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Posts by: Zoë Ruiz

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The private movie screening took place on the fifth floor of a building on Beverly Boulevard. When I took the elevator up, a man who worked in the office said, The hookers and blow are ready. No one laughed. Just kidding, he said.

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Years ago, after I graduated from UC Santa Cruz, I couldn’t write because my editor voice seemed to be in overdrive. I would start a sentence and somehow end up with a page filled with words that were neatly crossed out.

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On Tuesday afternoon at a diner in Echo Park, I interviewed a writer and he told me a story, violent and personal. He told the story suddenly, while I was smiling.

Are you serious? I said, which seems to be that very stupid thing people say when they’re stunned.

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This afternoon, as I walked down York Boulevard, I was writing Links I Like in my head. I was thinking about a woman I love and how no one takes me seriously when I say I love her, and how I might not take myself seriously either.

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San Francisco’s Sister Spit comes to Los Angeles!

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If you live in Los Angeles, you can see Sister Spit tonight at the RedCat!

The event is hosted by Michelle Tea and features singer/songwriter/performance artist DavEnd, writers Danny LéVesque and Ali Liebegott, artist TextaQueen and graphic memoirist Cristy C. Road.

Special guests include novelist Francesca Lia Block and Jill Soloway.

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I went through a pretty big Bob Dylan phase. Actually, I never got out of it.

It started with Freewheelin and Bringing It All Back Home. Then I liked Another Side of Bob Dylan and Highway 61 Revisited. When I was a teenager, I watched the documentary Don’t Look Back more times than I can count.

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I received a letter from Seth Fischer and he sounded so happy. I laughed at this part of his letter: “How is your family? Your health? I want answers where you avoid the questions! I miss that.” Usually when Seth asks me questions, I say, Why do you bother asking me questions you know I won’t answer?

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Not too long ago I was a production assistant for a video shoot that took place in a house. It was less of a house and more of a mansion if a mansion were trying to be a woodsy, zen-like cabin. There was a large stone statue of Buddha and citrus trees and white gravel that made you think of white sand in Zen gardens.

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On those rare occasions when I attend parties, I often search for and find quiet spaces. Recently, at a party, I found myself alone, soaking my aching feet in the jacuzzi. From the jacuzzi, I could see the orange glow of the living room.

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