grab your pants, your boots can't be saved:
a meditation haiku

my sophomore year was
like running with the bulls in
a bright red jumpsuit.

Leaving West, I remind myself to visit the chapel.

A few seconds later, I find myself in front of the door to Swannanoah.

Turning around, quite embarrassed, I murmur to myself:
"Chapel, Alli. Not Swannanoah. Chapel. Different spirituality."

Though I wonder if masochism is a better word.

i miss ( Read more... )

what rage, compressed into steel and lead, massacres 32?

( an in budapest, the news came )

a fit of nostalgia brought me to livejournal for the first time in months ( Read more... )

It's official. In less than one month, I will be in the fine fine country of Hungary and situated in the fine fine city of Budapest ( Read more... )

So my phone was lost/stolen/abducted by aliens/shoved up an ass that was not mine.

K. So you need to e-mail me with your phone number because I'm in transition, and have no minutes. allicrandell@gmail.com

thanks.

Dear Half.com seller,

Do not fucking cancel my order. I will slice you like the soda.

Regards,
Alli

Dear Amazon seller,

See above. Be warned.

Sincerely,
me

PS- Thanks for being cheaper.

So it is storming. Like those hardcore storms that made you cry under the covers when you were little, but strike you down in power as you get older ( Read more... )

Dear Hollins campus,

Richael Faithful, my token traditionalist/form-driven friend, is coming to the Hollins campus from W&M. Like Donald, we don't know where, we don't know when. But it will happen. We'll have a coming out party for her.

That is all.

Sincerely,
Alli