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Tag Archives: Andrew
Become a Citizen of Hope
On October 2, 2012, a team of surgeons at City of Hope medical center sliced open my brother and saw a body wracked with cancer. Nevertheless, they kept cutting, determined to remove what they could of this invasive leech eating him … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Headline, Off Our Chests, Organizations/Companies, Personal, Stuff We Love
Tagged Andrew, cancer, Family, featured, feelings, fuck cancer, grief, hope, personal, personal story
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Happy Anniversary, Baby, Let’s Go to the Emergency Room, a.k.a. Love in the Time of Maladies
This afternoon, doctors are going to stick a straw into my cervix, fill my uterus up with water and try to see if they can figure out why my lower abdomen has been hurting for so long. This is not how I planned on … Continue reading
Posted in Headline, Personal, Relationships
Tagged Alex, Andrew, anniversary, fear, feelings, hospitals, illness, love, medical, personal, personal story, relationships
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Being Super Gay and Romantic and Very Productive, a.k.a. Where I’ve Been
Don’t you just hate it when someone gushes all about how cute and romantic their relationship is? Too !@#%ing bad because I’m about to do that right now, right here. Swoon, I’m in love. But you already knew that, didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Featured, Headline, Personal, Relationships, Sinful Misadventures, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew, break, CA, California, featured, feelings, love, personal, personal story, relationships, romance, sabbatical, snow, travel
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Securing My Oxygen Mask First, a.k.a. I’m Going Offline for November
I used to love November. It started with dress-up and candy, sugar skulls and Día de los Muertos celebrations; flowed into my hometown rodeo, bar-be-ques and chili cook-offs, a parade filled with grown men in little cars, the longest standing … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Featured, Headline, Off Our Chests, Other, Personal
Tagged Andrew, announcements, grief, offline
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The Familiarity of Emptiness, a.k.a. May He Rest in Peace
My good friend died the night before last and I hate the familiarity of this emptiness. I hate how acquainted I am with grief, with this black hole in my soul, one that keeps sucking and sucking, compelling me to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Featured, Headline, Off Our Chests, Personal
Tagged Andrew, grief, personal, personal story, suicide
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Poetry: The Life of a Lake and Mary Oliver’s When Death Comes
I promised you more poetry. I promised you more intimacy and openness. I promised you words of beauty by other poets and words attempting to be beautiful by me. Here is where I make good on that promise. I went … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Poetry, Travel, Words
Tagged Alex, Andrew, grief, inspiration, intimate, lakes, love, Mary Oliver, nature, Oregon, personal, Poetry, When Death Comes
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My Dad and Guy Kawasaki, a.k.a. The Importance of Talking About Feminism and Stereotyping
Right after the whole titcircle debacle, I was sent a link to an article on the Huffington Post written by Peg Fitzpatrick called “Words Have Power, Use Them Wisely.” Peg Fitzpatrick is the assistant to Guy Kawasaki, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Families, Essays, Events, Featured, Feminism, Headline, LGBT/Queer Politics, Off Our Chests, Opinions, Personal, Politics
Tagged Andrew, BlogHer, BlogHer13, cancer, Family, fat, fear, feature, featured, feminism, feminist, gay, grief, personal, personal story, relationships, sexism, shame
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Funeral Speeches
Today was my grandfather’s funeral and for it, I wrote a speech. Just like I did for my grandmother‘s and brother‘s funerals. In 18 months, I’ve written three speeches for three family members’ funerals. I’m proud of all three speeches, … Continue reading
For My Brother, Andrew Joseph Fleming, November 21, 1986 to November 5, 2012
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Off Our Chests
Tagged Andrew, cancer, death, Family, grief, personal
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