I was driving on the interstate, and a couple of tin cans fell off of the recycling truck in front of me. One hit my windshield, the other one hit the hood of my car. I almost died. There is a big scrape up the hood of my car.

I have a book on the floor by my bed from Mike Davis, a once-beloved author. It now has six months of dust on the cover ( Read more... )

red rocks august 27th. they were my first concert ever and will always have a special place in my heart.

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Trusting myself to think out loud again. Trying to break the habit of stuffing a sock in it and trust that ~5 years of humility have knocked some of the corners off my pretentious personality ( Read more... )

As I sat sadly by her side ( Read more... )

My tailor called and said my suit won't be ready today because she is out sick.

My tattooist has the stomach flu and had to postpone 'til tomorrow.

I was going to post a long entry on my New Year's Resolutions and which ones I had broken. It would have been clever and witty. But I can just remember the one, which was

1. No more prison rape jokes.

Which I've broken exactly once.

Based on the title, perhaps you expect a melodramatic entry? No, this one is much more significant ( Read more... )

Int. stairwell - Late night/Early Morning

A small blue plush ELEPHANT with green ears, one of them tattered, hovers at the top of the stairs, in the hands of OWNER. FREDERIC, a small to medium sized mongrel stares at THE ELEPHANT intently. Between Owner's fingers, the elephant twitches back and forth as he speaks:

ELEPHANT

Why do I even live? What ( Read more... )