From The Testament of Gideon Mack:"Kite-flying is a double-edged experience, at once liberating and a reminder of your earthbound nature. The kite is a part of you and yet not a part of you, it is like having your soul on a long string tugging at you, attached to your body and yet with a life of its own. The temptation, of course, is to let go."
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I found one of my favorite bits of grade 10 Spanish class, a little tiny play called "No Hay Que Complicar La Felicidad." It requires you having learned a bit of Spanish at some point in your life, but not much, and you get just as much out of it whether or not you can recall grammatical and idiomatic nuance. I also found the first Neruda poem I ( Read more... )

I am dating a lovely girl named Shannon. She makes me want to be a better human being. Last night we saw The Stills play the Prospect Park Bandshell, supported by Malajube and Sam Roberts [even more energetic than The Stills ( Read more... )

I only act like that because I'm insecure ( Read more... )

Writing about feeling lonely is a self-defeating exercise, but it is something to do at this hour, and it keeps my mind busy ( Read more... )

I am no longer afraid of death.

( custody )

So I guess this is where I part ways with Livejournal. Rest in peace.

"...Watch the dim shades as like ghosts they go and come ( Read more... )

"There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it." -E. M. Forster, A Room With a View

Waffle Guy: A lot of fun stuff has come out of the Israelis deciding their "chosen land" is a narrow sliver of arid waterfront surrounded on all sides by their mortal enemies ( Read more... )