Sirenita Lake

Sirenita Lake
Location
San Francisco, California,
Birthday
November 04
Bio
Sirenita Lake is married with cats, life-long bad girl, former high school English teacher, former software technical writer, and graduate of that great imploding public interest law school, New College of California School of Law. Sirenita is temporarily the worse for wear--ok, permanently, totally, nuclearly fucked--and gets to spend more time on the computer doing online tenant counseling and writing just for fun.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009 1:50PM

Buying a Condom, Old School

How I came to be buying a condom in a Hilton hotel across the street from LAX is a meandering tale of impulsive decisions and their consequences, tragic or comic. In the late 70s, I graduated from college with a degree in linguistics. I had no particular plans for being any… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 9, 2009 1:14PM

Handicapped Parking

The angry man was waiting for me as I parked my car in front of my physical therapist’s office building. He was pissed because I had honked at him. He had been having an argument with his teenage son in the crosswalk of a busy thoroughfare, and the kid bolted to… Read full post »

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AUGUST 28, 2009 3:22PM

My Truck Stop Murder

I was 19. It was an abandoned quarry. I was in the cab of a semi truck, one guy at the wheel, the other in the sleeper. I had been asleep, exhausted, since just outside of Reno, and woke up to the screech of breaks and an abandoned quarry in the… Read full post »

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JULY 23, 2009 3:20PM

Craigslist Guys

My heart was not broken. The blunt force trauma, however, left severe lacerations and contusions. It was in the blue and purple stage of bruising, when touch is painful. I didn’t want to let it stiffen up, so I decided to give it some mild exercise. Nothing too rough. I’m getting… Read full post »

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JUNE 19, 2009 5:40PM

Disturbing UPDATED

Since I published this, I found a story in a local blog page describing what this guy and his partner were reported to have done. Apparently, there was a belief that a cop had been injured, though I have not seen anything to confirm that in the local rag. There are a few commentsRead full post »

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JUNE 5, 2009 3:35PM

Why I Hate Monogamy

I was monogamous once. Hated it. I was living with Tim, with whom I’d had killer sex at the beginning and to whom I’d issued the standard warning: I’m not monogamous. After the first year, things fell apart. I discovered that he had a fatal flaw, a weak personality. He discovered… Read full post »
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APRIL 3, 2009 6:25PM

Catfight! A Borderline and a Six-Toed Cat, Part 2

Six was a lonely cat, imperfectly socialized and nervous. He flinched when you reached to pat his head, nipping your hand. I never saw Emily bend to pet him, nor did he rub against her ankles. Emily had lived in a succession of shared apartments and Six had been taken care… Read full post »

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APRIL 2, 2009 2:42PM

Catfight! A Borderline and a Six-Toed Cat

 

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The moment my relationship with Emily hit rock bottom, she wasn’t even there. I was standing on my porch, blood-soaked paper towels pressed to my right arm, telling six cops that everything was fine, just fine, the cats got into a little fight but it was all over.

"I’… Read full post »

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MARCH 9, 2009 8:40PM

Death Drop

I wanted to start this "the rhino lowered his head and charged, barely missing my leg as I pulled myself up into the baobab tree..." Or maybe "the gun was shaking in the addict’s hand and I read in his crazy, glassy eyes that no matter what I did, he was… Read full post »