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Stripped

Tales of the naked city, from a Las Vegas dancer.

04.23.12 · 8:59 AM

‘I work at a human petting zoo’

A customer bit me and drew blood while I danced for him. I was standing in front of him all naked and stuff, and he’s pretty handsy so I’m already kind of wrestling him away, and then he just comes at me with all this excitement and his mouth open and then I scream. I look down and there’s a big dark mark on me. He apologizes profusely in Spanish and tries to rub it to make it feel better ... Read more...

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03.29.12 · 5:09 PM

Feeling the madness (in basketball and life)

I picked the Louisville Cardinals to win that whole March Madness thing. Their mascot looks like the red bird from Angry Birds, and I love that game so I think they’d do well in basketball, too. It looks like that was a sound decision. They’ve won all their games so far. That’s pretty neat. Maybe I’ll win some money. The glory of sweet victory would probably be the best part of winning. Well, actually it’s the money, but glory would ... Read more...

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03.16.12 · 1:16 PM

Hitchhiking in Vegas: A cautionary tale

“You’re really pretty,” the kind stranger says as he takes his eyes off the road and stares at me sitting in his passenger seat. He drives a beat up Toyota sedan with blackish paint faded and dull like it had been spray painted on and then sanded. He has bright blue eyes, black plastic-rimmed glasses and absolutely no interest in where I want to be dropped off. “Thanks,” I say. “I just need a ride up the road. It’s around ... Read more...

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02.26.12 · 7:31 PM

Life on ice

I drove a snowmobile to a glacier yesterday. It was my first time riding one. It was amazing. There were enormous ice formations that were so bright blue that they looked like artificially flavored hard candy. The formations were in sharp angular chunks as big as houses. There were massive ice caves that you couldn’t see all the way into. It was like the queen’s ice palace in Narnia. The area where I was riding is almost all liquid for ... Read more...

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02.10.12 · 3:59 PM

My brother always liked playing with Barbies …

My brother just came out of the closet. Which is a huge relief. People have asked me if he was gay since we were kids. My answer was, “I don’t know,” which wasn’t exactly a resounding declaration of his heterosexuality. He got super pissed-off at me when I would tell kids at school that I could not confirm or deny anything either way. He wanted me to tell everyone he was straight. School is a tough place to come out, ... Read more...

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02.3.12 · 10:41 AM

Hypothermia? In Las Vegas?!

The stabbing pain of the cold water hit me with a strength I was not expecting. I’d jumped into the pool with all my clothes on sometime near dawn, drunk enough that I wouldn’t have felt a punch to the face. Still, even with diminished sense, I felt like I’d been sliced open by the water. I figured it would quickly stop hurting, so I swam to the bottom, then took a lap before dragging myself out from the deep ... Read more...

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01.28.12 · 1:35 PM

Strippers and dogs years

They say dogs age the equivalent of seven years for every one human year. My 49-year-old (in dog years) hound dog is snoring next to me. I’ve had him since he was a puppy. In what seems like a few lazy months, I’ve seen him go from a wide-eyed energetic baby to a sad-looking old man. His eyebrows and chin turned white, and he’s always ready for a nap. He likes to sit on the bench next to me at ... Read more...

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01.22.12 · 9:16 PM

On poker-induced stomach aches and skipping CES

I just got back from a week in the Bahamas. My boyfriend is a professional poker player, and we were there for a tournament. I like poker. Like stripping, it’s part luck and all balls. I get nervous watching him play, though. I mean, I’m a pretty nervous person anyway, but money makes me extra anxious. He’s such a calm person most of the time, so watching him get upset over bad hands is bizarre. It makes my stomach hurt. ... Read more...

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01.14.12 · 12:33 AM

Stripped: A downward spiral

“I’m in love with you,” I told him for the first time after months of dating. I was propped up against the wheel of my friend Blackbird’s unregistered car that was parked in the driveway. I had my legs straight out in front of me and my back slouched over like a rag doll on a shelf. It was late in the morning, and I was still drunk from work the night before. The sun was hot and bright, and ... Read more...

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01.2.12 · 4:22 PM

A lap dance for Santa

For Christmas I get some screenwriting software, a dead bird and a bag of loose Marlboro red cigarettes. In that order. I spend the day in my pretty pink apron cooking at my boyfriend’s house while he plays on the computer. I make parmesan mashed potatoes, green beans almandine, turkey and gravy from scratch. I turn his beautiful kitchen into an apocalypse of dirty pots, pans and stacks of dishes. It looks like a flour bomb exploded in there. I ... Read more...

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