DISCLAIMER: i feel the need to preface this entry. it was written in response to a news article. it is an emotional response. perhaps a bit irresponsible, since i don't actually know if my judgement is accurate. still, it sparked a very visceral response in me and i had to put it down here.

i remember the first time i saw my child on screen during ( Read more... )

wow. i guess sometimes i just don't realize exactly how big i've gotten. let's do a little comparison, shall we? call it an exercize in masochism.

then...


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getting ready to leave for another of Window World's fabulous Christmas parties. i really do look forward to this all year. i've got my dress, i'm all ready to go. this is the one night a year when i get to dress to the nines and then get crazy ( Read more... )

so it fits, today. plus, it's a beautiful song.

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Silly Little Pyro

Silly little Pyro

Started playing with fire

And soon was consumed.

When the candle’s tame

Flicker no longer

Quenched desire,

She doused herself

In spirits, leaping heedlessly

Into the hearth to dance with flame.

Fire had no knowledge

Of her before she arrived.

Knowing only of hunger,

Fire reached forth,

Finding her naked

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ok, so the video is lacking, but the song is amazing.

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this morning we woke to a light dusting of snow on the ground. it was most unexpected and quite lovely. driving to work this morning i thought to myself, you know, it wouldn't be so bad here if it snowed a little more often. it just transformed the landscape in that magical way that only snow can. dull and barren trees became sugary confections and ( Read more... )

just in case we need any reminder about how cruel this life can be, i found a video link from a local news story. yeah, i know, i don't watch the news much for the same reason. anyway, http://www.wxii12.com/video/17991468/ if you care to look. after a nasty tornado wended its way ( Read more... )

can't seem to drum up much enthusiasm for consciousness today. it's chilly and misty and grey out there. the leaves have mostly fallen, the mood of the landscape shifting from an autumnal golden warmth to a sodden, dismal, barren, shrouded chill. if anything, i would prefer to be wearing some nice flannel jammies with slippers, cocooned in a ( Read more... )

i am imagining your hands on my body, your warm breath on my neck. your lips brushing gently across my pulse as it quickens. pressing into me, my back against the wall, your fingertips restlessly traveling across my skin and clothing, raising goosebumps where they meet flesh. my head is tilted back and to the side, surrendering that tender bit of ( Read more... )