"She could stay in the hut. She could go to Zanzibar and drink in the sun. With strangers. To drink in the sun! To feel the numbing of her tongue and limbs while her skin cooked slowly, and her feet dug deeper in the powdery sand! Drunk in the sun she felt communion with all people and knew they wished her the best."

From How We Are Hungry by ( Read more... )

I can not believe it is December. Everything is happening too quickly. I am getting old. I thought I would be farther along with school by this point, but it looks like I'm going to finish off my fifth semester of college still a sophomore and still completely unsure of what I want to do with my life.

Awesome.

And then look at my journal.

I changed my desktop background to this picture and laughed uncontrolably every time I looked at it for a couple of days.

Hopefully you'll get a kick out of it too.

All I want is simplicity. But I have a feeling things are just going to get more complicated. I hope I'm wrong.

I'm moving in the next week or so. To the Tenderloin. This will be the fifth time I've moved in the past two and a half years.

Nothing else is going on except the almost constant feeling of dread.

Pantalaine. Check it out.

Potter fans rejoice.

Dumbledore was gay.

I found an awesome website. It has assignments. I'm going to do all of them.

Check it out: http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/hello/index.php

I met Jenny Lewis today.

Animal Control came today about the rooster the Downstairs Neighbors had tied up in the backyard. I guess it was okay that they had it, just not okay that they had it tied to a tree. Their dog was also tied up, as usual. Supposedly it is illegal to keep roosters, dogs, or any other animal restrained for extended amounts of time in San Francisco ( Read more... )

I am mostly moved. I spent the past three days unpacking, relaxing, and doing Richard Simmons workout tapes with Lauren. I had left my computer power cord and my phone charger at my old apartment, along with a multitude of other things, and didn't return for them until today. Being disconnected made me feel very free. I checked my voicemail a ( Read more... )