Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me, as of a dream,)
I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall’d as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,
You grew up with me, were a boy with me, or a girl with me,
I ate ( Read more... )

I just . . . I love my nephew. My sister was over on Wednesday and yesterday, and while she was taking a break I was able to feed him. It was absolutely . . . The only word I can use to describe the feeling of carrying a tiny little human being is magic. Like, logic and science cannot ever completely explain the feeling of what it is like to have a ( Read more... )

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Confession time: I have spent the past couple of nights yelling this song into my pillow. I'll probably spend tomorrow and Saturday in a lethargic // despondent // generally gloomy mood as I listen to nothing but their magnum opus-#dark, right? And the days following will probably be no fun as I will be coping with a double-whammy case of Missed ( Read more... )

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7

“Hello, is this Spencer?”

Spencer leaned back on his feet as he took up the phone. “Hi, Isabel.”

“You were supposed to come over today! Did you forget?”

“Oh boy, I almost forgot! I’ll be right over.”

With a word at his mother thrown over his shoulder, Spencer practically ran the short distance to Isabel’s house. Before he could even knock on the ( Read more... )

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Sometimes I forget how much Death Cab for Cutie has meant to me over the years.

I first discovered them in grade seven. I went nuts because until then, I'd never heard anything like it--up until then I didn't listen to music; I only really mildly enjoyed the R&B that kept getting hype from the other kids and getting radio play. Like I said, I went ( Read more... )

don't they love you in mysterious ways
you say yeah but this is now and that was then
put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember when

i know when everything feels wrong
i've got some hard, hard proof in this song
i'll know when everything feels right
some lucky night
some lucky night

say the money just ain't what it used to be
man how we used to tear ( Read more... )

It's a bit early for Halloween costume ideas, but seeing as how all other attempts to do ensemble or even solo costumes have failed in the past due to a severe lack of planning, I figure now's as good a time as any other! Except one week before Halloween, of course.

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