last thursday, the gallery owner downstairs called me in to view the latest collection he was hanging up and wanted my opinion on a few pieces and their positions. my eyes were drawn to a small pair of etchings framed together. i forget the artist's name. the piece was done in such fine detail, from a distance one could easily mistake them as ( Read more... )

help! i'm addicted to myspace.

my friend today at dinner:
"i'm done with new york. ny is sooo last year. cincinnati is the new brooklyn. i'm starting the trend."

it cheered me up and made me smile. though she said it semi-sarcastically, she did have a point. things are more authentic and honest here. and my standard of living is better, that's for sure.

I catch the bus in the worst of it all. The stop’s only two blocks away, but a world apart.
This morn, while waiting there, three of them approached me. No, got up on me. One behind me. Asked if I “wanted to score ( Read more... )

i just got back from the exam. i fairly certain i will get an 'A' on the mofo. so im feelin good. havent slept yet-- and wont for awhile-- before heading out this morning i drank a double-shot espresso 'redeye' (how appropriate) at the coffee house across the street. i'm completely wired, chatty, and wanted to brag. and i know im typing the ( Read more... )

fuck. im not so sure im really into this going back to school thing. its almost 11:00pm and i still have another 150 pages to cover for my art history exam tomorrow morn. went to bed at 7:30 this morning after typing a paper, only to wake a few hours later, so im already sleep deprived. that, and i want to scratch my blood-shot eyes out right ( Read more... )

cities to see

Asheville, NC (no really-- this summer)
Salvador, Br (fall)
Rio de Janeiro (fall)
Buenos Aires
Melbourne
Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Barcelona
Oaxaca
Istanbul
Havana

A friend of mine, j.mckenna, took this picture of a drowned squirrel. poor little bugger.


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My ex-boy lives above me now. Why I ever dated him is beyond me. At night, when I lie in bed, I stare up at the ceiling and curse him for being so stupid sometimes.

My mom did something amazing. It’s like she instinctively knew something was wrong with her mother. She took a week off work and convinced her sisters and one bother to drive down to Florida, pack up my Grandma’s house, and moved her back to Ohio. Upon the arrival, my Grandma got super sick. Though she has given us this scare before, this time ( Read more... )