so school has started and everything is a last. last time to pay tuition, last time to buy books, last time to do ridiculously embarrassing mock-interview style introductions in front of a classroom full of strangers. j and i pretended not to know each other and threatened under our breath to reveal compromising information about the other. the ( Read more... )

i'm back in LA. this city is toxic, but good.

sacramento, ahoy! i'm beginning to feel like i live here. driving through downtown i can point out coffee shops, breakfast cafes and apartments i have associations with. here: age eleven, tennis shoes on the wooden walkways of old town, white paper bag holding rubber stamps and art supplies. here: age twenty two, eating omelets on a gingham ( Read more... )

my hamster died today.

i'm back from sacramento ( Read more... )

i think palindrome may be my new favorite word. it used to be polyp, more for the reference to marine biology than cancer, but polyp has had a good run and i think it may be time for something new ( Read more... )

items for consideration ( Read more... )

my two goals for the day ( Read more... )

i'm unsure how to explain to someone who doesn't know the sensation of recurrently losing control of one's body, of only knowing the sensation of things being wrong but the communication of necessities severed. the mind and body relegated to oppositional sides, betrayed. you lose trust in your own ability to survive ( Read more... )

hale \HAYL\, adjective:
Free from disease and weakening conditions; healthy ( Read more... )