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Treated my husband to a Carly Rae Jepsen concert. The concert itself was in a small venue. We didn't even need to arrive early or pay extra to score close places to the stage. We also took our plush animals, Baby Ginger and Priestly, along for the show, and stuck for an extra day to explore the city.

One day

For the record, Two Dollar Radio got back to me about a month back. Also a no, but it was definitely a form rejection.

Oh, it always takes longer than a month to hear a response from small presses. Two Dollar Radio states in their submission portal the average wait time is around one year

It's a small press. It's much less about marketability with them than soliciting an agent

I dunno, I know this stuff is all subjective, so when I read this I think: "I'm on the right track!" I see how it can affect others differently though.

Dear Ellie, First of all, I apologize profusely for the absurdly late reply. Thanks for choosing to submit your work to [redacted] I read your submission with interest and if we were taking 10-15 books a year, yours probably would have been on the list. Unfortunately, we only take 2-5. But I have a feeling your book will find a home elsewhere soon, if it hasn't already. Writing rejection letters really sucks. I'll just say I'm letting this one go to find a better home. How about that? Best of luck with this and thanks again! L Sincerely, [Redacted]

You definitely have the better art idea.

Your better idea was to hang art on the wall?

My boobs are detachable. Can confirm: VERY liberating.

I run to work to avoid being late, because my bartending job keeps me out til 12 AM when I wake up at 5 AM for my morning job

I love Lizzo

Probably @empty But only if the "Do you like me?" letter I passed during Mrs Hutchinson's geometry class has both y and n circled, accompanied by a doodle of Hemingway getting his ass kicked by Wallace Stevens in Key West

Sometimes crying's good though. I love movies and shows that make me cry. Natsume's Book of Friends/Natsume Yuujinchou has an episode so wholesome yet charged with emotion that I ugly cry, despite being a happy ending. (That episode is titled "Swallow at Lake Bottom" and I highly recommend it) I cried at the resilience of Eriko Tanabe in Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen. The character is a trans woman. Spoilers ahead: Sometimes it's finding out something I thought was going to be a bad reconciliation ended up good, and I was forgiven, and that can make me cry. My life IS good and often fun but crying for me takes space in empathy and joy, too. I relate to Jacuzzi from Baccano, who cries all the time, especially when nervous, except when it's time to be strongest and bravest.

I cry pretty frequently.

I can personally attest to many things happening overnight. I got accepted into grad school overnight. I got a Pushcart prize nomination overnight. I flew to live overseas overnight. Obviously these things all took work and effort, but at the same time, a lot of attempts at all these things were no, no, no, no, no, and then, one morning: yes.

How'd you spend those free ten minutes?

(Resurrecting this thread to announce the story was picked as "Top Three" writings for July and I'm pleased as punch)

https://barrenmagazine.com/newly-wed-in-the-dominican-republic/ We wandered the beach before dawn, the tide thieving the white beneath our feet. At the edge of the resort property a man with a rifle emerged from the jungle, gestured roughly, ordered us away. I remember horses gray as dishwater charging into the ocean; the moon bright as a car fire, its doors swinging open. I remember a man’s song rising out of a window, large as a marlin muscling through air. Hunger hadn’t come to us yet, but its wings fluttered in the branches overhead. I remember we had nothing to do and everywhere to go, except back–we couldn’t– every step had become a door; every breath a turning key.

UEMB's flower is a corpse flower.

I don't (I didn't know Sellers did this), but I love it.

Chance The Wrapper is my favorite seasonal retail employee.

Chance's new album is lovely.

Currently using mine for my userpic.