Mom, Ben, Adam, and I took a trip to Houston on Saturday, and unlike most trips anywhere with my family, it was actually enjoyable, even though it's a lot frickin' colder in Houston than it is here. Easily the best part was eating lunch at Star Pizza in the village. We had an appetizer of baked goat cheese with olive oil and tomato on bread, and I ( Read more... )

Jesus fought the urge to laugh Jesus wept.

Some people are like oceans.
You can drown in them.

You don't even have the will to die.

Smile now, I am gone.
Don't hold on for too long.
The rope'll slip away.

At what age did I first wage the war against happiness?
When did I first side with sadness?
A long time ago.

Oh, the noise the skeletons make
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I used part of my Christmas money to buy some new pants for work today. They're really nice. I also want to get a new set of dog dishses for Sable.

Posted for no reason, here are my favorite poems to read before going to bed. Comments by Rebecca in red.

( After Apple-Picking, Robert Frost )

This afternoon I went to the library and came home with a huge armful of books, more than I'm actually going to read, I'm sure. I haven't been reading as much lately, probably because the weather's so much nicer and I haven't been stuck inside. No, not because I've been wasting all my time on YouTube. Of course not. There was a booksale at the ( Read more... )

I swear sometimes I think it's a plot. It seems like every day I have off from work, it decides to be cold and wet. For example, today it was sunny with not a cloud in the sky, but yesterday, when I was off, it rained almost all day and I didn't get to ride my bike. I haven't been bike riding all year! Haha. But seriously, it's been a while and the ( Read more... )

I got up early this morning to go to another job interview. The woman who interviewed me said something interesting, which was that there are a lot more people in our area looking for jobs right now than usual. It made me feel a little better, like it's not entirely my fault that things haven't worked out yet (and probably never will).

As part of my ( Read more... )

Some Random Thoughts…

Last February, I found a copy of my seventh grade reading book (Remember back when Reading and English were still different subjects?) in the for-sale aisle at the library. It remains my best find at that library to date. I absolutely love finding old textbooks, especially literature ones. I think it’s because rereading them ( Read more... )

What’s the only thing better than a nice cheesy episode of Walker, Texas Ranger? That same episode in French! I was eating in the kitchen earlier with Sarah, who was flipping around channels, when suddenly: "Sarah! Go back! I thought I just saw… Oh my God, it is! It’s Walker, Texas Ranger in French!" I only saw the last few minutes, but it was just ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here wedged in a corner in St Pancras Station. Benches in this station are scarce - but not as scarce as trash cans! I wandered all over the second floor looking for one before I finally gave up, and I had to chew my gum long after it lost its flavor. (I ended up wrapping it in paper torn from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and ( Read more... )

I'm on the train from Paris to Brussels now. I like traveling by train. It reminds me of that great scene in A Hard Day's Night with The Beatles in their train compartment with that grouchy old man. "Don't take that tone with me, young man. I fought the war for your sort." "I'll bet you're sorry you won." Trains also let you enjoy the scenery. The ( Read more... )