i'm supposed to be working right now. i'm trying really hard but, damn, work is the last thing i want ( Read more... )

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i think the best part of the day was listening to a lyric break loose through the car's silence, a lull after our small talk, and recalling something my sweetie said about me yesterday. i felt instantly loved as the sun broke over the horizon ( Read more... )

i've just closed the lid on the breadmaker and selected my bread type. note to self: always look at baking time while choosing which bread to make. the french bread i've chosen will be finished one hour after my stew. excellent timing that definitely fails to satiate my desire for fresh bread with dinner. oddly, i'm a better breadmaker when i ( Read more... )

he sits as a sentry by my head. i wake and turn to find my furry guard, discovering that his paws are propped on the headboard as he faces the wall with stoic nonchalance ( Read more... )

friday was a very frustrating day at work, and its taken me a couple of days to truly process my emotions and the actions i wish to take. in the time since that friday morning, i've wanted to bubble over with explosive expletives, broadcast ignominious behavior from rooftops, live and let be, and take passive agressive routes. in short, i've ( Read more... )

i went digging through old entries today in the attempt to find a certain one. i had to smile as i read of my past and i'm certainly impressed by the regularity and detail with which i wrote during my first year at lj. i miss that. i look at these past two years and the slow decline in updates and i wonder about those memories and moments that i ( Read more... )

today's a big day for me. as of 11:46 this morning, i am now a quarter of a century old. i hate calling attention to this fact. i'd rather it slip through the sands of time with little or now mention, yet it seems fitting to take a moment and reflect. after all, all visages of youth are now gone. i can no longer claim that i am a recent ( Read more... )

i'm at my wit's end and i honestly don't know how something as simple as writing a letter of recommendation can become so complicated. i asked five to write letters with the thought that one might drop out ( Read more... )

i'm at a loss for how to describe this year's christmas or what to say, really. as usual, there's that rush of contradictory feelings and a near-blur of memories as christmas eve and morn came and went. overall, it's been good. great. but different ( Read more... )