"O weary night, O long and tedious night,
Abate thy hours!
.........And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye,
Steal me awhile from mine own company." Helena

i closed the restaurant last night and woke up sick. my nose is running faster than flo jo. for breakfast i had strawberry lemonade and waffles. my best friends life forever changed today. so strange how everything comes full circle, how the people i've known for ten years are all so integrally connected. taming of the shrew might be my favorite ( Read more... )

someone most definitely has been eating my cinnamon toast crunch.

when you talk to yourself who do you wish was listening? j's parents is the most heartbreaking divorce--i never imagined their family would be broken. all their children are so beautiful and strong. who could they find now that would even mean half as much to them? i'm sure they will be happy though...nobody is married in heaven. that's why the ( Read more... )

after being gone a while ( Read more... )

Don't say what you can nod. Don't nod what you can smile. Don't smile what you can wink. Get that down and you'll be on your way to having some flavor ( Read more... )

The cool that came off the sheets just off the line ( Read more... )

the acupuncture office is in downtown santa barbara, at the bottom of the hill from the Mission. heijing moved to southern california from china fourteen years ago and usually treats me. her husband teaches computer science at ucsb. she wears no make up and has just a few long, calm wrinkles on her tight skin. probably in her late forties, although ( Read more... )

today i.... attended all five of my classes (and made it on time)
had a soccer game (and scored my first goal of the season)
read 250 pages (and still had time to watch the bad girls club)
tuesdays are good. so now i'm going to take a shower and fall asleep a second before i even hit the ortho pedic mattress....

i am taking five classes this quarter. in zip-lock baggies i bring strawberries, gold fish and vanilla pudding to school. slightly stressful, but if i don't fall behind on reading it should be fine ( Read more... )