2011
snowstorms, sleeping in, and sneaking out
delivering my last valentines to my lafayette lovers
and savoring my last ever indiana winter

although that's not to say I wasn't grateful
when the snow finally melted and the daffodils pushed through
to smile at us

permanent ink:
a rose for every day of my life.

an avalanche of actions and emotions
that carried ( Read more... )

Please treat us nicely while we dip our toes in. We may only be moving 150 miles away, but it feels like half the world!

We are rapidly amassing expenses that we may not have budgeted enough for

although luckily my new job comes with less responsibility and a bit more pay.

things I won't have to pay for in Chicago:

- car insurance
- gasoline
- car ( Read more... )

 I am a fan of being honest & forthright with your friends about their girlfriends/boyfriends/partners/etc.
especially when you see them getting themselves into a lot of trouble
possibly even damage
if you withheld specific information

however
every time I think of the people I knew/went around with/called my friends
in 2005/6/7
I am completely bowled ( Read more... )

2008

started with immense regret of the most innocent kind:
I will never again eat Russian cooking or drink Heineken.
the flu, and a fast-forward vacation
(which climaxed at 6:45 am in Virginia Beach
as I watched the sun rise over the ocean
and saw it for the very first time)

four months of not knowing where to go when I got off work
(my home, or hers)
not ( Read more... )

she's right, though ( Read more... )

2007:
no death.
no dying.
no loss.

the hospital bed, with me in it again,
but no fear. they brought me there
and then left my side
and there was no forgiveness.

there was cold air and failure and a long uphill struggle
when the snow melted and I found myself again,
there next to me was this amazing woman
but next to her there was another one..
this time
the ( Read more... )

how am I supposed to trust you to get me there
when everything we ever plan to do is forgotten, ignored, or given up on?

let's get there together
and then go everywhere else we said we would

josie, i love you.

hey!

happy birthday, billy corgan. <3

last year I made him a cake, which he loved. it was green on the inside. photos in a back entry if you search around for it...cant remember which journal that made it into.

this year: liquor and cupcakes. clearly, this year wins.

fuck you, earwigs!

"Earwigs are a relatively common, if little known insects, typified by Forficula auricularia the common European Earwig. Which can now be found in most temperate and many tropical countries due to its fondness for potted plants as a home. There are around 1 200 species of which the rare, if not extinct Labidura herculeana from ( Read more... )

even if it takes you forever to see this. even if you never see this ( Read more... )