I don't know what upsets me more, the reason that I am upset or the recently developing tendency to go to church when I'm upset ( Read more... )

Me: Just wanted to commend you on your awesomeness in saving the world, that is, by marrying J ( Read more... )

 For those not familiar with the DC metro area, Clarendon is in Virginia. This is important because I also currently reside in Virginia. There is a Whole Foods in Clarendon. I took the wrong turn on the highway and found myself in the middle of DC during rush hour ( Read more... )

"I think you would be an awesome girlfriend. You hold doors open, you pay for dinner, you do that for me, and I'm not even your girlfriend."

If that's not a sign that I should be celibate, I don't know what is.

Love's not about being open. It's about what you omit.

Clouds thick with the promise of rain, wind blowing with an undercurrent of trash, sirens blaring, crowded with lifeforms on a sidewalk too narrow, waiting to return to the city that made me live, leaving the city that made me real. Damn this. Damn it all ( Read more... )

We have so many adages, idioms, metaphors, what have you, questioning why we look for the tarnish beneath the gold, for fissures in otherwise unbroken panes. Well, aside from aversion to leaky vessels and just general OCD, it's because though we are ultimately grateful for the whole, for the sound minds and bodies of our loved ones, the scars and ( Read more... )

So, I've got a stiff neck. And my throat's still slightly sore.

I just think there are better ways of getting those results than rollercoasters. But I'm so glad no one's ever made a bet on my never going on a rollercoaster again because unless they set a timeline, the person would've lost big time. It's been twelve years since the last time and as I ( Read more... )

Well, saw the big phallic symbol with Tego and the view was indeed awesome. City's way flatter than I would initially have thought (oh, four years of uphill climbs). And of course the block New York donated is one of the most elaborate.

So, the thing about being interviewed by your supervisor is that it's kind of hard for your supervisor to think of ( Read more... )

Considering cutting back on trips anywhere unless I drive or fly. Considering disabling Facebook because the people that know me also know my e-mail address. Also, tempts me to broadcast my movements and I'm not sure if my childhood friend is actually upset with me for being in town and not making plans to meet up and whether that's based on ( Read more... )