i'm making calls again for barack in battleground states making sure that people will be getting out to vote and encouraging them to vote for change. there's a lot of answering machines but there are also a lot of very interesting people. the old people have really become my favorite as they tend to be either funny or rude - both of which can be ( Read more... )

Philly here. The girl, not the city or the cheese steak.

This afternoon Lisa called a voter in Pennsylvania on behalf of the Obama campaign and he asked her what Barack is planning to do about the tax on cigarettes and ever-increasing bus fares. In the midst of her telephone outreach to PA's undecided, Lisa confessed that she's been thinking about ( Read more... )

In Blackwater Woods - Mary Oliver

Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars

of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,

the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders

of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is

nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned

in ( Read more... )

Summons (or this won't hurt you a bit, and it'll cheer me up) 
For an instant I looked away, and an ocean
blossomed between us, 3000 miles
of wild silk rippling. On the other side

your unreachable body. Listen,
the globe's meridians bore me,
and I deplore time zones and the lone heart's

metronome without your ( Read more... )

Sorry about your numbers but hopefully I'll be your bridesmaid.

I called Mom the other night. She was at bingo!

Let's roll, sexy.

That's our idea! Let's sue them.

If you so desire.

Excellent. Let's do it. Are we going include candid shots of your lovely V area in the ad?

Grab it, secure it in your V, we will then wait ten minutes and pretend ( Read more... )

i read personal ads for multiple reasons. the primary reason being that i want to date. secondly, there are often hilarious. i hate to enjoy them all by myself so i present to you the best one liners from the m4w personals on craigslist. these are all from yesterday afternoon and i assure you that they are not taken out of context. nothing else ( Read more... )

- those who list nickelback as their all time favorite band

-those who say things like "very interesting that you ask me my favorite movie." (um. it's not that interesting. in fact, it's barely interesting.)

i saw the most beautiful red/silver microwave today at target with philly.  we discussed it tonight:

Philly:  so the microwave?

me: sorry
the one i loved?

Philly: the one you petted, yes

me: HA
yes, i do fondly remember

Philly: what was happening then?

me: we had just scored the deviled egg holder, you called your parents to ask if you could have a ( Read more... )

We are lying on my couch, pillows knocked aside, his shirt and sweater on the floor next to my jeans. We have not eaten any food nor left the apartment since he arrived eighteen hours before. The plan for the afternoon was to shower and walk to the pizza place around the corner, but after showering and dressing, the plan got forgotten, and now the ( Read more... )

thank you.

thank you God.

thank you alcoholics anonymous.

i am blown away and filled with gratitude.