hey tinapita , tanuki_san , stabswithspoon  + others who wanted to write for the senior insert:  i was thinking about doing a section from college kids' perspectives, kinda looking back on freshman year, the transition & adjusting to living away from home, unique experiences, picking a major, etcetera, perhaps using the pieces to contrast living in another state (ali) to living ( Read more... )

windblown like leaves from deadened trees at the height of winter, now nearly blossomed into the dead beginnings of spring<
i have been neglecting damnbrits .  those of you who read: i apologize. but do not fret, all is active in the world of jamie.  just not posted. yet. working on it.

i've been neglecting other things as well.  people. sometimes life gets ( Read more... )

things are bothering me. little things, like the letter "e". the sound of mouths chewing. noise in general. i notice that it is noise, then it attacks me, slowly at first, then all at once it comes rushingrushingcrushing my senses and ear drums and faith in human kind. this seeming suspension of everything that matters bothers me. the freckles on ( Read more... )

boston last weekend was awesome.  the city is so nice; not that small, but no where as big and all-consuming as nyc. bc's campus is so fucking pretty. grass + gothic buildings + stone stairs + tree lined walkways.

i only saw three pairs of Chucks in boston, as opposed to here, where every other person is wearing them.

while i was walking around ( Read more... )

going insane. quickly.

i am purposely letting (some) things fall apart around me, as i watch, dazed and smirking. [i wish i knew why ( Read more... )

why is it that i am beginning to like and appreciate the little things about texas that i never cared to take notice of before? -- just as i am getting ready to leave this place.  as thoughts of leaving tease me day and night, i find myself liking the slow pace and that oh-so-slight twang in people's voices.  i suppose it is just me trying to ( Read more... )

i started to learn HTML the other day. its awesome. designing the pages for hAze is so relaxing. <3.

college is not relaxing. these next four weeks where i must decide which school i am going to attend in the fall are going to be hell.  the past week has been hell.  there are so many things to consider, and when you dont know exactly what you want ( Read more... )

good morning <3

Belief and Technique for Modern Prose by Jack Kerouac

1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
2. Submissive to everything. open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house
4. Be in love with yr life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the ( Read more... )

mood swings fucking rock, man.  lol.  i am in a good mood right now actually.  rediscovered the inspiration needed for writing, not that it was lost to begin with.  just misplaced temporarily.  last night i wrote another photo essay. i was in the middle of brushing my teeth when i suddenly remembered a conversation i once had regarding ( Read more... )