Thinking about the last few years and the twists and turns they have taken, I've come so far. I've learned so much and grown up so much, I'm starting to feel like I finally understand myself and what I need to keep myself balanced. And yet there are still so many big and little mysteries. I think every question answered at this point springs forth ( Read more... )

My two favorite poems

Tale of a Tub sylvia plath

The photographic chamber of the eye
records bare painted walls, while an electric light
lays the chromium nerves of plumbing raw;
such poverty assaults the ego; caught
naked in the merely actual room,
the stranger in the lavatory mirror
puts on a public grin, repeats our name
but scrupulously reflects the ( Read more... )

so I wrote a quick and dirty villanelle inspred by Dead Rising and Rachel'srelay this message for me then ( Read more... )

every time i try to post in this thing i feel like the words aren't good enough when they come out and i end up deleting. the easiest way for me to collect my thoughts has always been with a pen and paper, and lately i've had a severe shortage of that, and consequently my brain is now a tangled up mess of crossed strings, almost knotted, almost ( Read more... )

i'm updating because i'm very sick of seeing the same depressing livejournal entry every time i click on my bookmark, and i'm sure all of the many (read: enough to count off using the fingers of one hand) regular viewers of my blog are sick of seeing it as well. So what have i been up to? not a whole lot. still working at tops despite my best ( Read more... )

So I just had an interview with an awesome company for an awesome job that is pretty much exactly what I want to do... the benefits are awesome and the salary is like 10k more than i was looking for... I could totally buy a new car ( Read more... )

deep thought of the day ( Read more... )

There's another stray cat hanging around our porch. Freya wants to hang out with it and Zelda is scared to death of it. Poor thing was screaming at it through the window. Breaks my heart when my little Zelda is upset ( Read more... )

I wish i could sing. I want to sing sexy jazz tunes wearing a velvet dress and gloves, the kinds of songs you can almost make out the lyrics to, but not quite, and in the end it doesn't matter anyway because its the sound of the voice that's enchanting, not the content of the song. I want to be on stage in a dive-y lounge outside vegas, one where ( Read more... )

so freya managed to hop up on my laptop and in the space of about a half second, pulled off my enter key... i guess with one of her claws... i don't know. but still, that little bitch. thankfully the little rubber nub works just fine. so paragraphs still exist ( Read more... )