My friends and I would skip through the halls singing, "Dead! Dead! Dead! Someday we'll all be dead!"

...and that is what I miss about high school.

Balthasar Gracian's 'The Art of Worldly Wisdom'"Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements. It is both useless and insipid to play with your cards on the table. If you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation, especially when the importance of your position makes you the object of general attention. Mix ( Read more... )

4 o'clock in the morning, and I'm up compiling a list of songs for several different mixtapes I wish to give; what's wrong with this picture? Otherwise, two days down and nineteen more to go... this really is a taxing experience. It's also nearly impossible to sleep when I feel like I'm on call at all hours of the night ( Read more... )

A revelation two hours passed;
I swear, it's the simplest of dealings in life that always bring me so much delight... and so, if for a second you think that I am referring to you, chances are you're right on target and I've just not yet given you the satisfaction of knowing so. Thank you for what it's worth, at least I'm grateful ( Read more... )

I don't know what to make of all that was said, other than the blaringly obvious. Supposedly it is okay, but it is not; and it is not my fault, but I am directly responsible. I've blocked your take; I'm well aware that I am not a spiteful or weak person, it is just that this is hardly what I expected to come home to. I think it would be best, for ( Read more... )

Just so you know;
I would, and would like to... if it were different. Some things aren't as easy as you or I would like to believe.

"Restraint to slumber" by Charles Bukowski. "I believe that I love to sleep, much more than anybody I've ever met.
I have the ability to sleep for two or three days and nights and I will go to bed at any given moment. ( I often confused my girlfriends this way; )

Anticipation is overwhelming my psyche, as I scurry to finish some eleventh-hour details preparing for my ten day excursion to see the one, and the only, Jennifer Norris... AKA, the best friend and alleged love of my life. This will be my first instance flying alone, so I am honestly not at all sure what to expect, or even looking forward to it for ( Read more... )

You know, there's one thing, and then there's another... but this time, it's gotten the best of me. Soon all of the joy that pours from everything will make fountains of your eyes, because you will finally understand the movement of a hand waving good-bye.

Departing from Cocoa, Florida: 12:01PM, November 04th.
Arriving in Amherst, Massachusetts: 04:55PM, November 05th.

Departing from Amherst, Massachusetts: 03:00PM, November 14th.
Arriving in Cocoa, Florida: 07:30PM, November 15th.

It's confirmed; I get to see my best friend in less than two weeks!"We're going strong, four years in the making, and ( Read more... )