"The gods foretold a dynamo was to be unleashed on this earth twenty and two years ago.  And so it was.  Go forth, young ward, and fulfill their prophesy!"

-Michael Love, wishing me happy birthday last month

Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

 heard tonight at an AA meeting:

"Honesty is saying I had sex with a goat.  Rigorous honesty is admitting I really fucking enjoyed that goat."

 from cousin erick, who quit his cushy architect job, sold his car and has just travelled across the country to experience the US before hopping onto a plane to god knows where.  his ex-girlfriend whom he grew up a block away from and dated for 10 years broke up with him a few months ago, spurring him to do his soul-searching ( Read more... )

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I will choose what enters me, what becomes of my flesh ( Read more... )

 it is a beautiful day to live my beautiful life!

 dumped someone for the first time last night.  fantasizing throwing eggs at his car.  lessons learned:

listen to your friends
listen to your gut

ignore everything else, including your heart and your mind.

"I'm happy you are unscathed and I don't have to publicly humiliate him and then kill him."

 
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walking down a street, i feel stronger than every person who passes by