6 coal trucks went by my house this morning before 9am on a road no more than 10 feet from my head.

at 2:30 one slowed down in front of the door and waited 20 seconds at a full stop before moving one.
i locked all the doors and stood in the window waiting, watching, not sure what for.

my day off ( Read more... )

Recently I took a huge leap in my life and I dropped out of school-- cutting myself off from a huge part of my previous life of parents, former friends, and a sense of home--to dedicate myself to community activism around strip mining issues in Southwestern Virginia. When I was deliberating the decision, one thing that was continuously in my head ( Read more... )

when i used to live here for two years, i used to think i had the power to change my experience here, but now i've given up even trying because i know and have experienced a much better world beyond these concrete confines--so is it defeatest of me to avoid these minivans and cookie-cutter houses because the thought of looking at them any longer ( Read more... )

at 12:11am becca shook me out my stupor of happiness to scream "happy birthday! you've been 18 for 11 minutes! ha! i WAS the first one to wish you a happy birthday" the room was filled with some of my closest, most wonderful friends who were in the midst of conducting a "fake meeting" that invovlved planning for the celebration to happen the next ( Read more... )

emily has made my life complete, along with Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda. since i've been back in C'ville I have drunkenly danced aerobics with emily to the video cassette of "Dancing to the 60's hits," seen "Urinetown," and am going to see the human circus with her and Maya and Chris tonight. other than that, i've been reading "The Ethical Slut ( Read more... )

the library computer is set deep into the desk for what, privacy? well screw that, i've been too silent about my past adventures. i wish i could keep in better contact with all you lovely people, but i am thinking about all of my friends and missing them very much ( Read more... )

today we skipped the grand canyon and drove 15 hours ( Read more... )

The stick shift pressed awkwardly against her thigh as she giggled at the sound of a cow lowing in the nearby field. She hit Nick’s blue bowl again and dropped the lighter between her knees on accident. He reached over with one hand asking for the pipe and then he grinned, looking in her eyes as he retrieved the lighter. Her eyes were bloodshot and ( Read more... )

Anonymous?

Weed and fine criminary,
melt Florida into new moons.
Where the hell am I going?
Who are these people?
Gracious stranger’s faces.
Grandmaster flash.
Whom could I possibly consider
a part of my brain’s womb?
Do I love these people,
even though I barely know them?