who knew? LiveJournal is still alive; and they've redesigned ( Read more... )

Most people find me pleasant (damning with faint insipidity); nice,
bland, warm, vaguely friendly and shy, in equal parts, and mostly
unremarkable, if mildly different.

The group of people who have spent more experiences around me
find me thoroughly weird if entertaining, deeply thoughtful, and ( Read more... )

I almost never write anything about myself that's entirely, 100% true. This is because of respect; I obfuscate the names, fudge dates, details and touches, just enough to mislead but skimming, skinning so close to the truth that I smile a bit at the clever dodge when I re-read things ( Read more... )

There once was a girl. I loved her.

There once was a body. I craved it.
There once was a warmth. I held it.
There once was a fire. I stoked it.
There once was passion, yours and mine.

There once was an 'us'. We broke it.
There once was a 'we'. We lost it.
There once was a

There once was a girl. I loved her.
I once loved a girl. Love-

My father once told me that violence is the resort of the weak; the unintelligent; the emotional, the uncontrolled, the juvenile. When children are frustrated, when they throw tantrums, they cry, scream, and then hit. When drunks who have lost all judgment and character are furious, they strike first. Violence is the resort of the weak; but most ( Read more... )

I am powered by many things - not empowered, because it's clear that I have no strength, and these sources are instead my weakness - but I am powered by many things, chief amongst them what I like to call my demon drive - competition ( Read more... )

it is late at night, and even the city which never sleeps is - at least - beginning to drowse ( Read more... )

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I got hit by a car today.

I feel I should tell somebody. and thank somebody.

I Need You No Longer

or;

A Scrap of Paper Wedged in a Foreign Wall

July 14th

I need you no longer.
I bought some new blankets.
My toes are now covered and no longer cold.
It's comfortable, comforting,
Sweeter to sleep
I need you no longer now my bed is warm

I need you no longer
I got my own bike
I ride it to work and to play and at night
Exploring the city
and ( Read more... )