half-hoping

I tucked the wrapper in my pants pocket and set out on my morning walk around the lake, half-hoping to meet two red-faced people emerging from their altered reality.

The Duck, the Clock and the Condom Laurie Ann Doyle 2011

I was half-hoping that the Colonel would have accidentally shot himself at the “Open Carry” Rally yesterday.

Think Progress » Traditional Values Coalition Tells Senators To Block Judicial Nominee Because She’s A ‘Radical Lesbian’ 2010

From his seat on the bench, the Scruffian who didn't know he was a Scruffian yet, who didn't even quite know what a Scruffian was, watched the other kids in the park, half-wishing he was like them, with their homes and happy families -- well, families, at least -- and half-hoping he would never be like them, never.

Scruffians Stamp Hal Duncan 2009

I think I was half-hoping to get arrested, just so I would know where I stood, instead of attempting to explain to suspicious strangers the importance of performance art in engaging our assumptions of the world around us and not quite knowing myself.

Why We Were Arrested Kenton deAngeli 2011

I was half-hoping that the Colonel would have accidentally shot himself at the “Open Carry” Rally yesterday.

Think Progress » Traditional Values Coalition Tells Senators To Block Judicial Nominee Because She’s A ‘Radical Lesbian’ 2010

I tucked the wrapper in my pants pocket and set out on my morning walk around the lake, half-hoping to meet two red-faced people emerging from their altered reality.

The Duck, the Clock and the Condom Laurie Ann Doyle 2011

From his seat on the bench, the Scruffian who didn't know he was a Scruffian yet, who didn't even quite know what a Scruffian was, watched the other kids in the park, half-wishing he was like them, with their homes and happy families -- well, families, at least -- and half-hoping he would never be like them, never.

Archive 2009-09-01 Hal Duncan 2009

I was half-hoping that the Colonel would have accidentally shot himself at the “Open Carry” Rally yesterday.

Think Progress » Traditional Values Coalition Tells Senators To Block Judicial Nominee Because She’s A ‘Radical Lesbian’ 2010

There were no computers at Surat Thani, of course, but every time she logged on she'd still be half-hoping for a message from Charles, a note telling her that he'd bailed.

Round the World Now zoe zolbrod 2010

I'm half-hoping he picks Chuck Hagel just because the sound of ten thousand Progressives 'heads exploding will make a more interesting noise than the nation-sized collective yawn that's going to greet whoever else it might be.

Lance Mannion: 2008