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August 2003


Good Ole New York City

August 31st, 2003
By Mike Lee

I'm deeply proud with my home city. New York City.

It survived a major terrorist attack and a blackout. Despite popular opinion, New Yorkers didn't riot, look, and pillage their own city. New Yorkers didn't lie down and give up.

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Summer Sanitarium

August 24th, 2003
By Mike Lee

As I peed into the port-o-potty, I could hear Mudvayne's guitars thrashing in the arena. The urgency of the frantic beats made me pee quickly. Then I stepped out and joined my friends.

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Smiling Again

August 19th, 2003
By Mike Lee

Look! Look at him over there. Smiling. See him? That'll be me someday. I'll be smiling again someday too.

I can't right now. It hurts too much. My skin has hardened this way, and any movement otherwise means the skin will crack and bleed.

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Misunderstandings

August 17th, 2003
By Mike Lee
"Should I? Could I?
Have said the wrong things right a thousand times
If I could just rewind, I see it in my mind
If I could turn back time, you'd still be mind."
- J. B. Jovi

We all try so hard to say what's on our minds, openly and honestly. Sometimes we aren't successful. Sometimes we are.

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Leading Her On

August 10th, 2003
By Mike Lee

"Stop it Michael."

"What?" I asked, leaning up from the couch. "Why, what am I doing wrong?"

"You're leading her on," my friend replied.

"No I'm not. How?"

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

August 3rd, 2003
By Mike Lee

It starts with an uncomfortable knot in your stomach. Slowly it tightens and expands until your entire chest is a solid rock.

There's a phantom feeling there, as if you had your right arm cut off but can still feel it. "It can't be gone," you tell yourself, "it can't be."

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