I cannot wait.  This whole week the weather has been like 75*+ and really clear.  I've been able to drive around in shorts and a tee shirt with my sunroof open every day, and it's such a great feeling.  Last night while I was driving to hockey it all started setting in, windows open, on the way to an exciting game, seeing lots of people playing ( Read more... )

In mostly photos.


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At that he stood up and looked me straight in the eye.  It was a game I knew well.  I played it a lot with Emmanuel and Celeste and usually they were the ones who looked away.  The chaplain knew the game well too, I could tell right away: his gaze never faltered.  And his voice didn't falter, either, when he said "Have you no hope at all?  And do ( Read more... )

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"bon voyage" was something that i once said

and eventually regretted.
well, it’s come up again...and i wonder if
the same mistakes i used to make
could be remade.
cause "i've been through this before"
well i've said that too.
there's just so much that we can fake
before we break ourselves into-two.

twenty two. the years can hardly catch up
with the years of ( Read more... )

but i'm not on my own.
there's no one good enough to be alone.
i'm not on my own.
but i keep trying and trying to live over this life,
with no guide by my side,
just this heart.
counting down.
out of time.


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i love living in downtown redding.
driving home over the bridge on 44 is great, especially when it's cold out and your windows and sunroof are open and it's cold out and you're listening to okkerville river.

such a great band.

"well I'm a weak and lonely sort
but I'm not sailing just for sport
i've come to feel out on the sea
these urgent lies ( Read more... )

This is the worst night, of one of the worst weeks, in my life.  There is no one to blame and there's nothing anyone could have done to help me out.  It is and was just shitty.  I just hope that tomorrow is at least a fucking smidgen better than today.

Oh, and thanks for being a fucking cunt.

ugh ughg ughgughguhg

why the FUCK did you invite me over?

srsly.

in the past few days i have downloaded 43 explosions in the sky bootlegs.  over 5 gigabytes.  one dvd won't even fit all that goodness.  i haven't added them to my itunes yet, but when i do, i'll be able to tell how many minutes/hours/days that is.  i think that's all i want to listen to this fall.

best band good dudes backed hard.