normally, my temprement and mood are pretty consistant, and I like to think I keep a pretty "even keel ( Read more... )

do you ever feel like your heart is bleeding? like you fucking need to change your shirt before someone notices the bloodstains on your chest. I can't get no rest. trust and faith and all the rest have gone west and sunk into the sound, made deeper this night by the tears I've found rolling down my face. I yelled so loud in my car, all by myself, ( Read more... )

I secretly want to learn to play the fiddle and join a bluegrass band ( Read more... )

Let my boss know I'm leaving today. Says he'll give me a good letter of reccomendation if I ever need it. Then he said some racist stuff about the youth and families of White Center. So glad I'm getting out of here. My boss actually said "maybe you'd have better luck in somewhere that's not White Center" Nah man, I'd have better luck at somewhere ( Read more... )

it's like I'm at the sandy beach that my friend was at the week before. last week he showed me this beautiful rock he said he found there. so now here I am, a week later, at the same beach. I'm standing with my ankles in the tide, feet sinking as the water pulls the sand around them. I shove my hands down into the malleable sand and feel something ( Read more... )

I moved and placed two tons of concrete blocks this weekend, helping my dad build a retaining wall for his yard.

that was the easiest part of the weekend.

a couple months ago, I knew this was going to be a big year.

now, I am ready for a LEAP. bring it! (sooner rather than later, please)

life is dialectical, a series of reactions directly and indirectly related. If you're standing on a ball and fall off in one direction, don't feel too bad because the ball just went flying in the other. On Friday I signed up for some classes at SCCC, paid for by AmeriCorps, and am getting a sweet new computer, paid for by AmeriCorps. On Friday ( Read more... )

RESOLUTION TO SEEK JUSTICE AND STOP THE KILLINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES ( Read more... )

didn't get either of the jobs I applied for. but now that means I can focus on the task at hand at the job I've got. While it sucks not having benefits, I feel like I'm on the verge of a break-through at the salvation army. things are starting to come together with this afterschool hip hop program. going sledding with the youth tomorrow. the sun ( Read more... )