Town of the Death of Sin

What is sin?
You asked.
The moon stung past us.
All at once I saw you.
Just drop sin and go.
Black as a wind over the forests.

-Anne Carson from the Life of Towns

I woke up this morning ( Read more... )

well.
it is christmas in my dorm room.
complete with a christmas tree and christmas music.
and yes,
it is still November.

hmmm. i'm not so sure about this whole school thing. not so sure.

I'm HOME.
but just for the quickest second ever.
I'm wishing myself good luck on the transition.
and preparing myself for a much better summer than last year. This time I don't feel like I'm leaving so much behind.
I wish I could write songs, cause just writing words doesn't feel like it's doin' it for me right now.

People walk around pushing back ( Read more... )

ain't nothin' wrong with me
ain't nothin' wrong with me today

my mama tells me I'm perfect
just the way I am
my papa tells me there's nothin'
I can't do if I say I can

ain't nothin' wrong with me
ain't nothin' wrong with me today.
-Amani Carey-Simms

ok.
the mosaic project is so:
frustrating
intense
inspiring
beautiful
and
life changing

that I can't even fathom it once I step out of the car and into my house every friday night.

basically, the way I see it,
the things going on there are the point of life.

This little pause in my life is over... ready to jump back in.

Mosaic Project here I come.


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if anyone ever needs to be first aided in the wilderness, I'm your girl.

um, why didn't anyone ever tell me that UC Santa Cruz is literally in the middle of a beautiful redwood forest. like, a real forest with bugs making noise in the trees at night and mist rolling in in the mornings and the smell of forest everywhere. their school smells like ( Read more... )

someone tell me why there is a cable car driving around berkeley.