It occurs to me that i am "an alum" of many organizations. If I ever do accomplish something with my writing or become president, there will be heaps of places who want to claim their affect on me. JSR, NEC, MHC, CY, Americorps! At MHC they put your photo next to your life story in a glass case ( Read more... )

5. The library has class flags hanging with colors and mascots... there's even a green GRYPHEN on one of them ( Read more... )

Gamer chics are hott, or so I'm told. Why is it that girls who do "guy things" like biking, sports, videogames, whatever, have this unspoken hott factor? Yet, if the word feminist slips out in reference to a girl, she's branded forever as a heartless, man-hating, political bitch, who can not be trusted, and will suck all that is good out of the ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wish that my conscience would vanish and I could just keep truckin' and worry about no one but myself. But most times, I'm glad my conscience is intact, and that I get to be that rare breed of Atheist, do-gooder who has the beautiful serenity of not worrying if I'm doing good to get my sorry ass into heaven. Now all I have to worry ( Read more... )

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I once saw a band at warped tour called mindless self indulgence. They were crap, and I have not heard of them since then. This is back in high school, when I was incredibly unaware but thought I was very aware. Oi, how those days have since changed. Now I am more aware, and exceedingly preoccupied with how still unaware I am. Point, having been ( Read more... )

the subject line is a shout out to my favorite coworker slash friend slash fellow dork. Over coffee in old plastic cups from a decade long long ago, with the paper cone inserts that bring us joy, we have realized life often comes back to this. especially in small town New Hampshire ( Read more... )

I wrote a poem I really love, and I'm scared out of myself to workshop on Wednesday.

Fuck.

Yo ( Read more... )

I'm taking a poetry workshop course at school, and I absolutely love it. I don't feel like my literature courses give a real outlet for creativity, since what we write has such a strict structure and topical focus. I didn't realize I was looking for a chance to workshop something more inventive until I arrived in this class. I love the format and ( Read more... )