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literally, keri

the patron saint of the clumsy

About Me

i'm so adjective i verb nouns.

My Interests

going to church
books.
abraham lincoln.
drum solos.
mstk3k.
the ocean and oceanic creatures.
teen girl squad.
photographs.
photography.
photographers.
reading.
writing.
arithmetic.
expecting packages in the mail.
mermaids.
good food.
live bands.
Carmel, California.

I'd like to meet:

some hipster librarians!

toothpastefordinner.com

Books:

this list will only keep on growing and growing:
lady sings the blues- billie holiday
everybody into the pool- lisick
as she climed across the table- lethem
amnesia moon- lethem
toothpaste for dinner- drew
red meat- cannon
heartbreaking work of staggering genius- eggers
prozac nation- wurtzel
if you like french literature, go read anna gavalda. i can't get enough of her, lately.
all families are psychotic- coupland
you are not a stranger here- haslet
willful creatures- bender
invisible monsters, choke, haunted, fight club- palaniuk
the god of small things- roy
slaughterhouse five- vonnegut
glammorama, the rules of attraction, lunar park- ellis
million little pieces- frey
kissing in manhattan, sweet and viscous- schickler
me talk pretty one day, holidays on ice, barrell fever- sedaris
rape: a love story, the falls, i am no one you know- oates
interpreter of maladies- lahiri
franny and zooey, nine stories- salinger
the things they carried- o'brian
the collected poems of anne sexton
flash of lightening behind the mountain, betting on the muse, ham on rye- bukowski
the collected poems of william butler yeats
i suggest you go out and buy, rent, steal all of these books. or just borrow them from me. they will each, individually, change your life in some miniscule, yet inspiring, way.

Heroes:

jarred lee
and
robert lee
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My Blog

the art of being alone

Sunday is the day that i only communicate with God and my cat.  of course i greet and "God bless" those who acknowledge my presence at church in the morning,but sundays are my days to be truly, h...
Posted by literally, keri on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:09:00 PST

Jarred either owes me a vacuum or a bicycle

if the cat doesn't want to clean it's own litter box, then i don't know if i really want it to live here anymore.  i mean, seriously- that stupid cat kicks the litter all over the carpet, and i c...
Posted by literally, keri on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:43:00 PST

her tombstone will read- "she never thought she'd make it this far"

you should have seen it- i was happy today.it escaped like a dragonfly out the window, when, instead, i wanted it to stay in my head,like those songs you detestthat get stuck there for a while,but you...
Posted by literally, keri on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:42:00 PST

days and nights at Heritage Oaks Hospital

that's right.  i'm back, and yes, i AM better.  emotionally, and i guess psychologically as well.  i've learned to be honest: this was no ordinary hospital.  yes, i went to get men...
Posted by literally, keri on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:10:00 PST

"thud"

that's probably what you'd hear a lot if you've been hanging out with me, lately.  my arm feels broken, my face feels broken, my spirit feels broken.  i just don't know what to do with mysel...
Posted by literally, keri on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:56:00 PST

"never give up on God"...right Jarred?

the system's failed me.  the medical system, that is.  i'm just so sick and tired of taking every doctor's word for it, only to find out later that they never really cared in the first place...
Posted by literally, keri on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:20:00 PST

2:00 a.m. epiphanies

the self-pitying is over.  i have you all, and that's all i need.  i'm pressing on.  it's not over, yet.  i fall and i push myself back up, in the midst of the tears and the blood ...
Posted by literally, keri on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:01:00 PST

if you're told it gets easier, you're being lied to.

they're hot and salty and bring warmth to my face and i concentrate on my driving. they run down my neck and splatter my shirt with tell-tale signs of this unknown mania.  i don't miss him. ...
Posted by literally, keri on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:07:00 PST

keri, by definition

dark-haired one, you don't even know the half.  what was laid out before you: you- small, pink, a new human, an old soul staring out through inherited blue eyes with those loving, original blue e...
Posted by literally, keri on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:11:00 PST

30-second stories

"kids in the hall" addict seeking new outlet for frustration with her generation.  possibly late nights glued to the computer screen watching MST3K bloopers, or trying to learn Portuguese so that...
Posted by literally, keri on Thu, 31 May 2007 11:18:00 PST