December 2010
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Spending New Year’s in Hilton Head. I am leaving in an hour and a half and I have yet to shower or pack or eat or drink coffee. I will most likely not be ready by 10:45 (sorry Joseph).
Snowboarding all day yesterday made me realize 1) I am getting too old to fling myself down a mountain and 2) But I still love flinging myself down a mountain so I don’t care.
See you in a few days,...
How did life get to be so amazing?
For the first time in a very long while, writing has failed to clear my head
sleep is not coming
pandora sucks right now
and this cat curled up on my bed decided to attack my feet
i need pancakes
[happy post-Christmas]
The Christmas tree is dark tonight, and that makes me sad.
But I’m still basking in the glow of this weekend – spending the night in a snow globe, waking up to pancakes, sledding, banjo music, coffee, deciphering J notes and the company…
Words cannot describe how much the little things mean to me.
It is getting harder and harder to imagine going back to Boone in January…
Watcheyesforyours:
just trying to find inner peace… winks
we might go see true grit, and i think everyone should join us.
Today, I found my inner peace thanks to a sand box from my aunt and the company of two of my best friends.
A 4-hour Phase 10 battle ensues.
“I would like to moisturize my lips if I could, please sir…”
Joseph thinks he will win, but he will not.
OH YEAH????
Anonymous asked: how does it feel to be losing even when you cheat? (winks)
[birthday reflections]
This will be my 23rd year on this earth. I can’t say I’m proud of all 23 – or even half of them – and I’m sure I will make many more mistakes over these next 12 months as well. But right now I’m content with not being perfect. I am simply content with living; with being alive; with loving; with crying; with learning; with feeling. I think for so long I was afraid to feel.
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[newspaper print]
I am trying to stay positive about this week. I am here, at the office, alone, with my two space heaters surrounding my feet, a blanket wrapped around my shoulders and a cup full of artificial sugars, additives and much-needed caffeine beside me. I am going to crank out one more story before I go back to my apartment and wrap Christmas gifts (in newspaper, of course. This way, I will force the...
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You would think that I would be used to this by now.
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[my driveway is icy]
This is what I learned tonight at work:
If you leave something behind after a shift, the next time you work it will most likely have been eaten/stolen/misplaced/hidden (such as my paycheck, and I’m praying it’s the latter verb and not the second)
People from Florida really love hand warmers ($75 worth, or approximately 20 packs)
When in doubt about why someone should buy one brand...
[back in the snowglobe]
I made it back to Boone last night around midnight after the greatest adventure.
Slept 11 hours dreaming of Friday and Saturday, and woke up sad that I was alone in my apartment but happy for the week ahead. Eggs and Poptarts (plain Strawberry this time) are for breakfast, how appropriate.
Phase 10 is my new favorite game, even if I was accused of cheating…
I’m going home Wednesday...
[bella donna]
The most wonderful songs are playing at work today…I always take that as a good sign for the day ahead.
And have you ever really seen me//Like I want for you to see me now Lonesome, like you were when you were sixteen//When maybe even if I weren’t listening// Did I help when I was kissing you
Great adventures last night in a snowy, icy-cold town…I am leaving this town...
[fortunes]
There is a fortune taped on my computer at work – it has been there a long time, put there by whoever had this computer before me…
It says, “You are almost there.”
I used to like that, but now I’m thinking it might be more appropriate to say…
“You are almost there.”
Maybe the present isn’t such a scary thing after all; maybe it is beautiful, ...
“Quit your skylarking.”
– Word/Phrase of the Day, thank you Ed
slipping
The last of my wonderful, beautiful friends have left Boone to go back to their lives in their respective cities…I am so grateful they were able to come this weekend – it meant so much to me.
It’s always sad, though, when they leave.
I will be making a spontaneous trip to Asheville this coming weekend, it is decided, this snowmageddon is too much when I’m alone.
“You say you wanna stay by my side
Darlin’, your head’s not right...”
– The Strokes, “Someday”
[coming alive]
I was knocked onto my knees tonight.
I’ve heard people say that before, but what happened to me not even five minutes ago I can’t explain and I don’t expect anyone to.
I stumbled across old memories, new memories and musical notes that brought everything back and all I could do was hold my face in my hands as tears streamed down my face.
I’m letting it all go. I feel light; I hear the snow dancing...