i don't have a good memory. maybe that's why i like to hold on to things. i have trouble throwing away things i've written in the past. notes to myself. letters i never sent. my intention is to throw those old writings away, and be rid of them. but as i read them i realize things about myself. about how who i was has an effect on my actions today. ( Read more... )

It's tempting to give in and call it a night. Crawl into a shell and let the world keep turning, peeking out to see that change happens without you. Remain a spectator. But the world is there for you to poke and prod. It reacts. It's interactive. So stop just watching. Get out there. Push yourself. See how the world pushes back. Interact.

When I was about about 8 or 9 living in a small town in Kentucky there was a large group of caterpillars in pupation embedded on brush and a chain link fence - what seemed near a hundred small white, silky cocoons. Curious about the insides, I picked up a stick and poked one of them. It punctured the cocoon and out oozed some brown goo. My initial ( Read more... )

I feel like I need to start writing again. Not here necessarily, but somewhere. Most people have left this place. I think I only see Action Ranger, Curious Zoology, Qwerty, and Julie Chow (who's journal name I can never remember exactly). I do read the few posts that show up here on my Friends Page, at least going two weeks back, since LJ does this ( Read more... )

I finished this video recently:

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Out There in Those Woods from Bootleg Jedi on Vimeo.

almost. it slips away. almost.

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3 Parts Cranberry Juice (actual ingredients are grape juice, apple juice and cranberry juice - if a cranberry juice package says 100 percent juice it is usually such a mixture)
2 Parts Ginger Ale
1 Part White Rum
1 Part Citrus Vodka
1/4 Part Orange Pineapple Juice Frozen Concentrate
Dry Ice

Hangover could have been worse.

it's 6:30 in the morning and i have a strange craving for beer.

If you just stop screaming for a second, maybe you'd be capable of common sense.

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This man walked through the crowd of Obama/Healthcare/Tax/Socialism/(I'm not sure exactly what) protesters with a sign reading "Public Option Now." By the middle of the video many police officers are escorting him through the crowd so he doesn't get torn to pieces ( Read more... )