i will, without hesitating take your name, if that's what you're offering, offering. but i'm too far gone now, my mind ascends and floats above hotels, day and night-long. i stay with you in spirit; i linger at the door like finger indents on toilet paper after you rip it. and i am bygone memories faded like an impatient lover which could have once stayed. i'm here, dear, but ambling i'm not here... » Continue Reading
06/20/2025 (Page: 19/244) I am finally reading the American classic, The Bell Jar . I can't say that this is my first time reading it, though. About two years ago, I went on a road trip with my then-friend named Eli. We went from Northern Colorado, West into Utah, South into Arizona, East to my grandmother's house in Silver City, New Mexico, and back North to Colorado. Basically, we did a circle a... » Continue Reading
Playing: Everybody wants to love you by Japanese Breakfast (Live) 06/17/2025 (As of writing: page 83/239) I began reading Crying at H Mart about a week ago, and I can confidently say that I will be cherishing every moment that I spend reading this book. Briefly, the story is written by Michelle Zauner (lead singer of Japanese Breakfast), chronicling her life and thoughts surrounding childhood fol... » Continue Reading
the following idea came from a list of prompts uploaded here : "person a was struggling with a memory problem and so they try to write things they can remember about person b since person b died and they want to be able to remember them" Once, with me on the sofa and he in the kitchen I asked him about his vision He told me the disorder was amblyopia and he will be bl » Continue Reading
take me away from quail and marmots i only want prairie dogs and crows for i’ve grown tired living a hermit take me away from quail and marmots may serenity swallow me whole may rest, recovery, and restless nights heal my restless soul; please, i pray: may serenity swallow me whole for if it makes a difference to cut short wasted time i will return home before i lose my mind #privacy input ... » Continue Reading
An Illustrated Talk with Maurice Sendak, by The New York Times — featuring 2011 conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. “I’m not unhappy about becoming old, I’m not unhappy about what must be… “...I see my friends go before me, and life becomes empty. I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I fully expect to see my brother again… “But you know, there’s something I’m finding out as I’m aging: t... » Continue Reading
NOTE: this is something i wrote a year ago without much thought! read my comment below, which has much more thought put into it. i'm going to try writing a piece about a man who goes through the spiritual and mental awakening that resembles the way of thinking that young american adults are going through, as though as everything shifts. luckily, he discovers that life is wonderful and valuable, an... » Continue Reading
my early 20s have treated me very well so far-- so well, in fact, that i have discovered many things that most people never will: that being alive is both a difficult skill & a delight. it is the most difficult skill to learn, being alive, but you must struggle to do so. you must take life so seriously, like a squirrel who lives with such ferocity that, in the trees or grass or wire-lines running... » Continue Reading
"Looking for Alaska is a 2005 young adult novel by American author John Green. Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction. The characters and events of the plot are grounded in Green's life, while the story itself is fictional." -Wikipedia john green is my favorite author, and it's not for his romance novel... » Continue Reading
Once I learned that every object reacts to a certain frequency, and really when I say that, I mean to say: That a shake, sound, or light causes an object to recoil, or react, and this is intuitive; we already knew that objects will wiggle when you shake them, and that hairs vibrate when a loud sound passes them, or more vaguely, that some things shine brighter in certain wavelengths of light. But ... » Continue Reading
Three short weeks of mild spring weather Now spills into three endless days Of sticky, sticky, cold wet snow Which clings & blankets flowered trees. Pollen-infused snow melts into concrete; For once, the air smells fresh & clean. If the best things in life are free - This must be what they mean. h1 {Background-color: none;} H4, .blog div, p, li, ul {font-family: fangsong; color: #000000;} .blogs... » Continue Reading
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