Laura Rae Amos » Oh My God!

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Laura Rae Amos // 29 // writer // Michigan-native, metro D.C. transplant // wife // mommy // sometimes musician // Buddy's Pizza // "the quiet girl" // Democrat // tree-hugging hippie // Christian (with agnostic tendencies) // B.A. English, Creative Writing // cosmopolitans // defectively shy and kind of antisocial // a shamefully dorky Sims 2 habit // Netflix movies

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz // Good Dick // Self-Help by Lorrie Moore // crunchy fall leaves // Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson // pumpkin pancakes from Trader Joe's // Glee // playing "Brick" by Ben Folds Five

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to date, 3 keyboards have died to produce these stories

keyboard #1: death by coffee, knocked over by child carrying a broomstick // keyboard #2: death by ice water, my fault // keyboard #3: gravely ill and possibly dying, questionable illness (cursor jumping?), seeking replacement...

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"fitter, happier // more productive // comfortable // not drinking too much // regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week) // getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries // at ease // eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats) // a patient, better driver // a safer car (baby smiling in back seat) // sleeping well (no bad dreams) // no paranoia // careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole) // keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then) // will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall) // favours for favours // fond but not in love // charity standing orders // on sundays ring road supermarket // (no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants) // car wash (also on sundays) // no longer afraid of the dark // or midday shadows // nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate // nothing so childish // at a better pace // slower and more calculated // no chance of escape // now self-employed // concerned (but powerless) // an empowered and informed member of society // (pragmatism not idealism) // will not cry in public // less chance of illness // tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat) // a good memory // still cries at a good film // still kisses with saliva // no longer empty and frantic // like a cat // tied to a stick // that's driven into frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness) // calm // fitter, healthier and more productive // a pig // in a cage // on antibiotics." --Radiohead

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Oh My God!

Posted under not a mommy blog, not a religious whack-job by Laura on Monday 22 December 2008 at 11:17 am

I have now decided that the expression, “Oh my God!” is absolutely not taking the Lord’s name in vain. No, it is definitely a prayer. 100% prayer – as in, Oh my God, help me, this child is driving me up the wall!

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