IT’S PERSONAL. ESSAYS & SHORT FICTION BY CHRISTINA STIMPSON var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23928136-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @soclearlyobscure)http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/“It is only now when I see you that I realize, you have patched through my life in...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/23105375141http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/23105375141Tue, 15 May 2012 11:16:35 -0400 In sixth grade I was beat up everyday after-school from January to June because I woke up over the...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/22233324298http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/22233324298Tue, 01 May 2012 21:29:00 -0400 “Instigator!” I looked down to see the pudgy fingers of Mrs. X dig their way into my lanky arm as...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/21458937037http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/21458937037Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:22:00 -0400 I recently filled out a questionnaire which asked me what my four worst fears were. In order to not...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/17273753896http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/17273753896Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:31:00 -0500 The smell of used textbooks and carpenter’s glue will always remind me of my first feelings of...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/14653838351http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/14653838351Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:21:00 -0500 It was the wait that killed me. Knowing that I would be in the line-up until the end. The...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/13140745336http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/13140745336Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:41:44 -0500 My sister is way to god damn nice. It’s as if while in my mother’s warm womb my sister vacuumed all...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/12491732386http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/12491732386Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:07:00 -0500 I watched Jane Eyre last night and it disgusted me. I quickly came to the conclusion that (A)...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/12087318448http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/12087318448Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:56:00 -0400 Positive thinker I am not. Negative thought producer and worst-case scenario perpetuator, I am....http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/10968671796http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/10968671796Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:40:00 -0400                              I’m looking for tangible metrics on how important I am in this world,...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/10465287246http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/10465287246Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:29:00 -0400                  I totally live in a dreamland where I think all my ideas are amazing and I can’t...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9598420780http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9598420780Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:59:00 -0400 My ego is huge. And not in the trivial sense where I think I’m better than everyone. That’s...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9217198527http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9217198527Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:15:00 -0400 Just for the record I haven’t taken LSD more than 6 times and I’m not on any...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9192649303http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9192649303Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:25:26 -0400 Much to the astonishment of everyone I have ever met, I am embracing a new found devotion to...http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9125598978http://soclearlyobscure.tumblr.com/post/9125598978Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:17:14 -0400