somethings only she knows
when the four most recent posts on my blog are all “thousand word thursday” posts, i start to feel guilted into writing something. surely i have something to say. surely there’s something noteworthy in the past few weeks that warrants a mention. and there is. in fact, there are many such somethings. but here’s the [...]
everyone’s waiting
a weekend of endings and beginnings, and i find myself, once again, keenly aware of life’s cycles. the ebb and flow, the give and take, the highs and lows — back and forth, again and again — continuously fighting for stability and order. it’s a cosmic balancing act of sorts — always contriving, crafting, equilibrating, [...]
thoughts
i read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. it never crossed my mind that that person could be me. (anna quindlen)
the circle around the zero
a lover doesn’t figure the odds. he figures he came clean from god as a gift without a reason, so he gives without cause or calculation or limit. a conventionally religious person behaves a certain way to achieve salvation. a lover gambles everything, the self, the circle around the zero! he or she cuts and [...]
goodbye thirty-four
today is the last day of my 34th year, and as an homage, i’ve pulled together a list of 34 things that i’ve seen and done and learned over the past year: 1. watched my first steelers game from the field with my favourite steelers fan (thanks t.m.m.). 2. renovated my 1960s bathroom. 3. spent [...]
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