this will be my third rented home, 
my second car,
my fourth (& a half) phone number,
my first year,
my second semester
my 6th month
my 24th year, 
my 25th birthday
my third cat (sorta) 
my 3rd & 4th dog
my 5th & 6th roommate
my 7th roommate (due march)
my 3rd times the charm
my 3rd year of the dog
my 13th camera
my 13 classmates
my new neighbours
my old ones
my ( Read more... )

brrrrrsocold... nearly runout of firewood.
runout runout out out out ... i'm a full-time commuter
full-time student, part-time sleeper, semi-part-time eater,
full-time walker. time. b goes to vancouver tomorrow
(poss. permanent). there's only time for shorthand.
& the chilly meditation room will be tenant-less.
(any reccomendations i have for this room ( Read more... )

i jinxed today when i said today feels like
my first real day to do nothing,
should have known when a new [dear] friend
offered me a car for nearly nothing,
that something was up ...
my yellow jeep cherokee's been impounded.
the bike light and reflector tape
was not deemed equivalent
to working tail lights. the cop (dink-head)
gave b. no sympathy 
and $100. ( Read more... )

this morning, waking up, think
what's there to do today
nothing.

all things tremble before violence
all fear death.
all love life.
simple statements, but with great meaning.

all beings tremble with violence.

Even unconscious animals tremble before violence. Even though you may not make them in any way alert that they are being killed-but still, before a sheep is killed, it trembles. Now the scientists have discovered ( Read more... )

3 tigers
running fast
one has no ear
2 have no tails
don't know why.

my chinese language teacher walked in to class & spoke all mandarin for the first half hour. by the end of it he had us singing this song to the tune of frere jacque ... in mandarin. at first i was bewildered, but after a while, i understood he was saying hello, he was saying you & ( Read more... )

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i danced for one & a half months, & now all i want to do is nap
in the large armchair. i sewed the armpit of my winter jacket, 
& tomorrow i'm leaving. (let's hope, all goes well, the jeep becomes packed,

i learned: techno is not so much fun, drug-free. & since i've given it all up,
i may have given up techno festivals in the forests.
(i spent ( Read more... )

the power was out when we got home, sunday night. so we three sat out on the porch & watched the electrical storm. the sheet lightning was constant & the fork lightning was impressive. it felt like a war, some said. i felt like a prisoner. powerless. & all we could do was sit there. watch ( Read more... )

summer's returned with a handbag of everyone all arrived at once.

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