I feel like we're severely understaffed and that the Executive Director is a machine. I don't think I could perform the way she does unless I got into speed, but I won't so I'm stuck. A month ago I thought I would get refocused and recommited if I only had time to vacation-- and then the offices got flooded and I was only able to work part-time ( Read more... )

i just got "golden flower" tea from the coffee shop around the corner from my office and it was the most awesome tea ever because it really was golden flowers all nestled together. i couldn't help but think that if i was a fairy princess who ruled over the goblin world, i would make the serve me golden flower tea with lots and lots of honey in a ( Read more... )

Rebellion against the North Side ( Read more... )

it's pure exotic inebriation
when tongues and teeth and lips and breath repeat in unexplainable patterns and persuasions,
when sensual fulfillment comes from the creative capacity of our mouths,
when sweetness and soul squeeze out from behind damp lashes,
when lust isn't an all-encompassing word anymore.

i wish i had actually tried to find this definition for myself long ago before i decided that folks into existentialism were just depressed fucks with no sense of hope or drive to change things for the better (and therefor not worth investing time in ( Read more... )

tom and i rode bikes home through scores of warm puddles last night, drunk and filled with noise.
we screamed and sang and scat and laughed.
the weather was perfectly cool and streets perfectly black & wet.
it was magical until i started writing about it.
it was one of those, "i wish i had a roving bike gang choir" kind of moments.

SO THIS IS A RANT I FOUND ON A MYSPACE BULLETIN ( Read more... )

the more i think about it, the more i'm comfortable with becoming more fashionably materialistic. or rather, i no longer feel guilty about buying thrift store clothes and spending time layering my clothes and doing that make-up thing. i used to feel guilty about wasting time on vanity, but i'm realizing that i do take a lot of pleasure in getting ( Read more... )

i think those cute little see-through geckos might just be my favorite tucson animal. one scampered across my foot a little while ago and it was one of the coolest feelings ever. i almost thought it was a longish leaf falling onto my foot, but i looked quick enough to see it skidaddle under a rock ( Read more... )

I'm trying to figure out how I figured out what i wanted to focus my creative energies on: the people or outside forces that "awakened" me...basically cuz this super bright boy who wrote for our magazine this year is going to boot camp on the 8th. that's days away. he's doesn't know what he wants to do in life and thinks a military direction is ( Read more... )