David James ParrOct 31, 20207 minSurrender, Dorothy - Parts 2 & 32 When I was a teenager, I had many female friends who complained constantly about their mothers with ferocious intensity, about actions...
David James ParrOct 29, 20205 minSurrender, Dorothy - Part 11 Lavender. It was a lavender robe with tiny blue and pink petals. Not silky, as the flowers would suggest, but rough cotton, plain,...
David James ParrSep 12, 20192 minHoneymoon BridgeThe main problem was that Sheila didn’t remember the rules, it had been so long since she’d played, and that was with her ex-husband whom...
David James ParrApr 12, 20191 minMata Hari (from VIOLET PEAKS)At the Halloween party itself, a large congregation in a huge, empty rehearsal space normally used for dance classes, Violet's Mata Hari...
David James ParrMar 20, 20192 minItchy ScalpJude proudly wears her Pussy Hat though over a year has passed (!) and she is not marching this afternoon but striding down 7th Avenue on...
David James ParrMar 18, 20192 minPlaid Monday - Beauty Marks is now on KindleWhile he is telling me that we are breaking up, Mark is wearing a yellow plaid shirt that I haven’t seen before. Usually it's a white...
David James ParrFeb 12, 20192 minI Want My MTV Blog #2: Pretty in Pink, and MiamiI am no expert on Enrique Iglesias music videos, but based on the three that are in constant rotation at the treadmills of the rocking...
David James ParrJan 20, 20191 minMoist Lies - from Beauty MarksI know that Michelle has an irrational fear of houses that look like faces; she knows that I have a phobia of peanut butter getting stuck...
David James ParrJan 9, 20191 minDreamcatchers (from Beauty Marks)Michelle announces, “I had the weirdest dream last night.” I finally take a sip of my coffee now lukewarm; it tastes like dread. The...
David James ParrJan 5, 20192 minI Want My MTV Blog #1: Getting Right with Jennifer Lopez & Jennifer Lopez & Jennifer Lopez...My gym has not changed its rotation of music videos since 2008, so at the New York Sports Club in West Harlem Lady Gaga continues to hold...
David James ParrJan 4, 20191 minMaking Bookends MeetWhen I graduated from college, my mom gave me bookends in the shapes of globes, with the inspiring instruction to fill the space between...
David James ParrDec 12, 20181 minKamikaze Rapture“Kamikaze!” I blurted out just before our first kiss, suddenly remembering the name of the German Shepherd who had bitten me twenty years...
David James ParrNov 9, 20181 minLove Handles (from Beauty Marks)"The lighting in this bar is dim enough, and the frozen cosmopolitans cheap enough, that everybody here flirts with the screens of their...
David James ParrNov 9, 20181 minDownward Facing Dog (from Beauty Marks)"While Ginny roots around in her refrigerator, I try and figure out which sort of Betty will turn up at the door: a flirty Betty Boop, a...
David James ParrNov 9, 20181 minFrom Beauty Marks"While we were sipping our cocktails, a group of young bikini bottom-clad Parisians suddenly wandered in from the pool party next door,...
David James Parr Oct 31, 2020 7 min Surrender, Dorothy - Parts 2 & 3 2 When I was a teenager, I had many female friends who complained constantly about their mothers with ferocious intensity, about actions...
David James Parr Oct 29, 2020 5 min Surrender, Dorothy - Part 1 1 Lavender. It was a lavender robe with tiny blue and pink petals. Not silky, as the flowers would suggest, but rough cotton, plain,...
