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Ahhh, I think my Hillel emails are done for the time being (but certainly not for the rest of the day). It's amazing how much of my life is taken up by emails & various forms of correspondance these days. It's still a new feeling, & hard to keep track of, but a good feeling, that stretch of busy-ness & efficiency. Healthy, somehow ( Read more... )

Yay, I just started listening to someone's iTunes & they have the song from "Scrubs" that I really like & don't have. Huzzah ( Read more... )

Feeling sad.

Made the right decision this evening regarding sleeping arrangements.

Pissed about: the upcoming VWC concert, what's happening with my cousin Olivia, etc.

Otherwise, just sort of melancholy & tired. Will go to bed now.

Physics problem sets are the devil. Thankfully this one isn't so bad, it's just time consuming & irritating & honestly I ought to make myself a t-shirt that says "I'd rather be sleeping" because I can't think of many moments when that hasn't been the case recently ( Read more... )

Raise
Biloxi, Mississippi

How to build it strong enough
to bear the telling of it     hard wet split
of wood     shift and groan of stretch     accommodation
and finally fit     squelch of sound and space and empty
crying mouths all full-up     long mournful suck-sound of apart-
together-apart like lifting something from the mud and setting it down
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Spring break was wonderful. Manual labor is cleansing & fulfilling & all that good stuff. I had a fantastic time & I hope to do something like it again soon. Aren't really any other words to describe, here ( Read more... )

I am fucking exhausted. Second week in a row I have gotten an average of 4.5 - 5 hours of sleep a night ( Read more... )

Trying not to think too much; writing instead. Not successful in either attempt.

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Aubade

In the chalky bone-
blue just before
dawn a thin light
presses between
things--branches
shadows--and
blossoms there
quiet and convincing
as a crocus pushes
through the frost of
the old season
into spring

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I really did think they were flowers

Yesterday was lovely ( Read more... )