One day I shall grow up, hopefully this will include vertical advancement as well.

There are moments in one’s life like an appoggiatura. Moments in which we plead with the supreme power, “please, resolve this with the next heartbeat.” Perhaps all conflicts are like this, a moment of cacophony only to reach its resolution at the next eight count. And as we wait for the tonic to sound, we are dragged though syncopated waltzes ( Read more... )

too much pressure and a person explodes;
scatter my ashes across the oceans.

"So, cheddar?"

"Sure."

"Okay, we will have one slice of cheddar cheesecake."

An unseasonably clouded sky sufficed to bring about the collapse of a world.

-Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

"ma'am, i know you're trying to help me, but quite frankly you're just ticking me off."

less than ten minutes, and i already remember why i hate shopping.

"But did you see the stars?" she asked
and he didn't hear her
he just kept talking of cross-marketing and stocks
and she realized they were never meant for each other after all
how can someone be so preoccupied with the dirt,
and never see the sky?

the trouble with vegetarians, quite frankly, is thanksgiving.

...and so I'll tell you every day that I love you,
because I never want you to have to guess.

...she doesn't even have enough sense to come in out of the rain.