It's such a good thing that children aren't aware of the lion's share of what awaits them as they march toward adulthood.  Oh sure, there's the simple fact that trying to sit a child down to explain the vast and complicated concepts of life just wouldn't click by virtue of their sheer innocence.

But what if some sadistic parent was like, "Son, here' ( Read more... )

A most simple, lovely thing happened a short while ago.  I was reading my newspaper in Overlook Park, enjoying the game of hide-and-seek the sun was playing with the clouds, when a tiny red blur in the grass caught my eye.  It turned out to be a ladybug, struggling her way up a blade of grass, seemingly without much success.  Up she'd go onto the ( Read more... )

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It's a lil' disqueting that whenever Sicko and I break up or otherwise have severely bad blood between us, the weather takes a startlingly noticable turn for the worse; Last week Portland was awash in 99 degree heat, now I'm watching the skies for dementors.  And it's been like that every single time something goes awry between us, it's bizarre.  ( Read more... )

Yesterday George, Miles and myself headed to Sauvie's for some berry-pickin, beach-combin cloudy afternoon goodness.  They'd been there a couple times before but it was my first trip to the actual beachy parts of the island, so I was rather excited to explore all the new naturey stuffs.  Turns out there wasn't much to explore; the strip of beach ( Read more... )

So a month to the day after that last unpleasant entry, I find myself closing the book on the ex-bf yet again, who in this journal shall heretofore be known by the acronym Sicko (selfish, insecure, crazy, kawk-obsessed).  Over the course of the last month, we tried to set things right between us, but of course that's impossible when one person's ( Read more... )

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My mistake was my various attempts to save friends and loved ones, lol.  When the actual zombocalypse occurs, this is fair warning that if you're slowing me down, giving away my position, etc. you're zombie chow hehe   ^_^
 

I haven't the slightest idea who's behind it, but some awesome anonymous person purchased a paid account for me yesterday!  So to you mysterious benefactor I say a mighty thank you!  Of course this enhanced wordsmithing capaibility also means that I'm going to have to be doubly sure not to let the journal lapse into a period of decline as has ( Read more... )

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