Wandering in the snow in silence,
I note the truth of a cliché:
All the world is bathed in calm
Covered by a thick, white blanket.
In appearance, solid, soft, and white,
In reality, a mass of crystals,
Each unique and delicate.
Tiny beads of moisture, frozen,
Falling from impressive heights.
Following these thoughts with my eyes,
I look up and I see such ( Read more... )

Warm light glints gently off the scroll,
The master lifts his bow.
As nimble fingers turn the pegs
His well-trained ear will know
Exactly when the perfect pitch,
The flawless tone he seeks,
At last streams full, unwavering,
From the instrument 'neath his cheek.
About to begin, he shuts his eyes,
A smile across his face.
He plays with learnèd care and skill
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Do you know how many nights I lay there
Awake and thinking of you?
Thinking of how much I miss you
And how pathetic it is?
I stare at the dark ceiling
And wish that what I said was true,
That I was really over you.
When I pass the swings, the tree, the grassy hill,
The playground where you kissed my hand,
Do you know that those are the times
I miss you the ( Read more... )

In the words of Lloyd Dobler:


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today i sat watching the rain fall with a bowl of chicken soup
content just to sit
watching the rain
which has no sound of it's own but rather
imitates all other friendly sounds
the patter of fingertips attacking a keyboard
the crackling of a fire consuming a log
the fizz of the disappearing bubbles in the ocean's retreating waves
the cheerful trickling ( Read more... )

Do things you once really loved ever become mundane to you either from overuse or from no use at all?
Just curious.

I wanted to update but had nothing to say ( Read more... )

My summer school teacher is driving me crazy. As if the class wasn't juvenile enough, she keeps asking us how things make us feel. For example, "If you're part of the minority in an election, how does that make you feel?" Then she answers it like we're too stupid to, with that baby voice you use for little kids, "Bad, right?" And somehow, we got ( Read more... )

I just started my online econ class. I got really far behind and had only one day to get in my required five hours for the week. I did two weeks worth of lessons in one afternoon.... I need a massage and a really long guy hug.

I had to take my brother to his basketball practice yesterday and saw no reason to leave and go all the way home only to return an hour later. Thus, I stayed. And watched the Red Mountain basketball team play a scrimmage of shirts and skins. Halfway through, however, all the boys put their clothes back on :( and I decided to pull out my notebook ( Read more... )