i've neglected you for quite sometime, but i haven't really seemed to mind. eventually, everything just seemed to be contrived, or personal coercion. this is more of an excuse than an apology ( Read more... )

i lost my entire set of keys today but i don't really even care so much. i was busy flying a kite.
i'm an awkward fool, and today i turned twenty. but honestly, there are some people that make being a twenty year old awkward fool not such a bad thing.

there was a period of the day last year where my former roommate's bed did not horde all the sunlight. from 3:30 till about 4:15 it crept through our window, underneath the musty pillow he refused to wash, through the cracks of his bed and splashed on the floor. if nathaniel was not around, i'd sit there on the carpet inside that small rectangle ( Read more... )

there's a conversation between wisconsin and illinois that makes me more adult than i have ever been. this is an exquisite process ( Read more... )

southern road trip.
arkansas, tennessee, misssssisippi, louisiana, alabama.
details upon our return.

she gave me six pairs of fresh new ankle socks. i told her once that there is few things that feel nicer than putting on a brand new pair of socks. so security called and said they had a package for me and when i picked it up i found that she listens to my nonsense ( Read more... )

there are things much more frightening than movies, mirrors in the dark, and being understood.
this night is bound to ring dull and constant with suspense. it's hot on my chest. heavy like a specter poised to snatch my breath.

"Call me sunday, we're not going to church."

i'm the first one with a date to our next party. it's a horror movie theme on valentines day. but of course we can't be entirely antagonistic to the rest of the festivites around the country on febuary 14th. therefore we decided to include a preamble in order to attend the party. all those in attendance must bring a date of the opposite sex ( ( Read more... )

selling blood and telling lies. it doesn't work. so i left with my wallet the same weight it was before i went in, but feeling terribly convicted. i have had little to report lately. i am still here. recently i've been afraid that my conversation skills have been rather lacking. i've done a lot of analyzing and a lot of observing, not a lot ( Read more... )

saturday night, in the midst of the confusion, i told my mother that i had been given hours at work in the evening. she responded by saying, "good, at least you'll get to escape this place for a while ( Read more... )