November 2010
39 posts
today...
a man jumped in front of a MBTA subway at Kendall
i was on the train
everyone around me was too concerned
about their days being inconvienced
to even wonder who the man was
or why he did it
i doubt they even cared that he died
i haven’t been able to stop wondering
it always works out in the end
one way, or another
today has been the best day
thankgiving (family, food, festivities!)
football (playing but not watching)
got #1 in the yankee swap (which meant i got first and last - WIN!!)
birthday gifts - (mem and pep almost made me cry)
bought my ticket to san fran (!!!)
had awesome quality time with the rents (the best)
hung out with the crew of mattap09 (backyard bonfires, stories and song)
now off to bed with a bowl of mashed...
to finish before turkey
David Foster Wallace Response
Debbie Hagan Response
10 page paper on The Women of Brewster Place
Read Ch8, 11, 12, 14 and one of my choice from Women Writing Resistance
Prepare a presentation on said readings
and 1000 word paper to go with it
A.M. Homes presentation/handout
and then i can go home and eat some freakin’ turkey
: The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
fairylullaby:
Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A…
when the sea of homework gets this big
i can’t help but feel quietly sad
next semesters classes
The Art of Nonfiction: MW 12-1:45 w/ Hoffman
Intermediate Creative Writing - Poetry: TR 10-11:45 w/ Mazur
Modern Poetry and After: TR 12-1:45 w/ Kukrechtova
Playwriting: TR 2-3:45 w/ Clarke
So this is it thus far, though I’m still holding out for a 400 lit course on revolution in Mexico and Cuba, and a 300 lit course on The American Short Story - which I must have - PLEASEEEE
clockwork trolley
think about it
always on time, based off of gears
old world beautiful
quietly click-clanking through the city
like the green line
but better
Take Apart Your Head: girlwithwings: Trees Infused... →
girlwithwings:
Trees Infused With Glowing Nanoparticles Could Replace Streetlights
Taiwanese researchers have come up with the elegant idea of replacing streetlights with trees, by implanting their leaves with gold nanoparticles. This causes the leaves to give off a red glow, lighting the…
so frustrated with everything and everyone
hates hate hates
you, me, myself and irene
we’re all going to hell in a handbasket
and i’m crying all the way
no one else sheds a tear
and thus i feel defective
today...
i’m on the edge of defeat
and getting dangerously close
hates moods like tar....
a black mood,
the idea of that little dark rain cloud -
for me it’s not a constant shower
of self hatred, self loathing, distain
no
it’s like tar
hot bubbling tar that just gets hotter the more boils
the kind that sticks to your limbs
dragging you down and backwards
covering up all your progress with its pitchy stink
its hard to fight tar
hard to remove
hard to be rid of
...
