and so after eight hours and fifteen minutes of constant, frantic, sticky sticky work, the poor, oppressed-but-not-really coffee worker returned home at a bright and early 2:20 am after no breaks and no going to the bathroom ( Read more... )

this morning i sang for the first time in a long time.

i mean, really sang, like i used to do all the time. i tapped, too.

oh my god. i miss it so much.

last night i saw the single greatest thing i have ever had the privilege of viewing.

that's right- matty nusko...doing the the splits. he also promised to let us watch his figure skating videos. seriously, this kid never ceases to amaze me! from sandboxes to being wallflowers to ab contests to falling in love... last night was hilariously awesome.

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some of the very best things and times and people come completely by surprise. i suppose that's the power of serendipity ( Read more... )

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tonight i was half of the single greatest hug that has ever occurred in the history of human existence.

it took place outside of kevin's house. zider and i were proclaiming our love to each other, and i said, "LET'S HUG!" thus commenced THE BEST HUG EVER.

it was so good we had to do it twice.

                                                                                           why do i allow this to terrify me so completely?

why do i feel like that song is me talking?

and why is hard to breathe?
if only i could tell my world just one thing, it'd be all okay. then i won't worry, because ( Read more... )

"And later that year, young Laura graduated from high school, successfully completing her Naperville Unit District 203 education, sitting in the front row, looking at the rainbow and suspiciously eyeing the rain that was causing her graduation cap to curve at the corners. After all her classmates had walked across that stage, Laura threw her wet, ( Read more... )

so let's just accept that we are best friends. period.

this morning was of the best kind- akif and i could not gossip anymore. pomegranate izzes are overrated, but our speaking german is definitely not. we will be coffeehouse friends until we die.

tonight is second city!!

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