If anyone actually wants to read more of my crazy ramblings, I made a site for my stories and I finished the Arizona years. I haven't edited yet, but, who cares? At this point it's open to anyone..I haven't done anything too illegal yet. And it's ALL fiction, right? I write in the first person, uhh, style and my character's name is..uhh, Hattie. Hattie WhiteTrash McShitface.
Just go to the sidebar links and click The Last Word. I can't believe no one took that title. That's a good title..don't ya think? Thanks for reading me and encouraging me on this little journey.
57 comments:
I love reading your stories! As soon as I kick Miss Tia's ass in word twist, I'm gonna read some.
Daphne
I've been waiting for you to get the site up :) I love reading your stories.
um.....please note sarcasm in sentence two.....
Daphne
Uh oh. Who won?
Just finished reading the Arizona stories. Loved it. It's a shame you don't know what happened to GiGi.
Wouldn't it be weird if someday she read it and contacted me? I changed her name, but, I know she'd recognize herself.
It would be wonderful. It sounds like she was a great friend especially at a time when you really needed one. It's a shame you have nothing to go off of to find her.
Bookmarked! Thanks DD!!!
sweet i will have something to read tonight. I know I will not sleep tonight. Who really does in the hospital.
LOL DD you crack me up.
I work at Scott Meredith publishing. I've asked my boss to read your Arizona story. Pat you are a gifted talented writer.
HAH daphne!! i won the first game......did you start another? i've been gone all afternoon....i'll start one too.....usually my friend jenna and i play 10 3 minute round games and take are time doing a round here a round there....
i found the last word a couple weeks ago but didn't comment cuz i figured it was still underconstruction and i felt like i was peeking!!!!
finished reading the new ones! i agree with others, it would be great if Gi found this and read it! i just got in touch with my best friend from high school a few weeks ago and it's awesome!
No discussion yet of how the workers who are cleaning up the oil are getting sick from inhaling fumes, but they need the work so badly that they won't quit?
The world has gone CRAZY.
uh, i won the 2nd game too! :) i just started another one, 10 3 minute rounds.....i invited my friend jenna whom i usually play.....i'll start it later.....
Lacy,
Have you read Pat's previous stories? They are amazing,
as is Pat's writing them.
hey, fuck bp!, bp is claiming IT IS THE FLU or FOOD POISONING!!!
FUCK BP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ava's Mommy----you are in the hospital? Is everything okay???? What is going on???
Pat, I loved reading the Arizona stories! It kept me riveted. . .I had to continue reading while making mac and cheese for my son in the kitchen.
My heart absolutely aches for that young girl who was so desperate to fit in, and who was beaten and kicked by her mother and brother. That was absolutely shameful on their part. Terrible of him, but she was an adult, and if she had any brain in her head at all, she would feel terrible about the way she abused you.
I don't care what you say about Andrew not being a bad guy. In my book he is an arrogant jerk who didn't have a clue how to be a human being. I know how things were in a general sense, not your experiences, but my own, of that time. I know that people could do whatever they wanted to their kids, but the way you were treated by the whole family was unconscionable. They should all be ashamed.
I'm sorry you lost your close friend. Maybe she will somehow find what you wrote and be able to get in touch. I don't think you noticed, but you called her a name other than Gigi in one place in the story. I'm not sure if that is her real name or not, but perhaps she would recognize some of the details, and be in a position to contact you. I hope so.
I'm sure you were a godsend to the family with five kids. I'm sure the kids missed you when they moved on. With all your energy and the activities you did with them, and the way you treated them, you were probably more like a beloved big sister than anything else. I'm glad they were there to give you a home when everyone else had failed you.
Ava's Mommy ~ Do you have a hospital in P.A. or do you have to go to Bradford or Warren? Are they only keeping you until the BP goes down? Take it easy and enjoy this last month. Life will be changing soon.
Avas mommy stay on bed rest for the hi BP
I had it with my second son and I had him a
month early. Take care :)
DD how did it end with your mom & Andrew
when did they split and louella come back to iowa ?
Great new site I turned it into an app for my
iPhone. Thanks
Kiki :)
Oh, gestational hypertension. That's what we call it now. It used to be toxemia, then it was PIH---pregnancy-induced hypertension, now gestational hypertension.
Resting (lying down, especially on your left, as the old teaching goes) is the best thing you can do for it. I read back to the other post, and understand you are taking new meds for it. Hopefully this will help get the blood pressure part of it under control, and buy you a few more weeks. Always better to have baby on the inside a little longer as long as health permits it.
I'm sure that they are monitoring labwork, and checking for further symptoms, as well as repeating non-stress tests to make sure the little one is okay with how things are going.
Take care, I am thinking of you.
Going there and bookmarking - can't wait to read more of your work!!
Annie
It was riveting indeed. I couldn't work. I just kept reading. I have said it before but you make it so vivid that I can feel like I am there right next to you. You have a gift for storytelling.
Christina and Kiki I went to the Dr today and my blood pressure was up. My bottom number was up to 80 and 90. So they told me if I would go up to the hospital to be monitored for 24 hr care. I'm not swelling just my pressure will not go down. At least its only 24hrs. I should be home tomorrow. They said something about bed rest for the remainder. Thank goodness this is the last one. Signed my paper work today to get snipped snipped LOL.
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DD.. What can I say that has not been said before. Your stories about Arizona are amazing, captivating and expressive. I enjoyed reading it. I wished you had more to say about it. This would make a great book. Wouldn't it be neat if GIGI found you on the net. Maybe she is here already.
ps. DD you were not kidding you do have great lips. Without all that cosmetic crap put in them.
AM, sorry to hear your BP is up. Good luck and rest up. You remember how tired you can be right before and after you give birth. You have a little one running around too. Take care and keep us updated.
I read it through in one sitting. You should get an agent and publish a book.
Christina, thanks for that heads up.
Lacy, thank you so much. That's so nice of you.
DirtyDisher,
Long time lurker. My boss is taking the 4th off and and he promised me he is going to read the "Arizona" story.
And when you get rich and famous you have to promise to continue telling your story.
Me = DirtyDisher Fan.
I've spent the evening riveted to your new blog. You are an AMAZING writer! I knew you were a great writer before but I can't find the words.
You have a wonderful gift. Thank you for sharing it with us.
OMG, Lacy, that gives me time to tweak. I have more done, but, maybe I should wait to post it?
Thanks, Sylvia. Thanks to everyone who reads me.
I found your stories but for some reason, I couldn't leave comments.
Needless to say, they were great. I'm trying to pace myself. I don't want to read them all at once.
My son never did go back out to the gulf. In a way I'm glad. He needs the money but I was afraid because of the effects the spill is leaving on some of those who are out there. Everything from skin to lungs.
Loved the continuing stories of AZ. Read them straight through. Now you have left me wanting MORE. Still ticked we never ran into each other on Speedway. Guess that's what happens when you stay with your uptight conservative sister and have to socialize with her straight laced Air Force officer friends.
wow!!
Just read your stories in one sittig (luckily Chloe is fast asleep)
You have such an amazing way of writing, riveting yet disturbing at the same time that your 'mother' treated you that way.
Whatever happened to Andrew?
Liz (from NZ)
ps i am so happy your internet is working again xxxxxx
Wow just wow DD! You and your writing are amazing. The abuse and neglect you suffered really made me tear up. How you are not a psychotic serial killer I will never know. You are a true survivor and your stories are captivating.
Tammy
I LOVE the blog...it won't let me post on the new site, but thank you because reading this was the first time I have truly been distracted in weeks.
i'm ready to read it!
Pat, I read all the Arizona chapters a few hours ago and an still awestruck by your experiences and the level of maturity you possessed at such a young age. I wish I could give you the good and decent childhood you deserved. You are truly gifted and I thank you for sharing that gift.
I love reading the stories, I cant believe the hell you went through. Or that you live next to your mother now after all of that. Im sure theres more to come. Your a strong woman. Most people wouldnt of made it through that sort of life.
Brilliant writing. Your stories are amazing and captivating. I am sorry you had to live a life full of disappointments and craziness. I am thankful that you were able to survive it. I have bookmarked your page and can't wait to read more.
This.Army.Mom....I hope you are doing as well as can be expected. My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself.
This army mom
Hello it's Kiki :)
I wanted to let you know of a young musician
Patrick Watson on YouTube who has a beautiful
song he plays on the piano. It's called The escape.
Everytime I heard it I thought of you. When I
read your post about it being your first time that
you were distracted (DDs stories of AZ) since.
I felt I had to write and let you know. I have been
thinking of you and your family since the cruise.
I hope you know we are here and hear for you.
Sincerely your friend - Kiki :)
Yes dd what happened to Andrew is he still
with us ? Was he your moms last legal husband ?
I wished that Gi Gi would read this blog and get
in touch with you when I read that they went
into the WPP.
Kiki :)
Thanks, guys, for all the thoughts. I'm going to go listen to the song now.
To Ava's Mommy: I hope you feel beeter and have a smooth pregnancy.
Hi Jane :)
it's Kiki :)
How did your meeting with the school reps
& tootie go on Tuesday ? Did they let you
relocate and lil hitler hope she's gonna be
washed outa your hair ? LHs name is Angela ?
I think that's soooo ironic !!
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I think your son is very wise not to go down
to the gulf and persue working in the area.
The effects of those chemical disperssants
among other covert substances being used
will be the final detrement to the people of the
gulf. It's just seems that it's not worth his health.
I don't blame him. I also agree with your sons
choice. It's one thing to visit the gulf and support
the area businesses and people but an entire
new picture is painted if he'd have stayed on as
a human ginuea pig. Too many unknown variables
to contend with. Take care of yourself Jane :) Please
tell your son that Kiki said it's ok to stay home & stay safe.
- Kiki :)
DD I sent u the song to post. I listened to it
a few times myself too. It envelopes my soul.
-Kiki **
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I read most of it y'day. I can't look at the monito for long periods and I was working so it was an aggravation when the phone rang. On my way home while driving, I was womdering what Gigi is doing now. I was picturing a young girl in a big fur coat in AZ. WTH for??? The stories are so good I will finish them today if my eyes hold out.
OH! I thot of you last night too! Our cable/net went down Weds night during a thunderstorm, Comcast told us it will be July 7th before they get to us. BS! I am at work right now. We called them so much bitching that they said a tech will there today, maybe. BS again! Then they have the nerve to say they will sue us for the rest of our contract if we quit them and return our boxes. BS again! I hate Comcast. They can bite me!
Rox
DD,
I mean this in the most respectable manner, but it's a wonder you're not screwed up in the head or out killing people after all of that.
I agree with Christina about Andrew. He could have stopped the abuse that you endured and for him to not acknowledge it, is a form of abuse in my book.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story and can't wait for more.
~Palmetto Girl
thank you musermommy and army mom. Its going to be a whole different experience this month. Specially having Ava around. Bed rest type 3. I have to lay around and do nothing. Oh how boring. I hate sitting around doing nothing.
for rox:
FUCK COMCAST!!!!!!!!!!
DD, when writing of your friend Mary and scaring each other with the urban legend of La Lerona- I think you are referring to "La llorona" The tale of the weeping woman looking for her children. I remember that story too from slumber parties.
I bow to the queen of word twist....Miss Tia....you are THE QUEEN!!!
Daphne
read the whole thing through last night. It's like a good book you just can't put down.
thanks Daphne! but you just started and i know it took me awhile to get really good at it!!!
Hey Kiki,
We did have the meeting Tuesday but we really didn't learn anything. We were informed of who had applied for the principal's job and asked us what qualities we would be looking for in the new principal. I just kept my mouth shut.
Since it was an impromptu meeting, one of the teacher's had to bring her baby so I just played with the baby. Wouldn't you know it, that little shit came and sat next to me so she could play with the baby. Luckily it was a short meeting. We will find out on the
1st of July who was picked. And then I will know where I'm going. I won't mind the move---like I said, the faculty isn't as close as we used to be.
Connie, thank you!! Yes, La Llorona. That double L screwed up my web search of the legend. I corrected it. The Paloalto boys called her "Waa LeeRrrrWona." With the rolled L's. No wonder I never knew how to spell it. Great legend who haunts the aroya's looking for her lost babies. OMG.
I fixed comments over there and it would thrill me if you guys would post there. Thank you sooo much. For everything.
Hey Jane I can understand how hard it is
to keep stumn next to the lil devil herself.
I would tell them all to get stuffed and naff off
and make you the new principal :) !!! &
How do you like them apples ;) Jane Roby
is the new boss and your all in the applesauce !
LoL ;•)) btw Obama is just around the corner from
me I saw his bulletproof cavalcade drive up
Yonge street ( the longest main street in the world
according to Guinness world record book holdings)
whilst grocery shopping dt :) this afternoon.
I waved at him couldn't resist myself no one waved
back or stopped to arrest me haha lol ! ;-))
- Kiki
-Kiki
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