POINT OF NO RETURN Back in LA, it did not take long before that idea of watching the sunset on the ocean was stowed behind the snobbish s...

ROADKILL A couple weeks after arriving in Los Angeles, you went down to San Diego to visit Richard. He was your first love when you were ...

LOOSE ANGELS Nowhere felt as permeated with fake brick wall falsehoods, with the whorrific dull hum of unfulfilled longing, as did LA. No...

GOD IS NO PLACE Growing up in the military, you were accustomed to moving to different places bi-annually. This made it difficult to form...

LIFE AFTER DEATH After the twin abortion, you left Ben. His guilt over cheating on you preempted him to propose marriage. But you want...

THE 3 FACES: HEREIN LIES THE HOLE It begs for fulfillment and has always begged for fulfillment since the dawning of humankind. Throughou...

THE 3 FACES: AVARICE! Depression's been a constant dull ache since you were in 4th grade, so you always welcomed the presence of rag...

THEY CANNOT KILL US, WE ARE ALREADY DEAD. All you wanted to do was go home. You hate hospitals. Their slippery smell. That look peopl...

this might cheer you up Lance....  but it also might not.  i dunno.  i tried.  after all that stressing out, i finally just said ...