A couple days have passed since the hospital experience and I've been taking two antibiotics since then every six hours. They're better than the IV antibiotic that gave me the "Red Man Syndrome" reaction which turned my skin bright red and made me nearly scratch all my skin off. Apparently it's a rare and rather intense reaction. Just the same, for ( Read more... )

And then I got a Staph infection that kept me in the hospital for ten hours.

:(

(I got your message eight_blocks but i don't have much time on this computer. I should have a new phone late Monday. Missed ya!)

I missed you today Kookster and I love your new three and two dimensional work. :)

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This song brings back a few good memories and feels appropriate now.

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I had so many things to say before I sat down. I don't draw a blank but feel stopped by some sense of futility. There may not be any use in saying anything at all now, or immortalizing the emotions that are just sitting in my heart burning me up. I need to clear my head ( Read more... )

The cat sleeps in my arms on its back, cradled, vulnerable; the way no one's ever been for me. Belly open ( Read more... )

He was on the bedroom floor in a bathrobe, a crooked cigarette dangling from his lips. Flames seemed to be blossoming between his legs as he sat like an Indian around a pot, mocking ritual ( Read more... )

My father has left me to bathe in the tub with water toys. They each drift quietly to my toes and huddle in the corner, bobbing. The water is warm. Still very skinny, my legs rise and my knees break the water line as little pink mounds in a gray sea. Outside a door slams and I know my father has gone for beer. I've waited for him every evening like ( Read more... )

After reading Neil Gaiman's The Sandman I realized (and was seriously shocked) that his character "Destiny" bears a striking resemblance to the man I see in my dreams, the same one I drew and posted on here not too long ago.

Agree?


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