“Glitter is like….little flecks of brilliance caught in a tube.”

“Never underestimate the power of glitter.”

“I'm all for getting trashed," I confess."I'm sure you are, except I'll clue you in on a little something: when it's over, your problems still exist.”

“Sometimes I get lucky and we have real meal…like Hot Pockets.”

“Once I started I couldn’t put it down. It was so addictive . . . like a train wreck.”

“I turn and gaze at thebright blue sky, squinting. It’s like surfacing for air aftergiving up hope, after resigning to drown, suffocating”

“On an afternoon like this, I would usually take my bike. My wrist brace, though, makes it impossible to steer, and the last thing I need is irreparable damage to an already non-functioning extremity.”