Yesterday I was going though and cleaning out files on my home desktop computer. After searching endless files filled with pictures and music, I came across a Word doc titled, “Carla”. Now, I have no idea when I created that document or why isn’t on my home computer when for the last four years I’ve only used it during the summer months when I’m nowhere near Carla. So, I open it. There’s just one line of text, typed in quotation marks, and in a rather large font size.
Oh shit, there’s police here. Great! It’s 3AM, I don’t have ID, and I’m Mexican.

Heyyyyyyy, Officer Bloom! Why yes, yes you most certainly can arrest me.
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Michelle— I almost think I should be offended… UPDATE: “You should NOT be offended! I always wanted someone with equally thick hair! I have Mexican-esk hair, that’s all!!” |
My mother is a little too comfortable with the things she does in the restroom. Worse still, she’s too comfortable with other people knowing what she’s doing in the restroom. She’s perfectly okay with doing her business with the bathroom door wide open; in fact, she prefers it wide open. She’ll keep herself and you entertained by carrying on a conversation—usually consisting of how her day at work went. Here’s the thing, I don’t really care what she does with the door; I can just leave the room if I want to. But it totally freaks me out that she’s that okay with it. No one should be okay with taking care of business out in the open for everyone to see and/or hear. My Dad’s been living with this for over 25 years now, so he’s just as use to it. But he still questions her about her reasons. So, a couple of summers ago my dad and I decided to put a stop to it.
“The Mother always poops with the bathroom door open. Papa and I spent the summer trying to train her to close the door by giving her chocolate every time she closed it. Didn’t work.”

Positive reinforcement does not work on my mother.
I’m sure you’ve all had one of those days when you just feel like all kinds of crap. On the inside and on the outside. And to top it all off, your “I feel really crappy” days are usually accompanied with “Whyyy is everyone else so fucking gorgeous,” thoughts. I’ve had those days. You’ve had those days. Michelle has definitely had those days.
“If Quasimodo and Sloth had a baby, and that baby had ptosis, it would be my twin.”

I tried to morph the pictures of Quasi and Sloth—that shit looked all kinds of wrong.

