This weekend was exactly what I didn't know I needed.

"Your Uncle Jimmy, he wasn't anything like our Jim. Or Paul. Or even me. He was quiet, but he was so outgoing. He was the toughest kid I'd ever met. He had muscles out to here and he was only a half an inch taller than me. He used to sit on the bus and kids would call him "muscle man" and he would just stare at them. Everyone used to pick fights ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've rambled ( Read more... )

"People wonder why a tree sheds its leaves. It does it by itself. It knows that if it gets too cold and the leaves freeze, they'll weigh the branches down. The branches will all eventually break off and the tree will die. It's saving itself ... We had an ice age. The world survived that ... Everyone's worried about global warming. The world will ( Read more... )

I normally write a long overview of the year, but I haven't really felt like doing that this year. I feel as if the year is incomplete in a lot of ways, and I guess that's why. I wouldn't even say incomplete in a bad way, nor do I actually know what't incomplete. I think I'll know when everything's resolved. But it was a good year. A great year. A ( Read more... )

I was getting chills earlier. Not because I was cold or any reason like that. They were good chills. Pure and honest. That might not make sense ( Read more... )

Okay, so I know that the summer isn't actually over for another 3 weeks, but in a way, it has ended. At least, the part of the summer that I needed and needed to be over, is over ( Read more... )

despite the fact that everyone was in bed by 2:30, i know i threw a good party tonight. and i was happy for most of it. but something stupid happened half way through that pissed me off for no reason, which led me to get upset for no reason, which led to introspective annie. and i don't even know what's wrong. i left the party twice. the first time ( Read more... )

one of my oldest best friends told me semi-recently that i haven't changed since i was 14. and not so much that i haven't changed, but that i've known exactly who i am since then. and it's hard for me to watch everyone around me still trying to figure out who they are and what they want because i've known exactly what i've wanted for years. and i ( Read more... )

I love that you have a tickleish spot behind your ears. Nothing makes me feel more at home than your smell or the sound of the chains jingling on your collar. I love your big brown eyes and how you always know when I'm sad. I love the way you wag your tail every time I come home. I love the sound of your bark and how it's always made me feel safe. ( Read more... )