Because you will never read this I can admit there were never reasons. And if I had an excuse, that was it. When I hid, that was why. Certainty has a way of fooling you into believing that forever is no further than the eye can see; is adaptable if not unchanging. And fair. You [...]
Tag: i was just thinking
Looking at the Pictures
I stopped writing a few years ago. Dealing with the stuff I wrote about was hard enough to manage in my daily life; rehashing it in words was putting salt in the open wound. So I stopped. No journals, no poems, not a line of metaphors, nouns turned to verbs, nothing. I hoped that not [...]
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This Is Hip Hop
This essay is an update to the original draft posted here and can be read or printed in PDF (without live links) here. Abstract: Much like crack, hip hop music is arguably addictive and can be equally deadly. A leisure of the lower/working class, hip hop music emerged in American culture nearly directly alongside and [...]
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Join the Club
Manufacturing Luck - Areka http://are-ka.deviantart.com “Man, I wouldn’t mind getting my house redone on Extreme Makeover. But I don’t wanna go through what you gotta go through to get it done!” Homeboy Everyday there’s a news story of some terrible tragedy that has happened from Mozambique to Maine; to someone random and nameless to the [...]
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Staring Into the Sun
It’s been a different kind of season. Summer hasn’t quite decided to be summer. The Earth seems to be recalling its own at a disarming rate. Among them, I learned this weekend, was one of my former students. Here I go back to Harris Hall surrounded by students wanting to know stuff. Mario has crumpled [...]
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Desiderata
You've read this before? Had it read to you? For me, it was a graduation gift from my AP Spanish teacher. That was many moons and even more conjugated verbs ago. It's been credited to Max Ehrman though that has been disputed, but I'm gonna put his name on it anyway. It wasn't useful as [...]
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Big Dreams
My life tells a completely different story, but the truth is I dream big. I dream bigger than my pockets can handle; in ways that scare my family; as often as possible; and with the personal assurance that they will come true in some time and place. I am also impatient and easily manipulated by [...]
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“Next Week” Has Come and Gone
Yes, it was a coupla weeks ago that I promised to post pics of The Twin's graduation. The Twin indeed graduated. The Twin was indeed decorated. I was proud and tired. The latter would be my excuse except it's just not true. So without further fanfare nor delay, because I know you've been waiting with [...]
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Random Thoughts, cont’d.
Random thoughts, cont'd. 204. “Is it supposed to feel like this?” Are there any situations in which one expects an affirmative response to this question? 205. Why does the speedometer go past speeds at which there are never any (legal) instances in which one should travel them? 206. Molded cheese is edible. Just slice away [...]
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Ummm…About This 5k
There are squirrels in the walls and they’re driving me crazy. Just thought I’d share so that whatever comes out of my mouth next is not held against me later… So about this 5k. I’m officially discouraged. I ran twice today—yes, that is two times. This morning and then tonight. I cannot tell you how [...]
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