We build a tree house, I keep it from breaking. A little more glue every time that it breaks. Perfectly balanced until I start making conscious, deliberate mistakes.

Today was bad.

I feel like I felt right after the accident. The muscles in my neck are cramped and swollen. I've been on the verge of tears all day. I feel ill.

I need sleep.

Your sound is the tinkling of a shop bell on a rainy day. Insofar as we both shall go on this adventure, I'm only suggesting we think of the things that matter ( Read more... )

Saturday ( Read more... )

I remember it was in first grade that Sarah had her first experience with Lincoln Logs. Those little brown wooden sticks that you’re supposed to be able to build log cabins and barns and things out of. She always asked me to get some for her Birthday or for Christmas.

“Maybe some day. When I get around to it.”  Well, one day when I came home ( Read more... )

It used to be a snap. I'd say,"Let's pretend this is the ocean, and that corner will be the castle, ok? I'll have a purple fin. What color fin do you want ( Read more... )

Today I woke up as usual, to the sound of my alarm clock. It's set twenty minutes fast so I can start my day off procrastinating. It's like a safety blanket ( Read more... )

Westley: "Hear this now: I will always come for you ( Read more... )

The water stares back at me as if it knows something I do not. Angrily, I splash my fist across its glassy surface, my face now dripping with the water's cold tears. A drop clings to my eyelash. Blink. I feel its movement. I feel it slip. Fall. It sinks back into the surface of the pond, as the rippling rings settle once more, I catch my own ( Read more... )

I'm not inspired, and the things I really wanted to write down I probably shouldn't be posting them on the internet.

Nonetheless, I am updating because it's been too long.

As I remember, there once was a jar of molasses wedged in between the shed and the old wooden fence back in Texas. I don't recall ever moving it, and I'm pretty sure it might ( Read more... )

I want to get a nice video camera and start making short films ( Read more... )