i ate lunch at panera today and i people watched.
don't ask me why.
i just put my earphones in and had my laptop with me. i pretended to be looking at the screen but i was really just watching people.
it's amazing how the music playing in my ears was the lense through which i watched people. 
it was like my own little soundtrack.
i guess this is why i ( Read more... )

hey katie.

i promised myself that i would not look away.
i made myself promise this long before i even stepped foot on the plane because i knew if i granted myself permission to decide on the spot whether to keep my eyes fixated on the world below, i would look away.
heights have never been my forte.
sometimes it easier to look away than to face the fear.
but ( Read more... )

there's this boy....   :)

blank page
naked paper
i cover you with my
small hand and frantic scribblings
eager to clothe you with my inkblots and
cluttered thoughts
but as i review your new apparel
i start to wonder if you looked better
bare

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my washing machine broke.
the only reason i mentioned this to my boss is because I wash the massage table sheets at home once a week.
(he pays me to do it).
and that particular week I obviously couldn't do it.
so i told him not to worry if we seem to be running low on clean sheets because I would figure out a way to get it done.
my washer was rather  ( Read more... )

"I keep on chasing the wrong things
and coming up empty
This isn't who I'm supposed to be
I keep on learning the hard way from every mistake
And I'm finding each time that you fall,
you're just becoming who you are"
-Mainstay

On my way to take my mom downtown for her chemo appointments, I pass an abortion clinic. Not once in 3 years have I passed this clinic without seeing a large group of catholic anti-abortion supporters standing outside in protest.  They're not only in the way, they wave brutal signs around.  You've probably seen these signs. They're the ones showing ( Read more... )

i support ron paul for president.
www.ronpaul2008.com
check it out.  check out the "issues" page.

ron paul:
supports the withdrawl from iraq.
disagrees with the Patriot Act which allows the government to invade every citizens privacy.
is against amnesty for the 20 million illegal immigrants already in the US.
is against abortion, however ,believes it ( Read more... )