i have been thinking a lot about genius (something that tends to happen when i spend several afternoons listening to graceland) and how, even though a part of me doesn't feel entirely comfortable using this term, nor do i have a clear-cut idea of what genius entails, i can easily decide, at the drop of a hat, who is or is not a genius.

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boy, am i feeling put off right now.

i have been feeling very alive. last week as we swung with megan and jason in a park in easthampton, the lightning began. then came the rain. we flew off the swings as quickly as possible and started running through the dark woods. then came the fireworks. behind us, a rumbling rush and flashes of light. we made it back onto the field and plopped ( Read more... )

moonlight scatters torn out souls ( Read more... )

i've been thinking about writing plays. for myself this time, rather than for school. i put a lot of care into my assignments, but something different comes out of me if i know that i won't be graded. there's this freedom, this ability to do exactly what i want to do. basically, i've never written a play outside of school. and in a way, i think it ( Read more... )

jared and i are waking up before 7 am tomorrow in an effort to win tickets to a private elvis costello show in new york city on an unannounced date. if we win, we're going, no matter what we may have had planned for that day. i'm super nervous. i want it so bad. we haven't seen elvis since december 2007, which is too long for me. if we had the ( Read more... )

time seems to have sped up. already it's almost june, almost time to pick classes, almost time to send in my medical forms, almost time to start school, and definitely time to start freaking out. what happened? how did everything happen so quickly? i feel like the days have just been slipping away between long talks with ken and at-home french ( Read more... )

tori's singing about neil gaiman again. it's cute. i can't form much of an opinion on the new album yet, but i think i like it. this song that just started is amazing. holy shit ( Read more... )

today was supposed to be all about pleasing myself in ways i rarely get to please myself these days, by staying inside and doing nothing, and by doing nothing i mean learning french, reading crime and punishment, bathing, cooking, watching the season finale of top model, showering, and watching a movie ( Read more... )