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Perfect little things
I am at work clandestinely listening to "Will You Be There" (yeah, that Michael Jackson song from "Free Willy") on my iPod and attempting to focus my brain on mind-numbing work and I don't care. But now I really want to watch "Free Willy." I think I watched part of it on VHS two years ago when I first got back from that distant land. Or maybe I ( Read more... ) -
In motion
It's amazing how quickly the feeling of confidence falls to foolishness once the thing that is meant to be done is done. I sent some letters yesterday, one of them a long shot, the other less of one, but I put a lot of myself into each of those and was sure as soon as the button was pushed that I'd made a fool of myself. I've since received two ( Read more... ) -
Procrastinating perhaps
It tastes like I've been eating cream candies, but it's been nothing but tea for hours.
I can't take what I'm doing seriously anymore, as much as I want to and as much as I should. Actually, I guess that's the thing, I don't really want to, it's gone that far. There is nothing left to squeeze out of this place, nothing nourishing, nothing energizing ( Read more... ) -
Ad astra per aspera
I am ready to start doing things for myself again. It's terrible how easily I am overwhelmed by possibilities; it's the sheer quantity of everything. And then it's difficult to move out from under the apathy that blankets my brain every time I think about making a move. Finally I've reached a point where I know I can act without hitting that ( Read more... ) -
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My emotions always get the best of me. It's the most idiotic thing.
We went on a hike today up toward the Arroyo cans, but we never made it to the top. The little dog overheated. Ryan carried him up the last incline, and I carried him down until my arms grew tired and he started sounding less like a motorboat.
U2 finally happened last Saturday in ( Read more... ) -
Twin Peaks
"Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Twin Peaks still plagues my brain, even a week since the last images of the film flickered through our eyes. I want more. It is an affliction. It's like a great book that you delay finishing because you don't want it to be over, you don't ( Read more... ) -
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The train goes by and shakes the walls so much I wonder if it's coming straight for us. But then the rumble fades and I stop thinking about the end of the world.
If you've got a spare $25,000 sitting around, I recommend investing in this beaut: ventura.craigslist.org/cto/2423248943.html.
This is several days old now, but I think the pictures are ( Read more... ) -
This must be where pies go to die
I keep forgetting to prepare my pictures. Someday is always a day other than today. I would set my sights on tonight, but I'm in the middle of 'Twin Peaks,' and that surely must take precedence ("This above all: to thine own self be true; and then, 'Twin Peaks' shall rank higher than all else." - William Shakespeare).
For the uninitiated, 'Twin ( Read more... ) -
Coisa mais Linda
So good: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/03/usa-shopping-malls-summer-1990/.
I had another brilliant weekend. A couple of down moments, but remembering: all things shall pass.
It was gorgeous Saturday. Ryan, Ellison, and I went for a hike and then to the beach where we flew a kite and played in the sand. Friday night we made sushi and tempura ( Read more... ) -
Disarm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/opinion/19ekirch.html?_r=3
I wonder in what other ways technology has disturbed the natural cycles we were born to follow. Obviously they are many. More and more I have the urge to strip everything down, leave nothing but the bare bones. Because what is all this for, anyway, if not to complicate? The story is that ( Read more... )