On days like this, we used to keep the doors open to our back porch so the house could breathe in the crisp autumn air.  The wind would blow leaves into the house, and we'd keep them there for weeks before they crunched beneath our feet and turned into dust, only to be swept back out into the world they had come from.  Peaches would mosey in and ( Read more... )

you can't believe it ( Read more... )

when you move through this house, do you feel the same happiness i feel?  the moment the front door smacks itself shut, the sound of rain and cars on streets are muffled, and the cold, wet world you left is replaced with warmth that turns your cheeks pink as you make your way up the squeaking stairs to our home.  still smells like coffee, chocolate ( Read more... )

I will cut every nail down to the quick, dye every strand of hair a shade closer to black, scrub every crevice of my room, shave every fine hair off my body, change every sheet, every pillow case, every cover on my bed, and still I will not be purified.

a month ago, i didn't have a ( Read more... )

ahhh... candles, a storm, a full belly, jose gonzalez, & a book by antonya nelson.  does it get better than this?  yes, it does.  my little urban fairy roommate just came home to enjoy this with me.  perhaps i'll drink a glass of wine before going out tonight after all ( Read more... )

usually i write about boy stuff in here.  usually its about how much they suck.  & i still have lots of things to say about lots of boys that do suck.  but today i am here mostly to say that MY boy doesn't have an ounce of suckage in him.  i wasn't going to write about it since he is the only boy that might possibly read this, but that's not fair, ( Read more... )

Butterfly, Jason Mraz- this is the hottest song ever.  if any of you boys out there wanna make a girl pin you to the bed, just play this song for her.

kyle & hope's wedding tonight was sooo perfect.  :]  i wish i had pictures to show, but my camera blows.  i did take a fun video of hope dancing to a maniacal medley  with her dad, but it's pretty ( Read more... )

Friday was the last day of my internship. 5 months was so short. :( So now I have no car, no job, bills to pay, and more stress than ever. And it's cold. And if I have to work at another restaurant, I think I might strangle someone. What was the point of 4 years in college? All I have to show for it are oodles of loans to pay back and a shit ( Read more... )

its hard to watch someone you love fall in love with someone else. i'm really happy for him. he is so cute when he tells me about her. i hope she can see what i see. cause when he talks about her, it's so so sweet that i have to hold the phone away from my face so that he can't hear me sniffling like a little baby. i've never before reached a ( Read more... )