I can tell when my cat is dreaming. His nose and paws and ears and tightly closed eyes start twitching, and then his little nose starts moving erratically, as if smelling some phantom scent. Some times I worry that he's scared, because he hyperventilates in his sleep, but what nightmares would a kitten have ( Read more... )

The holidays are a set up for disappointment ( Read more... )

The Turkey has been in the oven for at least an hour and there is no smell in the kitchen. It was a hassle getting the turkey in the over to begin with. No one was aware of how big the turkey was until it was sized up in line with all of the family's pots. It was cleaned and stuffed into the very biggest casserole dish in which is fit quite ( Read more... )

We're getting everything set for Christmas Eve dinner ( Read more... )

There is an image of some distant friend's car painted for her last day of high school. "Goodbye Seniors" the washable paint proclaims. This image means nothing to me. I was not there that day. I did not attend this girl's graduation party; she is on the fringes of my social networking. Yet the image intrigues me ( Read more... )

It's difficult to say ( Read more... )

I wasn't ready to be at your house, knowing that your parents weren't. It was so weird, the subtle differences, and then, even weirder, the huge lack of change at all. It would have seemed normal if there were cataclysmic changes from what I remember, but there are not. So very little has changed. I expected to see them around every corner, ( Read more... )

What drives us to love each other; it is so strange an ambition. It is not self seeking and rarely comes with gain ( Read more... )

Steam slowly wafts off its mug in my cold room that probably wont be heated till late october, such is the life of a renter. Fall has swept into life here on campus with gray skies, crisp breezes, and colored leaves. This season is wonderful. The cool air hasn't yet penetrated into the core of my being, so I can enjoy the weather still with out ( Read more... )

but really I'm not surprised.

In other news...
I broke both of my wrists. It sucks to be me, so much more than a Avenue Q song.