How does one go about telling the desk clerk at one's hotel that it is impossible to sleep in the new room he's just checked you into because everything about the room is exactly like your other room except everything is mirrored? My bathroom is just the same except on the wrong side of the entrance, and the curtain rod goes the wrong way. The ( Read more... )

I’m learning more and more that the flow of time is completely relative. There is no predictability here. On a clear night, I can see 2.5 million years into the past, just by looking up to the stars, my ancient ancestors. Time is not a constant.

“At this latitude I’m spinning 836 miles an hour around the earth’s axis; I often fancy I feel my ( Read more... )

So, it's about time for an update--in more ways than one. Here goes:

Work:  My time in Gold Country was actually very enjoyable, much to
my surprise. Although Moccasin is isolated, I liked my work, my
supervisor and co-workers, and feel that we really did some good work
while we were there.  Most nights were spent sitting on the front porch,
in ( Read more... )

I artichoked up my dinner this morning, and sneezed my spinach.
How I wish, how I wish I were kidding.

PART I : Work
"We're all in our own hells. I'm not farming and sweating for survival,
but he's not worried about his credit card debt or graduate exams."
(Nathan)

"Young lady," addressed the old man at the head of a large table of
family members, "let ( Read more... )

PART I
You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun.

Domestic violence in my home! After a year of relative (haha) tranquility,
I am now in the (literally) difficult position of having to nurse cuts, scrapes,
and pussing eyeballs. Hissssss. (Oh, Irving honey, if you're going to puke,
please don't do it on my keyboard. Thx.)

Driving is seriously ( Read more... )

Well it was cold when I woke ( Read more... )

My whiny cats won't let me sleep until the decadent hour ( Read more... )

...college is over?

College is over...

College IS over.

College is OVER.

A week straight of family road trip time was...intense.
Many photos behind the cut.


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