y1P75vywaKrikg_vZ-Y5nZTHbiEZ98PNvgza5KlP2bJQv75iDk378JqqWeiLc5HDrF6RpeHNv/s320/D0F03E0B-A8B7-4ABE-A740-11C4C69B9572.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div>Shortly, I was allowed back in the car and the cops politely let us know they'd pulled us over because we had passed someone too closely awhile back. Drive safe. Sure.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJtzwpUc8uH8Q1RNDhdoH4-5lEmw5adsUP4KUehGikK62MgKvbFwkHl9C2b50Opscl9Ct-23CAI1uRUBtdfQXqtUuaqiTVkM4piqYHewbDZCg2UMMvgiap7zRJPZjCDQgOb5qh4FOJxLM/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJtzwpUc8uH8Q1RNDhdoH4-5lEmw5adsUP4KUehGikK62MgKvbFwkHl9C2b50Opscl9Ct-23CAI1uRUBtdfQXqtUuaqiTVkM4piqYHewbDZCg2UMMvgiap7zRJPZjCDQgOb5qh4FOJxLM/s320/3CC5DD38-9099-4836-BEEB-872E9E4AB412.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course they asked him the same questions as me, trying to catch us in a lie, trying to determine the kind of brown we were.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l6dOWDtkoPQtSfCDCvjqxSXEipgXeg66ENPxrPrOOwxnQNx9giCTfWWUW3PT9FBSx7iLSaHyl1iuivaw65Ni1bgIMT9Ap_ba8o_rxzMI1Rtzi22G10HmwJSCm6mjit-Zgnvofc_x6c90/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l6dOWDtkoPQtSfCDCvjqxSXEipgXeg66ENPxrPrOOwxnQNx9giCTfWWUW3PT9FBSx7iLSaHyl1iuivaw65Ni1bgIMT9Ap_ba8o_rxzMI1Rtzi22G10HmwJSCm6mjit-Zgnvofc_x6c90/s320/0866DF62-45E0-4AAF-A1D2-8EF5139B39B4.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br></div><div>We didn't talk about it more. We were two brown people driving through the South, and we needed to be more careful. <i>I</i> needed to be more careful with my brother's life.</div><div><br></div><div>This incident jolted my brain into reflecting back to other snapshots in my life. Did my mother have to prove herself to the Jewish community so that we, her children, would feel safe there? </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDCquH-ozaomfuQ22ySQrllqXxyAvxsmWmF2PptCvbLoimKgkT8GLCUhYHy88zd4V9uthsvaQQnmhNH0py30zezKT1lWH5JC6Ujh2Ne2jbisbDtPXOhkgEMA5HyukwAb9YcXGr0t3HVLU/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDCquH-ozaomfuQ22ySQrllqXxyAvxsmWmF2PptCvbLoimKgkT8GLCUhYHy88zd4V9uthsvaQQnmhNH0py30zezKT1lWH5JC6Ujh2Ne2jbisbDtPXOhkgEMA5HyukwAb9YcXGr0t3HVLU/s320/02E230FB-C181-4707-975B-6023612C42D2.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Why was it that Sam singled me out after the OJ Simpson trial to tell me he was guilty, even though I was among the few who didn’t express an opinion on the subject?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c8euiXXYZoh4mY-EPa4syNqekwVc4z-q9JVHjxcc8Rmz8ZX8D0w57gdgA3GwJLhNgSm4UtYxuc82N9l-hgSPOgrFymAQbfCiw3w-1R_K_AcWw-MHrIm21SaRMzW2hPzA5_av1hGpftcc/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1c8euiXXYZoh4mY-EPa4syNqekwVc4z-q9JVHjxcc8Rmz8ZX8D0w57gdgA3GwJLhNgSm4UtYxuc82N9l-hgSPOgrFymAQbfCiw3w-1R_K_AcWw-MHrIm21SaRMzW2hPzA5_av1hGpftcc/s320/D126FD2B-279F-4314-B5CA-FF14D6434D13.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Did my dad's dad not meet us until we were older because we weren't White?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP40kdxdvUXwTU9IAfPBffMVTKWMYaD_szzUWC3lr6I6JEXqEtJUtoe4ei23hMkOl-4t2zq8YK0fhrmWOlH1RbVvU_DdC5sPThC1Vj0i36djANkReGQUwkQ-FlkG3xAsVmmBp1-45h21yP/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP40kdxdvUXwTU9IAfPBffMVTKWMYaD_szzUWC3lr6I6JEXqEtJUtoe4ei23hMkOl-4t2zq8YK0fhrmWOlH1RbVvU_DdC5sPThC1Vj0i36djANkReGQUwkQ-FlkG3xAsVmmBp1-45h21yP/s320/648369C6-335B-4468-8E70-99AC4EFC48A4.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That time when a couple of friends got me a book about nappy hair and inscribed it:</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpNS_hZ1PXbtrZRQjMsnq54RumdOGGYV_Paz5vyilRyO3F3AH_elr4tiZvG6BigX2mSK_PkLLnmNatOYMgbJheOaBn-pDFIx7HKpR5Q7vKQMK03k77OT4z3TYjk7CVKazDmrfM7KeuieU/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpNS_hZ1PXbtrZRQjMsnq54RumdOGGYV_Paz5vyilRyO3F3AH_elr4tiZvG6BigX2mSK_PkLLnmNatOYMgbJheOaBn-pDFIx7HKpR5Q7vKQMK03k77OT4z3TYjk7CVKazDmrfM7KeuieU/s320/5C4BA9B8-A1C5-4C3C-A7F3-59BB99A5FE23.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Despite the fact that my hair isn’t nappy at all, it was probably true that it was nappier than anyone else’s they knew. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What about the time one of my closest college friends was meeting me at the airport and thought about how she would describe me to others if we couldn't find each other easily?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdgulzrgYlJ51hfL_QiTiG0bRpV2sHGzqtpjGJmZQgB4Uh7Z6AIBLs9laVZeolisDt5CBmzKiQI3qGNYC18hq2gmuc4QJ3i3jZCc6tk6kcRmLw0XFPrNkvaNaO0_62GmgGQLIaNkeFtdt/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdgulzrgYlJ51hfL_QiTiG0bRpV2sHGzqtpjGJmZQgB4Uh7Z6AIBLs9laVZeolisDt5CBmzKiQI3qGNYC18hq2gmuc4QJ3i3jZCc6tk6kcRmLw0XFPrNkvaNaO0_62GmgGQLIaNkeFtdt/s320/8D924222-09B8-4515-A5A9-112227809E63.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Other (White) people got to define me. They got to decide who I was, and if I didn't agree, <i>I </i>was in the wrong, not them.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk1sNr9OrvUtCstNgt6EGDONUJt6iJdQ6CVd67yxRpTuH9X2CQsvYZoFJ15a9bNNyyb4fnwY0TTTj3o-s95cu6H2x8xfp64zY2Jazh4omFyT8rZfEXSECxZK0kKo7F8eX3uNNmyq1XEI2/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk1sNr9OrvUtCstNgt6EGDONUJt6iJdQ6CVd67yxRpTuH9X2CQsvYZoFJ15a9bNNyyb4fnwY0TTTj3o-s95cu6H2x8xfp64zY2Jazh4omFyT8rZfEXSECxZK0kKo7F8eX3uNNmyq1XEI2/s320/3BD4DDE9-4CC1-43A4-987B-0B9C95A07DDE.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And this is the world we still live in. A world where White people get to define everyone and make snap decisions about worth and value and threat level. A world where White people are still the measuring stick the rest of us are measured against.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8WinDa4W2aErU1aKBXvPlayJa6xRYZXrBErg7MgyjjBCbF04cr217_nNT5ppNFcXBMO7MVB4CzSFQurjnjG7siOUS5f1r8l4xrzHQDEAkFF2rcjWlWRNJEaSmJEuIv_AGou9ZxpLiI3F/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8WinDa4W2aErU1aKBXvPlayJa6xRYZXrBErg7MgyjjBCbF04cr217_nNT5ppNFcXBMO7MVB4CzSFQurjnjG7siOUS5f1r8l4xrzHQDEAkFF2rcjWlWRNJEaSmJEuIv_AGou9ZxpLiI3F/s320/A6EB7825-208B-46AB-8096-9EB7DC17F086.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And I understand why my aunt was emphatically opposed to this.</div><div><br></div><div>And I understand why people are protesting the deaths of black and brown people.</div><div><br></div><div>And I understand why I feel a deep rage and despair. </div><div><br></div><div>I just don't know what to do with it. </div>Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-61441926105283872652020-05-25T10:31:00.001-07:002020-05-25T10:31:52.824-07:00Ambitioni want to be ambitious enough to blog, but it turns out i'm pretty lazy.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUgcufare0dVHogYKrZGiZf9xCZ8m49b0-UYprw7ACq_ZnssorT8ObCUvqXO-R_Dhs-iurBsCIzFjaDyo-598GdpqViU8HSXqZjwxYTNxC3-NCJJ_nVTgfM7qtKJMLj5ZSnse354iWWa8/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUgcufare0dVHogYKrZGiZf9xCZ8m49b0-UYprw7ACq_ZnssorT8ObCUvqXO-R_Dhs-iurBsCIzFjaDyo-598GdpqViU8HSXqZjwxYTNxC3-NCJJ_nVTgfM7qtKJMLj5ZSnse354iWWa8/s320/D0F2830A-7B26-46A0-9167-B747CF90E439.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>and my computer is aaaaaall the way over there.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUww9ML7Ux8viGdyyb1wRCH3GdEYbB1LExJamp9tnRLgV6VdTiQUT5DXxutqIGXW19KrVRPpWLsflrv-BGhJX0YvQOK-J8Uhm0O49zjAK8OhIhr_D1G1B0tUUi-OHBzxVhZ4DGa6J_Volp/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUww9ML7Ux8viGdyyb1wRCH3GdEYbB1LExJamp9tnRLgV6VdTiQUT5DXxutqIGXW19KrVRPpWLsflrv-BGhJX0YvQOK-J8Uhm0O49zjAK8OhIhr_D1G1B0tUUi-OHBzxVhZ4DGa6J_Volp/s320/80E07BBC-2B22-4C06-9E86-83344D0B94E2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>but guess what? photoshop is now available on ipad! and i’m already holding my ipad because i’m studying up on current affairs and whatnot.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr3Wk2OyBqbXIy7DNEai928dBPHvgGsLSnIZNvqhGstIVaJEU9wypwm1OFA0z6wAF_x-Uq23PVjwpY6naTMkU0WiC0_eyrmG6-P-w_577TtUskl2FdgUVJMUL_NO142mHb-ylyYZ2I9IJ/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr3Wk2OyBqbXIy7DNEai928dBPHvgGsLSnIZNvqhGstIVaJEU9wypwm1OFA0z6wAF_x-Uq23PVjwpY6naTMkU0WiC0_eyrmG6-P-w_577TtUskl2FdgUVJMUL_NO142mHb-ylyYZ2I9IJ/s320/D9D023A6-B065-4228-B399-B6D2E406CAD1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>so now i can do the creative, hard work of creating a meta blog post.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBBqRY33-ZxHszybNU1wUEBcNKYO6IFhP5bfMNd4sHUCDd5ckxsU5KYzXxvl13G_hHTL1mippF9_TdxEuwb9LDdNBrndWx4D3K6WMdLCH-y1cfPxamxlXEJTtaOWekbiAdVDifwEO8Qtj/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBBqRY33-ZxHszybNU1wUEBcNKYO6IFhP5bfMNd4sHUCDd5ckxsU5KYzXxvl13G_hHTL1mippF9_TdxEuwb9LDdNBrndWx4D3K6WMdLCH-y1cfPxamxlXEJTtaOWekbiAdVDifwEO8Qtj/s320/3AE87E0B-50BD-4D3C-89FB-D2FC5FEC6623.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we did it!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-65569244585676575182020-05-12T09:23:00.000-07:002020-05-12T09:23:30.972-07:00It's Just Biologyfor years, i've been thinking about going back to therapy. and what better time to do so than when i'm stuck in the buffy the vampire slayer episode where they're all stuck in the house?<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmneamEhr64LNraQrRHEzlnlhH5rlV24c2WpjtTP2L87DX7KceTcKHx5sqX65NqEhMGqKn35SY-cuifhnGxS951caBSdyzwwUJDi0xwUhLquno_JaFN7DKf-4rSQb0O_2Jf5v5IUMbstsJ/" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Buffy episode" border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1511" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmneamEhr64LNraQrRHEzlnlhH5rlV24c2WpjtTP2L87DX7KceTcKHx5sqX65NqEhMGqKn35SY-cuifhnGxS951caBSdyzwwUJDi0xwUhLquno_JaFN7DKf-4rSQb0O_2Jf5v5IUMbstsJ/w400-h199/Buffy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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so i sucked it up and made an appointment. i deliberately chose a woman of color to talk to because, you know, then maybe i wouldn't have to brownsplain myself. so, we get online, and i tell her that i'm looking for some tools to cope with my anxiety in these trying times. really pour my heart out to her.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2llzPbWED-0lqyiIQFUA5ie44I7zd-jTt_PmZwg2TRaleNJ2pTD_Ah3S-HgsqoWP5LOjiuY1jKuauktpYaEGZjlrBQruLKzy3ZRELx1INMmoGQRjXXrSVDwQkmlxHlHcnjN0d9FAO83Mw/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Heart poured out of pitcher" border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1854" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2llzPbWED-0lqyiIQFUA5ie44I7zd-jTt_PmZwg2TRaleNJ2pTD_Ah3S-HgsqoWP5LOjiuY1jKuauktpYaEGZjlrBQruLKzy3ZRELx1INMmoGQRjXXrSVDwQkmlxHlHcnjN0d9FAO83Mw/w320-h240/pouring+heart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
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the first thing she said to me in response was that i looked young.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSY8KrDDxTUB0b3bUAPm-8fcVnd3h2_TqHx0lX8jmKkIgUGXlvUa8F2P6eYCaDvOuw827FjMZXexnQTOW34fcDkawmB0KWCcmvxTenQMhiFaca0iTOgNErIKHYOCVTBSmd0mYcVwoS-8y/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1854" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSY8KrDDxTUB0b3bUAPm-8fcVnd3h2_TqHx0lX8jmKkIgUGXlvUa8F2P6eYCaDvOuw827FjMZXexnQTOW34fcDkawmB0KWCcmvxTenQMhiFaca0iTOgNErIKHYOCVTBSmd0mYcVwoS-8y/w400-h300/young.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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really young.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVUxFodWjsD4poSaXfQ4nzZdY2RAnw8AuzpF8MUQY5E9StY0G773mlbNsAVrNid0dvjsozWrwYQjiJSiYh_AUYjIt1XcfYSbh_H1R9tKjU_cZpFB_VPEpgDIW-BNUH8oqmjAMwpAE2iPL/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1854" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVUxFodWjsD4poSaXfQ4nzZdY2RAnw8AuzpF8MUQY5E9StY0G773mlbNsAVrNid0dvjsozWrwYQjiJSiYh_AUYjIt1XcfYSbh_H1R9tKjU_cZpFB_VPEpgDIW-BNUH8oqmjAMwpAE2iPL/w400-h300/young1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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i assured her i wasn't posing as someone in my late thirties, but she seemed skeptical. about 40 minutes into our session, she asked me if cabana man was the father of my children.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrXG98EqMIVYPVxFXpwcVanvJvZGUhJkTEayjy_NajA6B9M3JLY8VNFuvWe6t3L5WTJJv9BzmIyyhSOEIHkibMlE3r5DCw2TceiAPp3fG0q_Yslr4efvFDUe_6sgg85i2dAJTM2aRO94L/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1854" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrXG98EqMIVYPVxFXpwcVanvJvZGUhJkTEayjy_NajA6B9M3JLY8VNFuvWe6t3L5WTJJv9BzmIyyhSOEIHkibMlE3r5DCw2TceiAPp3fG0q_Yslr4efvFDUe_6sgg85i2dAJTM2aRO94L/w400-h300/babydad+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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all in all, i think i may need to keep looking. luckily for me, i'm really young so i have all of the time in the world to find someone. if only i can stop myself from having babies with multiple partners long enough to do so.</div>Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-82581614087930081322020-04-28T08:14:00.000-07:002020-04-28T08:14:13.916-07:00New Post, Who Dis?as we can all well see, it's been a grip since this blog was a regular thing. but because i want to give you something to look forward to, gentle reader, i shall be wielding my virtual pen and giving you something to curb the boredom and fear from the covid-19 pandemic:<br />
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that said, a lot has changed over the years. for one thing cabana baby has become cabana big boy:<br />
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another thing is that cabana big boy has a giant "little" brother named cabana baby clone:<br />
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i will no longer be categorizing things as good and bad luck. you'll need to decide in what category something fits yourself. (hint: everything is terrible, probably forever.)<br />
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i believe in you, you can do it.Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-67567851063227354532020-04-09T18:35:00.002-07:002020-04-09T18:35:36.786-07:001.5 years later....3 years after that<i>this post was created 3 years ago but never published. it was so accurate still that i've decided to publish it as is (with the exception of this note). you're welcome....</i><br />
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remember when this blog was a thing?<br />
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that's right! sister mara single-handedly is responsible for the return of this blog. good luck? bad luck? who can say? but here we are!<br />
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will it take? won't it? will they? won't they? we'll just see. we'll take the leap and just....see:<br />
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unfortunately, <span style="color: #ffd966;">i ripped it</span> when unpacking it:<br />
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-64022699289389729522016-01-14T10:00:00.000-08:002016-01-14T10:00:04.189-08:00Roach motelthis was a luck so horrifying that it took me months to report it:<br />
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it was a dark and...normal night:<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">cabana baby woke me up</span>, demanding sustenance:<br />
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so i went to fix him a bottle. and that's when i saw it...<br />
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...<span style="color: #ffd966;">the world's biggest mother flippin' cockroach</span>:<br />
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and he. was. PISSED that i crashed what i can only imagine was his own personal speakeasy:<br />
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anyway, i got cabana man involved, but the critter was so quick! <span style="color: #ffd966;">we couldn't get him</span>. it was TRAGIC. but there's a little good to it, as well... kenzie's proclivity toward eating all of the things <span style="color: blue;">finally came in handy</span>:<br />
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-73948846751665111602015-10-13T10:20:00.000-07:002015-10-13T10:20:45.394-07:00Ok, Cupid!i've been feeling sorta bummed about my lack of fame lately. but then <span style="color: blue;">i got an obviously clairvoyant email telling me that greater happiness was just around the corner</span>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">i can meet cool men AND asian beauties</span>? my happiness scale is about to get higher than okcupid could ever imagine. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*given the facts outlined in these emails, i'm sure cabana man will understand....</span></div>
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-51029663659970117232015-10-08T12:41:00.001-07:002015-10-08T12:41:27.164-07:00Mystery Postbonus post! i need help figuring out how to categorize this one....<br />
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today, i really had to pee, but i was SO TIRED that when i went to sit down, i panicked and couldn't figure out if i was properly aligned over the toilet:<br />
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thoughts?Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-69494003058149990482015-10-06T13:36:00.000-07:002015-10-06T13:36:08.467-07:00I'm Lovin' It!i've come out of hiding for this very important psa: <span style="color: blue;">mcdonald's is now serving breakfast all day</span>!<br />
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huzzah!!!Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-53245064159782743032015-06-24T08:33:00.000-07:002015-06-24T08:33:52.508-07:00Chewbacca<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-37863039886111013512015-06-09T12:25:00.000-07:002015-06-09T12:25:25.165-07:00A Leak in the System<span style="color: #f1c232;">BAD LUCK! i came home to this</span>:<br />
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made it obvious who it was. </div>
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like i need more of my stuff to be soaked in urine!</div>
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don't worry about it, it's totally not a scam:</div>
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don't worry, i totally didn't almost fall for it, and it wasn't thanks to mara hermana that i have any money left:</div>
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because we are good at the interwebs!</div>
Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-57848033156610984162015-05-07T09:30:00.000-07:002015-05-07T09:30:01.209-07:00May Day! May Day!imagine how lucky i felt when<span style="color: blue;"> i got these</span>:<br />
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-76944445765656350722015-04-29T10:46:00.000-07:002015-04-29T10:46:09.247-07:00Burning Down the Houseoh hey, i didn't see you there. i've been super busy chasing a fat little baby everywhere. why? because now that he won't stop moving ever:<br />
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-21813229775885986652015-03-19T08:58:00.000-07:002015-03-19T08:58:22.143-07:00Spam Sandwichone of my favorite authors is now spamming ME:<br />
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does that make me some sort of big shot??Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-34421583395982963262015-03-10T12:36:00.001-07:002015-03-10T12:36:45.047-07:00Chop Sueylucky for me, <span style="color: blue;">the new knife i bought works really well</span>:<br />
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don't worry, i barely managed to avoid going against the manufacturer's cautions:<br />
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but in the end <span style="color: blue;">i DID avoid it</span>.<br />
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<br />Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-14291675629135198342015-03-02T19:50:00.002-08:002015-03-04T06:55:14.540-08:00Sarah Says: Love Your Motherthis is sarah:<br />
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sarah is a totally lovely person, and <span style="color: blue;">i am lucky to have her as a friend</span>. however, there is this one thing....sarah is the kind of socially responsible person who has a higher degree in do-gooding:<br />
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and because of that, just looking at her stupid, adorable face is forcing me to be a good environmental citizen. so...<span style="color: #f1c232;">no more delicious, unsustainable tuna</span>:<br />
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we did it!Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-71486986035384080142015-02-26T10:24:00.000-08:002015-02-26T14:07:07.803-08:00Behind in the Pollssuper bad luck. it turns out that i have this luck counter on my blog:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*everyone <b>i like</b>. many people will tell you that the campaign to move everyone in the world to austin is well underway. </span>Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-17623361426760712022015-02-06T09:06:00.001-08:002015-02-06T09:06:25.331-08:00(un)Original Recipecabana man and i thought we were being so clever with the naming of our child. we looked at the graphs of popular names:<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON NAMED CABANA BABY</span>!*<br />
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not only that, but <span style="color: #f1c232;">even his middle initial is the same</span>:<br />
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the worst part is, it was facebook that told me. if i'd done even a basic search before naming this kid, i would have found out the truth.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*don't be crazy, his name isn't really cabana baby. probably.</span>Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-36500942221275387752015-01-26T12:36:00.002-08:002015-01-26T12:36:42.550-08:00Betrayal, Most Fouli'll just come out and say it:<br />
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I HAVE NO JAYANNA!<br />
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why? why, you ask?! those jerkwads <span style="color: #f1c232;">went to see louis c.k.</span> even though they know about <a href="http://goodandbadluckerin.blogspot.com/2014/10/ckny.html" target="_blank">my longstanding feud with him</a>:<br />
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the one i hurt my lip on:<br />
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and end up dumping water in my face from:<br />
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that's if i can even get it open:<br />
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and i couldn't POSSIBLY get a replacement water bottle! that was the only one!<br />
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i'm sad now.Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569991989650303374.post-68267905446016948442014-11-19T11:27:00.000-08:002014-11-19T11:27:09.236-08:00Such Great Heightslet's just cut right to it. <span style="color: #f1c232;">i got stuck in an elevator</span>:<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">with the baby</span>:<br />
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when we got out, instead of being on the fifth floor--as i intended--we were on the first floor, and <span style="color: #f1c232;">i had to </span><i><span style="color: #f1c232;">walk up several flights of stairs</span> </i>so as not to get stuck in the elevator again:<br />
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everything is the worst.Erin Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759238777317537567noreply@blogger.com0