January 2012
5 posts
Today, I’ve been seriously considering getting a tattoo that says “Punctuation goes inside the quotes!” for extra credit in my fiction class.
December 2011
4 posts
“Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don’t show it to anybody. Put it where nobody...
Recently, I’ve been writing quite a bit. A few weeks ago, I managed to find some time for being creative again, and since then, it’s continued pretty consistently. I’ve been writing lots of poems and even a couple short stories, and I’ve been reading some pretty damn good books as well.
I have also noticed an increased frequency of those strange days of longing––...
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
4 posts
WatchWide Eyes by Local Natives
Sleepovers
Now that we’re 20ish years old, sleepovers are more out of necessity.
Last night, Brad, Mackenzie, Mitch, and I slept in our friends living room because we don’t have a place to stay.
But there were still just as many silence ending farts and giggles as when we were 10 years old.
December 2010
7 posts
I have felt pretty shitty this past week or two.
I’m definitely depressed and I’ve been feeling lonely.
Loneliness brings out the best and the worst of me, but the worst has been winning.
And it’s really hard for me to be motivated to make any changes because I’m so close to going to Africa, and I’ve somehow convinced myself that going away for four months will fix...
I feel like a hipster tonight
Naturally, now that no shave november is over, I have a mustache.
Also, I’m wearing a beanie and I’m just starting a 10 page paper on Walt Whitman that is due tomorrow.
November 2010
5 posts
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sometimes I feel lonely even when I’m not alone.
sometimes I feel empty when I’m full.
sometimes I feel such an intense longing even when there’s nothing more I need.
At these times, it is so easy to sin; so easy to return to my old habits because their only consequence is guilt. And guilt isn’t hard to conquer, it only takes five minutes to get guilt out of my mind....
at home again
I get a weird feeling every time I’m home, and it gets a little weirder every time.
I am now home for the first time in three months.
I have so many friends here in Lodi that I will catch up with this week. These friends have grown up with me. They have seen different stages of me from many perspectives. They know about things in my past that make me act certain ways now because they...
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s...”
– Calvin & Hobbes (via justbesplendid)
October 2010
2 posts
Rain!
7 or 8 guys just ran around in either underwear or short shorts
we were soaking wet
and giggling.
by no means the straightest thing ive ever done
but it was so fun!
September 2010
1 post
how can i be joyful when it is so easy to be happy?
August 2010
12 posts
HWB!
last night i went to UOP to hang with a few friends. My friend Kris is in a frat and we played basketball with a bunch of his fraternity brothers.
the president of the frat, a stereotypical looking muscular white guy, was completely covered in sweat after just the first game. Kris commented on how sweaty he was and the sweaty guy responded, “that’s because of all this H.W.B!!!”...
today i have been awake for 17 hours. i wore a shirt for only one of those hours.
the ones i miss
when i was at apu i wouldnt really miss my friends from lodi. now that they’re leaving again, i know im going to miss them a lot. and these past several weeks i have missed friends from apu a lot as well.
missing everyone has been very reassuring for me.
i almost never miss people when im away from them. as long as i have a few friends and a mentor type person, I’m just fine. I often...
goodbyes
we said goodbye tonight. she leaves in the morning.
im feeling really melancholy now.
i felt really sad as soon as i got into my car to drive away. we acted like we were going to see each other tomorrow. as soon as i left, it hit me that we wouldn’t see each other for 3 months.
also…. my best friend is leaving for australia the same day i go back to school. he’ll be gone till...
i just ordered 19 books and 4 movies from half.com
im going to south freaking africa!!!!
tonight i’m teaching a bunch of high school students about how to know God’s will.
once again, im telling a room full of people how to do something i have no idea how to do.
i’m so stinkin good at making myself look smart and wise and under control in situations where i have no idea what im doing. i still haven’t decided if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
high...
east of eden
i just finished reading east of eden by john steinbeck
wow. one of the best books ive ever read
if you haven’t read it, you should
the themes and the characters in the book are incredible.
i often have half-thoughts without conclusions, and i often will never bring them up in conversation because i dismiss them as impossible to articulate. many said thoughts were somehow articulated in...
the girl from first grade
i’ve liked one of my best friends since i was six years old. we “dated’ in 7th grade but last week was the first time i told her about my feelings since then. we’ve talked about it very indirectly before, but last week we really talked about it. she has feelings for me as well, which is fantastic; the idea of a girl like this having feelings for me is far beyond my...
July 2010
7 posts
i’m very logical
sometimes it works out very well, other times i miss out on things.
it’s really frustrating when i’m finally willing to let myself do what i want without over analyzing it and someone else steps in as the logical person so i still end up not doing it.
my two favorite musicians right now
shad
mumford & sons
i think i had my first lucid dream last night. its hard to tell; at the very least i had a dream that i was lucid dreaming.
i remember realizing that i was in a dream and i got real stoked that i was finally lucid dreaming and could do whatever i wanted.
i turned and punched the person next to me in the face. i dont remember who it was that i punched.
this was all happening underwater.
thats...