New College taught me how to play. It took almost four years, but it's finally happened.

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1. My Mother's Latin (edit: weird science/PE) teacher once said [and I reiterate as a maxim for posterity]:

Eschew obfuscation.

2. A haiku for today:

Simplify.Nourish.
Revel.Reciprocate.Heal.
Grow.Appreciate.

3. Something that's occurred to me:

I haven't ever let life feel as good as it is.

One of the things I love about McSweeney's is a proclivity their authors have for blowing minds with life changing sentences disguised in casual understatement and subtlety. This talent apparently extends to their staff as well. Here's the e-mail I got from their internship coordinator in response to my application to work for them after graduation ( Read more... )

sometimes i wish i
were in charge of the weather
tonight i'd have rain

Dear Professor Langston ( Read more... )

I feel centered and confident - two things I definitely never would have said three years ago... or two. I'm house-sitting for my parents while they spend a single romantic night at a bed and breakfast in St. Augustine. Mom just called me with happy tears in her voice; there's no power at the bed and breakfast, but there are classic books next to ( Read more... )

The wasp on the glass wants to get into my room.
Can my thesis be a year-long performace art piece,
consisting entirely of myself eating blueberries?

Pictures:

http://ncf.facebook.com/photos.php?id=76400024&l=a3919

Hopefully that will work...

From the archives: Local reaction to students
Reprinted from the Bradenton Herald of May 26, 1965IRKED BY THE STUDENTS ( Read more... )

I don't know if I've ever had my blood drawn and not cried ( Read more... )