I believe that I wasn't quite 10.  Maybe 8 years old ( Read more... )

Post #1 of the night:

Because it was done to me, and I have no shame in spreading internet memes (sometimes):

Comment and I will:
1) Tell you why I friended you.
2) Associate you with a song/film.
3) Tell a random fact about you.
4) Tell a first memory about you.
5) Associate you with a character/pairing.
6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about ( Read more... )

A weird moment on the T, early in December, strangely echoed something that had been rattling around in my head for a couple months.  The simple and external version is ( here. )

I've got a couple of posts backed up--very little energy to write, this past month.  In the meantime, a crosspost from my other blog.

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At work, tonight, a coworker of mine--my boss, really, though it's a little funny thinking of a girl that is several years younger than me as my boss--noted that I tend to be really hard on myself, and asked ( Read more... )

The Circle played a small one-off gig at the Midway Cafe, last night.  I haven't been in there in a year and a half (July 7, 2010, actually).  They've remodeled a bit--they bought an office behind it and knocked the wall out, which makes it much bigger and surprisingly more comfortable--but the place still sounds like the Midway.  For the ( Read more... )

Another question:

What are we protecting ourselves from?

Posted via m.livejournal.com.

Imagine a garden.

Some parts grow on their own, with little attention needed.  Others need more care, are more fragile.  Still others are seasonal, and flourish with the turning of the calendar.

Just a couple of weeks ago, I helplessly watched someone steal an entire bottle of cologne from work.

Actually, it's more accurate to say that I helplessly assisted in the theft of an entire bottle of cologne and four pairs of boxers.

The man that stole these walked up the aisle and found me at the sales desk I was at.  I finished with my customer, ( Read more... )

I've been talking a lot about jumping off cliffs, lately ( Read more... )

If the #occupy movement has done nothing else, it has become one of the most effective conversation starters of the past few years. Bring up the subject of thousands and thousands of demonstrators taking part in a mass residential protest, and you'll inevitably find out the opinions of most anyone within earshot.  In a very real sense, the protests ( Read more... )