1. What was the highlight of your week ( Read more... )

it's difficult.

my best friend/roommate, lucy, was in a motorcycle accident. i feel an immense amount of responsibility. she was supposed to come home with me. instead, we did shot after shot and i met a man with nice eyes and let him take me to breakfast, with no concern as to how lucy was going to get home. at 5am, she wasn't there. i laughed it off, ( Read more... )

it's bike week in myrtle beach. what does that mean? it means that there are hundreds and hundreds of older men and leathery skinned women riding harleys everywhere and making it impossible to drive. it means that by the end of next week by temporarily working two jobs, i'll have a few thousand dollars. it means summer is almost here. bring it!

terrified. three days and i'm leaving the only home i've ever known to start a life of my own somewhere else. and i've caught myself thinking what the hell am i doing, but then i remember the smell of the ocean, and the crowds of people, and the sticky heat and know i'm doing the right thing. and sean won't let me fall on my face. and my new ( Read more... )

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maybe you walked up behind me and covered my eyes when you said hello because you didn't want to watch me fall in love with you again. do you know what that feels like, to fall in love with the same person every day, over and over, moment by moment? until you, i had no idea it was possible. i smiled, and swallowed so hard my saliva turned to cement ( Read more... )

I'm in myrtle beach right now. Yesterday I signed a lease for a shack in surfside that screams Alison and is seconds away from the ocean. I also got hired on the spot for a second job serving at my favorite restaurant. Today I got my South Carolina driver's license, and tomorrow I'm buying furniture. This is surreal, and I'm happy and scared ( Read more... )

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

i am going back down to myrtle february 11-17. this means i'll be with my favorite person in my favorite place on valentines day. this means it's really happening. i'm planning on leaving march 1. i thought it was a stretch, since it's a little earlier than i would have expected, but everyone, including my mom, is sure i can make it happen ( Read more... )