a good and rowdy thunderstorm/cloud speckled moon and a foreign film make for a fantastic evening. mm mm mm.

so does watching superimposed bob costas hover over tienamen square and bela karoyli's perspective on the olympics:

"bob it is obvious."

i slept in the tent last night in our backyard and then woke up to the sprinklers extremely out of it around 7:30am. Nicky took me to the Donut Parade shop, which is a brick building you would never have known existed and it's like walking into the fifties everything left unchanged and the prices are low. Old men meet there for breakfast. Then we ( Read more... )

Does he kiss your eyelids in the morning when you start to raise your head ( Read more... )

some things i know and some things i don't ( Read more... )

"I've pleaded and pleaded with Marylou for a peaceful sweet understanding of pure love between us forever with all hassles thrown out-she understands; her mind is bent on something else-she's after me; she won't understand how much I love her, she's knitting my doom." -Dean Moriarty, pg. 122

i have broken my phone, gained a camera, and adopted a cat. GOOD WEEK AND IT's ONLY MONDAY! also, spending the afternoon in the library was quite enjoyable and i biked back with a significant amount of summer reading. eep i need to go to bed i have to get up early for mass and pancakes with lucas. professor gbikpi and professor batterman are here ( Read more... )

i spent independence day weekend near bellingham at nicky's grandparents' cabin by the sound. it was such an enjoyable time and her family reminded me so much of my family reunions in south dakota by blue dog lake. her grandpa jerome, the spunky youngest of ten children and a twin, would tell great stories, like the time he ate the tomato his ( Read more... )

today started off just like any other. woke up, left to babysit catherine and luke. drove home listening to manchester orchestra, was a bit late for kickball but it was still great fun. i am home now, about to take a shower and walk somewhere to write some letters.

i went over to joey's tonight for the first time. his parents were driving to seattle to pick up his sister who is coming home from greece tomorrow so we ended up playing wii mario kart with his little sister marie. she reminds me so much of maggie, they even look alike. we started watching the darjeeling limited but i was thoroughly distracted and ( Read more... )

i will write this quickly because i am leaving for lake coeur d'alene in a few minutes for dinner and to write sunset letters. this weekend is going to be beyond epic. i am shocked at how much has changed in a mere three weeks. i am so grateful for this summer so far. as kim would say, i am "aflood with joy ( Read more... )