yesterday i had this craving to reread "the giver" by lois lowry.

i think this book is ageless, as it speaks for all of us in terms of what we would have to give up for a sense of utopia. you can't take away feelings, but you can alter someone's perception. you can breed robots and bewilder them with the past they were never allowed to know.

"the ( Read more... )

why is the snow already gone? there is nothing as quietbeautiful as a downy earth.

I Knew a Woman

I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods should speak,
Or English poets who grew up ( Read more... )

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/994/593/1600/650150/youtoo.jpg

that's probably the most beautifully sad thing i've seen in a long time.

I think the reason that I am so shielded from so many things in this world, the reason I can hide behind what is perceived as naivety, is because I’m a true believer in true love. Not the “aww, that’s so cute,” kind of he’s-holding-her-hand love, but the kind of love that likes to pretend it’s not love to see if people believe in it, and would be ( Read more... )

i just updated (or wrote in general, rather) my profile, for anyone who cares.
i'm very proud of myself, to tell you the truth.

i'm thinking maybe i'll actually update this more often. with actual important things! that deserves a wow, i think. ehh, it's a definite maybe ( Read more... )

a little late, but merry christmas!
i'm so depressed lights will be coming down soon. i feel like i didn't even get to relax and enjoy them.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/12/tickle-me-emo.html
= funniest thing ever.

so, i asked for kingdom hearts for my birthday and tonight my dad says to me,

"what was that game you wanted? dragonfly princess?"

...wow.

tonight - stars

Come around and say you love me
Hang your heart in lights above me
Is that too much to ask for?
When the night descends upon us
Take a shower, dry your hair by the furnace
I'll watch you from the corner
Telephones and old typewriters
Words of love along the wires
Let's make it work tonight
Telegraphs and birds that fly
Through air so still you ( Read more... )

i hereby invent the word "abSOULutely."