if alyosha could be any animal, he would be a groundhog ( Read more... )

the obvious ( Read more... )

excerpt from the longest conversation alyosha has ever had (besides the obvious ( Read more... )

although he now finds it impossible to remember when, there came a point in alyosha's life when he realized that, as it concerned most of the people with whom he considered himself closest, he was an afterthought. that is, almost without exception, the onus had been placed upon him to maintain each of the friendships he had. this situation was, of ( Read more... )

due to the inhospitable conditions of the summer months (from the perspective of those made of snow, that is), as a child alyosha was forced to find friends capable of surviving in the heat. during one particular summer alyosha happened upon a comic strip consisting of the misadventures of a school aged boy and his stuffed, yet strangely animated ( Read more... )

( 10 things you might not know about alyosha )

alyosha feels loneliest at 3:31 am. he has otherwise learned to live with the insomnia that has plagued him most of his life, but when he finds himself still unable to sleep at this hour of the morning he sighs heaviest. the time might even be more specific if not for the fact that alyosha has always hated the ticking second hand of clocks, and as ( Read more... )

not long after moving into a run-down apartment, alyosha twice cursed his forgetful mind. noticing the lack of proper fire escapes and the abundance of blood and 'what-the-hell-is-that?' stains on the carpets in the hallways, alyosha concluded that this would be the type of place with at least a 50:1 ratio of mice to humans inhabiting it. he was so ( Read more... )

had he time to think it over, he would have come to the conclusion that it was a rather odd place for a vintage car dealership. but upon emerging from the forest and onto the country road that cut through it, it was all jimmydean could do not to wet himself. it was just so damn beautiful; the smooth curves of the body, the low, road-hugging ( Read more... )

during the winter of his eighth year, having no other friends besides a chubby girl in school who liked to fling butterscotch pudding into his hair with a plastic spoon, alyosha decided to fashion new ones out of snow. he spent most of an afternoon building three snowman charlie chaplin look-a-likes in his front yard. he had decided earlier in the ( Read more... )