It's poetry month, and I've been getting fantastic poems in my inbox every morning from Knopf.

This morning, from Leonard Cohen:

These Heroics

If I had a shining head
and people turned to stare at me
in the streetcars;
and I could stretch my body
through the bright water
and keep abreast of fish and water snakes;
if I could ruin my feathers
in flight before ( Read more... )

Yesterday I started my real job, finally, officially. I have benefits, a salary, and some security. I can finally stop depending on my parents for money and insurance and that's a good feeling ( Read more... )

And so, at the end of a long day and an even longer weekend, I too can say that I have worn the honors of Honor, I graduated from Virginia.

*emo bitching*

Christ almighty, can I seriously not catch a fucking break?

DOUBLE POST DOUBLE POST ( Read more... )

"Life will not perish with us; humanity will not die when we die. Culture will not disappear with our generation or our century. We can live only with the resolve to make our best contribution to whatever culture shall survive, and to live for the triumph of men whom we shall never know, of ages that we shall never experience.This is also maturity ( Read more... )

Sick sick sick.

Nights like this, after a workout with a good friend, a cup of soup now at hand, and sitting at my desk, I know I am going to miss this place.

Best semester ever for me too, grade-wise. Also the semester with the most sleep, the most stable life, and an ongoing bit of therapy. Hah. I'm a little sorry to see it over, but so pleased that the work paid off. It makes me wonder how other semesters would have gone under similar conditions. On the other hand hindsight is famously sharp, and I ( Read more... )