October 14, 2009 – 7:50 am
The other night I was out with some new friends and I found myself doing things that I’ve never done before. These weren’t bad things, I don’t think. But because my company was unfamiliar I found myself eventually saying things that weren’t quite me. That was a bad thing. I actually reached an ultimate low [...]
September 24, 2009 – 8:57 am
I am basking in the blessing of family. Family here, family there, family everywhere. I spent a huge amount of my teens and early twenties surrounded by friends. After my dad died I was shipped off to boarding school and that’s where I made my own family. I mean… I saw my real family on [...]
September 13, 2009 – 12:42 pm
“The great theme is not Romeo and Juliet… The great theme we all share is that of becoming ourselves, of overcoming our father and mother, of assuming our identities somehow.”
-from Anne’s early introduction for “The Double Image”
I’m reading Anne Sexton’s biography which is really a compilation of letters she wrote to people and then excerpts [...]
September 2, 2009 – 3:05 pm
I can’t remember learning how to ride a bike. Not fully at least. I think it all started with my brother being able to do a ba-million more things on his two wheeler than I could do on my 4. I can’t remember if it took me a while of falling and getting back up [...]
August 29, 2009 – 9:44 pm
Post Secret: Sometimes I like things I probably shouldn’t. Like the word fuck. It’s a bomb, I know it is. But mostly I just crack up when people use it. When used too much it becomes a burden. But just enough and it can punctuate the most superficial display of emotion with a tinge of [...]
August 24, 2009 – 11:35 am
So it’s been a couple weeks since my graduation but in light of Oshkosh and all that travel I really haven’t had a chance to sit down and absorb my great accomplishment. I graduated from College yall! Most would think this is an easy feat. They would expect me to have this kind of excitement [...]
