December 2011
9 posts
“…and finally the sense of romance, of a quest for the poignant past while...”
– Congo, by Michael Crichton (a Christmas read, just for fun :))
“I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk.”
– Jack Kerouac’s summary of On the Road (via liberumarbitriumindifferentiae)
“And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being...”
– Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (via kennadylana)
On a less depressing note, it is time, again, for an ode to the year. Stay tuned, I promise it won’t be pathetic. It has actually been one of the greatest years, yet. Oh, and Happy Holidays, ladsandgents
Things that I do not reccomend…drinking whiskey alone & watching holiday films. Also, Christmas shopping, alone. Also, using the word alone. Oh, this is, pathetic. I don’t even LIKE the word boyfriend.
Why does everything seem to sound so much better when I imagine I’ve escaped to the northern states?
There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. people so tired mutilated either by love or no love. people just are not good to each other one on one. the rich are not good to the rich the poor are not good to the poor. we are afraid. our educational system tells us that we can all be big-ass winners. it hasn’t told us about the...
It is true, I have been away longer than I care to remember. Something happened, and then Thanksgiving up north, and then finals week, and god I’d like to not think about it. Then of course I retreated to the woods for a few days to contemplate Bukowski by a fire after losing my stellar job, well, not really losing, and I wasn’t getting paid, but an unfortunate mishap, anyway. It is...