I drove it today. I felt nothing. I expected to be overcome with relief or fear or joy or something people write about on LJ, but I wasn't. It simply wasn't real. I stuck my head out the garage door and stared at it tonight and it still wasn't real, not even after sitting in it for a half an hour trying to get my iPod adapter to work. Maybe part of ( Read more... )

"She is young, and sweet as all young things are, tender in her own way, soft and yielding when she chooses, playful and winsome. She is a puppy or a fawn, she is coltish and kittenish, she's a vixen, an eaglet, a lion's cub ( Read more... )

i almost turned back right outside the house when i skidded on an unexpected patch of ice. the shining asphalt was covered in rain that had frozen and slippery fallen yellow leaves, and i thought for sure i would break my ankles if i continued to run in that mess. so i walked a bit. a whole ten steps. and then i became to run ( Read more... )

"All my life, I have searched for clues
This is what they taught me:
Every mystery I pursued
Was a secret I already knew"These are the lyrics I used to make my icon for my dedicant journal. They popped into my head just now as I woke up from my broken nap. This verse has always been meaningful to me, so I thought I should look up the lyrics... I ( Read more... )