Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: January 2007

Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture No. 29" (1938) — Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture No. 29. L'Ouverture made a triumphant march into San Domingo on the 2nd of January, 1801, at the head of 10,000 men, and hoisted the flag of the French Republic. Toussaint did not wish to break with the French, the largest group of Haitian inhabitants. The Blacks themselves spoke patois French. (1938)

Workbook: January, 2007

January 31, 2007: Subtlety...
January 30, 2007: I burned my old diaries.
January 29, 2007: The Foreign Exchange Student...
January 28, 2007: Their albums mirror the real history around them.
January 27, 2007: Who are those tears for?
January 26, 2007: Like she has an identity...
January 25, 2007: I hate that person who checks in...
January 24, 2007: Stares at the bottle in wonderment.
January 23, 2007: Threats and blackmail.
January 22, 2007: Messed by cheatin'.
January 21, 2007: Stereotypes.
January 20, 2007: Raccoon eyes.
January 19, 2007: "I'd sit on the rocks with a half-pint of Hot Damn, praying to God..."
January 18, 2007: Bottles clank inside her purse.
January 17, 2007: Smiling her sly, drunken, cynical smile.
January 16, 2007: "If I die today, I want you to bury me."
January 15, 2007: Scars on her wrists.
January 14, 2007: You're taking over as the manager of an international import retail store in a large suburban mall.
January 13, 2007: Unexpected consequences.
January 12, 2007: I cringe when I hear that voice.
January 11, 2007: "I'm not just a girl on the rag."
January 10, 2007: "I don't need you to manage my program."
January 9, 2007: Preposterous stories.
January 8, 2007: She wanted very much to be part of the in crowd of socially adept students.
January 7, 2007: Preposterous stories.
January 6, 2007: Hippie control freak.
January 5, 2007: Narcolepsy.
January 4, 2007: "Where are you going?"
January 3, 2007: "That was about to be something sarcastic, wasn't it?"
January 2, 2007: Reversal of the standard gender stereotypes.
January 1, 2007: "Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair."