doesn't the rooster feel any shame when his coarse, ugly tones are contrasted with the steady, lyrical tones of my music? what a devil he is. how is it they associate the owl's soft calls with death, while this monster exists unscathed by public opinion. i say again, what a devil he is ( Read more... )

"There is no end to it. You cannot find the beginning of the chain that brought us from there to here. Should you regret the whole chain, and the air in between, or each link separately as if you could uncouple them? Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?"

-Janet Fitch, White Oleander

She has beautiful words

glance into my mind...

my breakfast has consisted of slivers of dark cake, candied dried fruit, and soon, a tuna melt and earl grey tea. when you write about yourself and your life, or about anyone else...when you put them down in words, words with design and purpose, suddenly tragic flaws become plot points that will lead to the inevitable end. at least i have these ( Read more... )

I climbed up ( Read more... )

"I don't speak well enough to be unintelligable ( Read more... )

in the spirit of valentine's day i present to you a stong, latino woman-her proud ethnicity present in the form of her lips. i present to you ambition for the future reduced to standardization of age groups to determine death rate. reduced? i meant elevated to. i present to you P, which declares my feigned indifference to statistics. a connection ( Read more... )

there are so many relationships i just leave to disintegrate into awkward hellos, or even silence. there are so many people i think to myself, i want to know them, but i don't know how to live when i feel like i have to answer to that many people. i also rarely pursue people. i've always watched with wonder how a certain friend of mine will find ( Read more... )

i bought all this candy and yummy snackage (5.25 worth) tonight to keep me going on this paper. i had a lot of baklava at a movie and now i just can't bear the thought of candy. i am officially losing the amazing capacity for intake of sugar that i used to possess. i feel nauseous a lot of the time now, and i don't know why. i think it's when i'm ( Read more... )

i'm so excited...i've decided that i'm having a big metal pole built into the foundation of my house. it will have a heavy steel chain that you will be tied to. i will cook for you and you can run around the pole in cirlces for exercise but you may not leave.
-Melissa

what an endearing darling she is. i am so amused.
i do like meli's pies.