On the elevator in the BoA building.
Pitney Bowes guy: hey how are you doing?
Meck: I’m well, how are you?
Pitney Bowes guy: Not so good, my wife passed away on March 18th….so I’m just trying to deal with that.
Meck: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmm I’m so a sorry to hear that.
*elevator door opens*
Pitney Bowes guy: Thanks! [...]
Elevator Lines: ummm
Suicide
Tabboo. Pain. Loss. Uncomfortable. Darkness. Sadness. Anger. Sin. Lonliness. Depression. Death. Consequences. Hurt.
Reality.
Every sixteen minutes in the US, a person dies by suicide. Every seventeen minutes, someone is left behind.
There are a lot of words that might come to mind when you think of the word suicide. Here are some better ones:
Gabby. La’Nolan. Kirkley Fan. [...]
My YouTube Top Ten
Being sick often times means being bored. Especially if that boredom occurs in an apartment without cable tv. When I’m holed up with the flu, YouTube is my only reprieve. So I’ve decided to compile a list of my top ten favorite online videos (for the time being, at least). Some of them make me [...]
CLTBlog's new contributor
The awesomeness that is CLTBlog got a new writer over the weekend: Me(ck)!
I am extremely excited to be working with such a talented and forward thinking group. And I’m humbled to be in such good company.
When I started KUWTB last June, my research included many visits to CLTBlog and I asked myself over [...]
Shameless Self Promotion
Voting has begun for Charlotte Magazine’s annual Best of the Best awards. This year you can vote for your favorite local blog, so, if you feel so inclined, please vote for KUWTB by clicking here. Feel free to include my name in the “up and comer” and “writer” section as well.
If you hate Meck [...]
Moving
She is sitting cross legged on the floor in front of her laptop. Surrounded by half unpacked boxes full of socks and dish towels and suitcases stuffed with worn paperbacks and old college texts. Pillows are scattered across the living room area of her new studio in fourth ward. The place looks like a [...]
25 Random Things
This is a facebook/myspace thing that I decided to post here. Because I can. So suck it.
Write a note blog post with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.
1. One night, after 10 minutes of intense contemplation, I asked my mom where they kept the whales on Noah’s Ark. I was [...]
Picking up
Things Meck will pick up this week:
1) keys to her new apartment in uptown
2) tickets to Saturday’s Panther game
2009 is off to a great start.
