"i would never be the same again ( Read more... )

"Many of your friends…even your good friends…are going to seem suddenly, strangely… stupid. You’ll want to talk about India. And they will say, “Yeah. Right. Sounds great.” And somehow that is just not going to be enough. And you’ll say, Yes, but I was in Varanasi…let me tell you about the colors and the smells and the people…and the bodies! Let me ( Read more... )

I'm playing a game. I want you to play. It's a scavenger hunt. I send you a list, I send you all the same list, and you buy a disposable camera and find the things on the list and take pictures of them. You send the camera back to me. If you want, you can send me a list and I'll do the same for you. Let me know if you want in.

"When someone dies people say, that's too bad, then they hurry away and the world goes on; as if nothing's changed, as if the person didn't matter; as if he were just a dream they'd had and as soon as they woke up, they forgot him ( Read more... )

Everything
You've got to hold on to
Everything
You relied on to be there for you is completely fucked
There's a skeleton of loyalty hanging in the gallows of your heart
(no one wins this one)
And where are your friends?
Please help me through these years ahead.
Are we just drinking buddies
Playing with each other's deepest vulnerability?
That this ( Read more... )

tell me a story.

before monday.

make it good.

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Garage Sale. Saturday ( Read more... )

"noone ever fell in love with anyone because of empty pockets or red splotched eyes. drove around for hours tonight just to keep myself from feeling anchored. weighed down. to keep my mind off thinking about what kids like me deserve. desperation isnt a strong enough word (but it will have to do). my wrists are only black and blue cause i don’t got ( Read more... )

"i scoff at diet soda. i never desired to "slim down." i never had to "watch what i ate." i never counted one calorie. i don't even know what a calorie is. all i know about them is, they're none of my damn business. i've never been fat. i've never been close to chubby. my body-mass index is twenty-one, which is about perfect, and i don't care ( Read more... )