often, especially after spending a week straight with them, i'll get very sad and jealous that all three of my best friends live in la without me. however, i know i would still get frustrated and jealous with them for different reasons if we lived in the same city. i feel i have been able to grow and explore myself more without constantly being ( Read more... )

i came back to say, i do think about everyone i've ever known in the halls. sitting cross legged on the linoleum, with my back to the wall on the second floor. i zone out staring down the hall at the scattered students, ignoring my spanish notes. their voices buzz through my ears like a low murmur. my friends from home are texting me. but my ( Read more... )

twenty one and gaining momentum. these are the best years of our lives, every year feels like the best year of my life. soaking up senior year. eclectic roommates, french doors, the embroidery on my pillows. ridin my blue beach cruiser, "look no hands!" I am nothing and everything of who I used to be. i've got my feet on the ground and i don't have ( Read more... )

He had at last begun to sense the rhythm of life in the ancient town, and how it was that his own pulse should eventually conform to it. And this in itself was a grave satisfaction to him. He had always been on the lookout for reverences, and here was a holiness more intrinsic than any he could ever have imagined-- a slow, druidic processsion of ( Read more... )

i need to make a habit of going to the beach by myself in between classes more often. actually riding my baby blue beach cruiser on the beach made my sore bank account all worth it. i read a lot faster with the steady rhythm of waves in the background instead of roommate giggles. having sand between my toes and in my binder makes me really sad it's ( Read more... )

I just found a $50 dollar bill, folded 4 times, stuck between the wall and the atm at wamu. fate i found it too-- i always use the outside atm machine, but tonight it was broken. plus i only saw it bc i dropped my envelope.. then i got on my hands and knees and used two pens like chopsticks to get itout. checked the watermarks, it was real. no one ( Read more... )

card the 35 year old woman $2 ( Read more... )

a lot of people made it to the show. $2 coronas.
next bar, with the group i like.
exotic shots. five rounds later.
flashing lights, bright smiling teeth
i can't hear you!

my friends open palm,
a blue pill.

still awake to be making eggs at the fleckys.
a flight in just two hours: david bowies blue eyed china girl.

dear journal,
i like having two homes. friends are my favorite part of both cities.
my mom sends me the best emails from italy.
going away parties and study sessions are hard to coordinate.
nyquil gives me the craziest dreams. last night i grew wings.
good night! -linds

early morning la, la, la!