I have a hard time sitting here
looking at these hands and
being so keenly aware of how
close
he is.

I sit here and feel
this energy
this thrill of connection

I read the poem again
and tingle all over

"Translations of the New Testament made by authors of the first class of this list shall be permitted to no on, since great danger and little usefulness usually results to readers from their perusal." -Index of Banned Books, published by the Catholic church in 1564.

Any one see the irony in this?

What can you say when the world around you seems to be dying? I can't help it. Nothing is under my control anymore. Everything that I once had has slipped away. Sure, it's all still physically here, but emotionally it's dead. There's nothing to it. No motivation is coming from anyone else. I go to school, I run, I come home. I am starting to feel ( Read more... )

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so i finally found my bedroom floor after cleaning all afternoon. and now i'm just plain procratinating rather than studying for my history test or working on college stuff (which desperately needs doing.) AGH. That's the scary part of senior year- college stuff. School wise its just like any other year has been.

Senior Year starts tomorrow.

I'm terrified

Forgive the decadence, but, afterall, it is  summertime! I have adopted a soap opera, Days of Our Lives, which is quite entertaining.


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I'm home!!! Hurray. I miss Germany, but its good to be in the States. Jetlag has strangely not been a problem, but thats good. It got me for about a week going over there. I stopped by Music and Arts today, which was a little weird, but all together fun. Philipp is working there now. But more excitingly, I saw Hunter Matthews, who is 100% NOT ( Read more... )

one month later and she is still alive. she comes home in only ten days! shes staying with Raphaela now, which makes her very happy. although unsure of her reasoning for writing in the third person, she resolutely decides to continue to do so. she will visit Julie and Helena in Heidelburg on Monday. And then she will get to know Berlin on Thursday ( Read more... )

this is going to be short because it's so late and i'm tired. but i just thought i would let you know that soccer is super. it's crazy to watch soccer here. everyone is so much more into it. last night germany played poland and we won!! yay!! i was listening to the radio today and they were talking about the game Trinidad and Tebaygo versus England ( Read more... )