National Woman's Equality Day

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26. August. 2007.

I guess Sonny and I are friends now. She comes over sometimes, hilariously drunk. Luckily, Michelle's never there to chastise her but I guess that's good thing. I think Dee's my only hippee friend, and I'd hate to lose that.

"What'reyadoing?" she asks, slurring her words as she plops down next to me on my superhero-themed comforter that's folded neatly on top my twin-sized bed. Superman's chin is under my butt.

"Writing -- " Sonny burps " -- a book," I reply.

"Oooooooh," she ahs, "am I in it?"

"You can if you wanna be."

"Cool. Call me..." she looks down at my hand writing, which must seem so foreign to her and her drunken-self. "Sonny Dee. Sonny fucking Dee."

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