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emily

teaboxes

About Me

on the bus

My Interests

things that are funny and things that are true

I'd like to meet:

swimming holes, jeff and wallace, anonymous benefactors, english teacher impersonators, and big-haired israelis

Music:

why do i live where i live?

Books:

william goyen william goyen william goyen

My Blog

it proved there was something

Make no mistake about its being bonesit said when I asked it about the one thing of which I am sure in this world.And how much like life that is, and how much like a cellophane-wrapped fortune cookie,...
Posted by emily on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:41:00 PST

III/I: Set Scene

The walls were haphazardly covered with old tin like the roof of a barn that had seen its share of Southern summers and knew what it meant to be alternately baked and drowned under their fickle aftern...
Posted by emily on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:10:00 PST

white water

my spring break plans are official:  i'm going to river rafting guide school in north carolina on the nantahala river.  this is going to be great.
Posted by emily on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:49:00 PST

five of diamonds, four of clubs

it started with daffodils.  they were modest at first, quietly sending up pointed green leaves that were not too different from grass.  no need to alarm anyone.  who could take offense ...
Posted by emily on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:43:00 PST

the cake that rafikis built.

it depicts a scene from changuu island, zanzibar.
Posted by emily on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:18:00 PST

a piece of advice

just follow your dreams.  that's what i always do.
Posted by emily on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:20:00 PST

reunited

my bicycle and i decided to get back together today.  our celebratory romp was magnificent in spite of half-hearted protests from my elbow. we could only be happier if it were april and cars di...
Posted by emily on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:23:00 PST

zanzibar

"zanzibar, zanzibar zanzibar, it's very far you can't get there in a car 'cause zanzibar, it's very far" mrs. wynn, my sixth grade language arts teacher (that's english, for anyone who didn't gr...
Posted by emily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

state of the soul address (subtitle: emily is a huge nerd)

i may not believe in god, but i do tend to believe in oracles.  they have appeared suddenly and briefly in the story of my life, seemingly as minor characters, but their effec...
Posted by emily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST