I have always loved Friday the 13th. As a child I remember playing outside on these strange days that come a few times a year and laying in the grass, staring up at the sky waiting to see if something would happen. I would imagine that objects were there that weren't supposed to be there ( Read more... )

For the first time in a long while, it seems my life is my own ( Read more... )

Sunday April 9th; time to be announced; location= Chicago, city of ( Read more... )

The crazies in Chicago are different from the crazies in Ann Arbor. In Ann Arbor there was Pat Plow- who seemed to follow my group of friends around. He would always be drumming on his dashboard next to you at a stoplight. Pete one time saw him in a neighboring town, and Mike once saw him in a shared courtroom. He was a handful. And Sleeperbum ( Read more... )

(in no particular order ( Read more... )

It takes only one glance from a stranger to peak my curiosity and stir up that pot of mystery . I am walking down the freezing cold street- my cheeks are wet with whatever it is that my eyes are leaking from the cold- and someone unidentifiable looks at me a little too long with too much intensity so that I am hooked. After these glances it ( Read more... )

I took a brutal spill today. Running out the door so as not to be late to pick up Andrew for our trip to La bibliotech, I tripped. I fell down the whole flight of stairs. My elbow slammed into the wall and then the stairs and then I went down the rest of the way on my back ( Read more... )

A friend accidently raised this question to me the other day: are we nouns or verbs? Its one of those questions that is going to cirlce around me head and keep popping into the front of the line. By definition we are nouns, but what about in theory ( Read more... )

I need some new tunes.
I feel stuck in 2006 musically.
Have any of you reached 2007 in terms of musical choices yet?
If so, help out a friend- give me some goods...
I still have faith in livejournal.

Anyone working retail during the "Holiday rush" deserves your compassion. They won't be humming along to the Chirstmas music that is blasted into their ears everyday of December (and part of November); they may not even smile or say hello- but remember the consumer must remain faceless to the holiday retail worker ( Read more... )