the past few days, the events in my life have been very out of whack.  Maybe it's balance, but it feels more like extremes.  It's all very small stuff, both good and bad, buy they're really significant to me ( Read more... )

"It's like candy, but with blood, which is so much better."

I need to learn some lessons.

Being drunk + being lonely  + guy who's interested in me should not equal a disgusting one night stand on someone else's couch.

there's no rant here.  Just pissed that I do this to myself.  This one was bad.  I felt bad the whole time.  I feel bad now.  And I'm hung over.

Fuck.

I haven't shared any of my stuff for quite a while, and I can't decide if I want you guys to go easy or hard on me.  You pick.

On Heartache

Imagine, as I'm sure you can-

that hungry space between ribs,
contracting within your chest,
reaching for the throat, felt finally
and most prominently in your teeth.

I wish for many things:
to claim ignorance for ( Read more... )

Alright, so I've been gleefully writing a lot lately. Now it's time to get some feedback. Posting poetry on LJ or the internet in general is lame. But you guys have been good about editing in the past, so I'm going to be posting some stuff on here soon. I'm going to commit to getting some more publications under my belt. Right now, I've only ( Read more... )

There's nothing like a slight beer buzz and dirty limericks to make an ordinary Friday afternoon seem special.

So, Sister Hazel will be at Best Buy today at noon. I've been cracking jokes all week, but apparently everyone is taking this totally seriously. It's going to be a pain in my ass to cater to their food orders and get the equipment set up on top of running the return desk-- we're not closing. Everyone will be shopping, bewildered ( Read more... )

Sorry about the mistake, but, no, it's NOT a compliment to tell me I look like Perez Hilton.

Last night I found a gray hair.  Naturally, I freaked and pulled it out alongside a couple of others.

Yes, I know life has bigger problems, and I'm entirely aware of how shallow this is.  But I'm really weirded out.  People in my family go gray young.  I don't look like anyone in my family, so I guess I was hoping this would just be another thing I ( Read more... )

So my Grandmother Hutchinson, who is a lot older than the other grandparents, has a wicked bad case of Alzheimers.  No one is really very close with her, but it is sad.  Today, I get a birthday card in the mail addressed to me on the outside in foreign handwriting.  On the inside, my grandma barely scratche out "Have a blessed birthday Brent."  And ( Read more... )