i've been thinking lately that maybe there really are no coincidences in this world. lately things have made an uncanny amount of sense. things have started to come together. the oddly poignant tv shows, the theories of rain and its characterization in the narrative of life. the miraculous ability of confusion and doubt to make everything that much ( Read more... )

ps. omg, tony snow's "comma" explanation today was hilarious. check it out at crooksandliars.com

Q The war is three-and-a-half years old.

MR. SNOW: I know, but notice that "comma" reference was simply referring to the time since - what he really is referring to is the short lifetime so far of the government. Everybody trying to say, ah-ha, and ( Read more... )

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DENNIS HASTERT:

Effective Immediately: 
Threatening to fire staff and promising to run in the next election now constitutes "taking full responsiblilty" (especially if you blame someone else-- oh, and try to use a tried-and-true catch phrase like "the buck stops here"). You can't get much more personally responsible ( Read more... )

wednesdays. kill me. this wednesday seems especially domineering. at least i'm finally feeling  a bit better after a few days of nasty head cold. *ahem* water does the trick, i guess ; ). 
but seriously folks, the next two weeks could quite possibly land me in a mental hospital. two exams, a group presentation, an individual presentation (in french ( Read more... )

"That was the day the ancient songs of blood & war spilled from a hole in the sky & there was a long moment as we listened & fell silent in our grief & then one by one, we stood tall & came together & began to sing of life & love & all that is good & true & I will never forget that day..."

please take a moment to remember those who were killed and ( Read more... )

crazy sometimes how things come around. full fucking circle. crazy. this time last year, i said:
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what do you do when you know it won't last but you can't let it go?
do you whitewash it and go on as normal until-- when?
wait for the final grain of salt? what if it's a boulder?
what if you're tired of the fucking ellipse
the what happens now and the i ( Read more... )

woahgeez. 55 pages. that's what i'll be writing at the end of this semester. two 20-page published-in-a-journal-type research papers and a 15-pager too. ouch. november = library. ah, well. on an entirely different subject, i was thinking today about adaptation. on the first day of classes, one of my professors passed out a worksheet asking basic ( Read more... )

hi. some notes. from brian andreas. because he's wonderful ( Read more... )

to my friends now there, and there and back, and those that came home but didn't ( Read more... )

so... school starts-- monday? shit guys. so, i'm a... SENIOR?! hokay. slow down. how did this happen? now all of a sudden i'm feeling all responsible. reading articles on finding apartments in baltimore and queens, applying to teach for america and judging grad schools, buying furniture, raising a child fish... okay, maybe not so much on that last ( Read more... )