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A boy with no name.
Scattered. I sat for a moment, sitting, thinking, what do I write? How do I feel? Scattered. 29, 29. About to be 30. Scattered ( Read more... ) -
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Liver
A little curly blonde head peeks around the corner of the couch cautiously calling out "Yeah-yeah?", I reluctantly roll over and give her my customary morning-I-can't-believe-I'm-up wave and try to muster a smile to match her enthusiasm. I know I fall short, but she doesn't notice. The pitter patter of her too-close-together footsteps echoes down ( Read more... ) -
32 hours until take off (but who is counting?)
My life is once again neatly packed into suitcases. It's an odd sensation to see everything you own condensed to two suitcases and a backpack, but one that brings joy. The fact that airlines now charge such exorbitant prices for luggage blows my mind - $75 for an over weight bag and $25 subsequently for each additional bag. If you have baggage ( Read more... ) -
Will the real Alicia please stand up, please stand up.
I used to never back down. I would stand up for my opinion no matter who was debating against me, always trying to develop my thoughts on a subject and learn from others in the process. In the last five years I've definitely mellowed my temperament regarding things like this; maybe its a sign of growing up to accept that people will not agree or a ( Read more... ) -
The weather is changing, summer is almost here!
The weather here is dramatic and unpredictable, the locals always anticipating sleets of rain. Instead this week the forecast points to temperatures in the 80s. I am wearing a pair of shorts I haven't touched since the beginning of last summer; admittedly I am stoked that they still fit the same as they have since I was nineteen. I have definitely ( Read more... ) -
Breaking up and away
Heavy. That feeling that slowly accumulates in layers; a bedrock of stress and ambiguous feelings threatening to either crush you or avalanche into other parts of your life. For the first time in what feels like ages that feeling has crumbled, becoming silt beneath my feet; washing away the taste of ash in my mouth. Since things have been ( Read more... ) -
Cruel intentions, vivid times and places.
When I had pocket money I usually spent it on the necessities of going out. Train fares, food when out with friends, movie tickets, concert tickets, etc. To actually buy a souvenir from one of my outings was a luxury that I really did appreciate and treasure. The first time I bought a soundtrack to a movie it was completely on impulse. I had first ( Read more... ) -
Mama, I just killed a man.
My friends here like music. When I say that I feel like they associate with music and enjoy it, but they don't really feel passionate about it. It is not something that they let penetrate their bones, dig down in their soul. Countless nights have been spent at my CA-home pouring over the music, dissecting lyrics and feelings that they evoke with ( Read more... ) -
Seven month lease, check
When we originally signed on for the lease I remember sitting with Amber on our bare hard wood floors, sitting on jackets, smoking bowls and discussing how the last month of rent was going to come so quickly; soon we would be moving out rather than in. Today we paid our last rent payment. It's finally done. Admittedly, I had to scrounge and borrow ( Read more... )