Every time one comes to a set of stair-steps, there is a choice to be made; be the step-skipper, hustle up and run the risk of minor breathlessness, a small to inconsequential risk if no one's around. This is all dependent on the SIZE of the steps. If they're taller than average and when you skip the steps you look like you're doing lunges with ( Read more... )

Something good happened 59 years ago, and something good's been happening ever since.


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In this moment, I love Charlie, and it knows no bounds. I love him in most other moments, but this is one that demonstrates what the man is, what the man does. In the face of such adversity as the unresponsive woman in question and, you know, French royalty, Charlie is happy. He's happy, suggesting glee and a certain amount of giddiness at the ( Read more... )

The pedal got away from me on multiple occasions. I'd find myself search for it on the ground and not finding it within reach. That's one of the funnier things, the funnier little things of the day. I don't want to go back to Kingwood, but I have actual reasons to. It's nice to live a life full of reasons and needs and appointments. It's in between ( Read more... )

Who gets there first? Woman or man? Girl becomes woman and boy becomes man but in which order? What's most common, what's usual? It's, of course, it's not the same for each and every soul but I'm just wondering, generally, from a bird's eye view, who gets there first more often than not?

Dear Diary, I was offered the opportunity to serve God and ( Read more... )

Year 2 - Day 4: Spaghetti at Ashlee's along with my very first bus ride (I think they wrote a children's book about it) to campus. That separation between campus and home feels really quite nice. There is a strong divide, like that thing you hear about, that you're not supposed to do anything in your bedroom but sleep because it makes it more ( Read more... )

Day 3 in the apartment of magic and wonder: I can't seem to escape this mystic cloud, this aura around that shouts to people "I want to move furniture! Let me move your furniture!" And as such the things I joked about this summer aren't quite as funny when the release punchline never quite gets here if you know what I'm talking about. This is a ( Read more... )