As anyone who read this might have noticed, I stop posting to this blog several months ago (around January). This was mostly due to the fact that I felt tenderjefferson was a product and expression of my time in China, and that having arrived back in the States, his purpose was served. Also, my life felt pretty boring at the time, and I didn't want ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Robert Mugabe.

At the office where I intern (the International Center for Journalists), my supervisor called me in to her office for "the Talk about the Future." I started telling her about my wonderful ideas for the future, where cyborg puppy dogs will do our bidding in exchange for virtual milk-bones. It turned out, however, that she wanted to talk about my ( Read more... )

You gotta do what you gotta do in order to do what you wanna do.

Today, sunshine broke through clouds and melted ice and put a swing in my step big enough to circle the globe in a couple strides.

I broke out the sleeveless T and sunglasses and took the long route to school, listening to beautiful music and beautiful poetry and stretching my arms wide across the sidewalk, like I planned to hug the sky.

It's ( Read more... )

So the bad news is, I'm still having trouble falling asleep, despite having gone to considerable lengths to rectify this: I've started exercising every day at 6 pm; I've cut caffeinated and high-sugar goods completely from my diet; I don't take naps during the day; I do all my reading and computer-work outside my bedroom; and I get as much fresh ( Read more... )

I can't sleep.

Every once in awhile-- more frequently in the past weeks-- I have trouble falling asleep.

No reason; no caffeine before bed, no major problems pressing at the back of my mind. I just lie in bed, eyes shut, letting my mind pass wander as it will... I do what one normally does before falling asleep, only with no result; I lie ( Read more... )

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Yesterday I walked to school bundled up in my coat against the cold, sunny morning air. Head down, eyes on the ground. Listening to a beautiful song on my iPod. Cracks in the sidewalk and the roots of trees. I lifted my head and took a sharp breath. I saw a cloud laced with sunshine. It was moving ( Read more... )

As I walked one day in a pasture ( Read more... )