Story archives - tag: "alone"

fancy spatula

I've slept with a fan on every night for the past 13 years, 7 months, and 14 days.

tags: death sister alone childhood grief [add]

2008-10-27 15:32:21 / Rating: 236.75 /

violet

There are few things that inspire as much panic as being alone in a fitting room and considering asking for help out of a too-small dress that is covering your chest, face, and arms, leaving you barefoot in your underwear and your hands useless in the air.

tags: shopping alone embarassment dress need help [add]

2008-10-21 16:07:13 / Rating: 518.5 /

A

I realized how sad my life is when I found myself reading a graduate mathematics reference text for pleasure on a Friday night.

tags: math alone sad [add]

2008-09-02 09:38:20 / Rating: 263.75 /

Talleyrand

While I'm writing this, my girlfriend is breaking up with me through AIM.

tags: alone break-up [add]

2008-06-02 13:20:54 / Rating: 509.25 /

tired of waiting

I stay up late reading One Sentence to put off waking up without her.

tags: long distance relationship alone distracted meta [add]

2008-05-08 17:37:24 / Rating: 420 /

Feelslikerain

"Happy new year," I said to the empty room.

tags: new year alone [add]

2008-01-01 11:54:48 / Rating: 565.5 /

blondie

Moving from Los Angeles to a town not even noted on any major map has made me realize that when it comes down to it, we are all alone.

tags: moving homesick alone lonely [add]

2007-11-26 12:35:13 / Rating: 286 /

Loneliest of men

What if, for me, socializing has sincerely become a chore, a burden to have to deal with during times when I can't enjoy solitude?

tags: sad pathetic friendless lonely aloof anti-social miserable dramatic quiet alone loner pitiful [add]

2007-09-28 17:07:43 / Rating: 367 /

jordan

Somehow, I landed one of the coveted single rooms on campus, but it's only made me more nervous about being isolated and antisocial 1500 miles from home.

tags: college dorms isolation roommates alone [add]

2007-08-10 13:07:35 / Rating: 381.25 /

M

As I sat crying at my senior prom, I realized I was totally alone.

tags: alone prom loneliness [add]

2007-05-14 13:32:08 / Rating: 310.25 /

innominate

I suppose my life would have been different if I hadn't loved being naked when I was home alone, as an adolescent.

tags: adolescent nudity alone [add]

2007-05-10 10:39:41 / Rating: 277.75 /

mr honest

It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I never thought I would be left so alone.

tags: alone loneliness [add]

2007-01-01 16:10:28 / Rating: 286.75 /

Bec

I hate that I'm always right.

tags: loss lies goodbye alone broken heart leaving [add]

2006-11-01 16:17:59 / Rating: 335.25 /