chutes and ladders... |
I've lived my life up until about two weeks ago on the premise that everything that has happened to me previously, happened solely to bring me to where I am. That wherever I perchance to arrive....
Posted by Jess on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:18:00 PST |
she |
her eyelashes. except for those, she could have been anyone. but they made her special. they made her the prettiest. in a lottery for money, for love, for opportunity, she had ...
Posted by Jess on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:12:00 PST |
restless legs syndrome |
In the past two months, I've found myself suddenly cast in the role of an entirely different play, shockingly absent of tragedy. I waited, every second of a year for that moment when he would be home...
Posted by Jess on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:28:00 PST |
gas mask |
a day i leave the world completely unaffected. its becoming more and more difficult to leave the house. to tread in seas of people, pretending to come from four walls alive, pretending to not be suf...
Posted by Jess on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:25:00 PST |
closing my eyes and casting lots |
from the time i learned to write, copying letters and then words and then complete sentences out of my storybooks, i wanted to be a writer. i thought words were beautiful, i wanted to learn every sin...
Posted by Jess on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:31:00 PST |
bedtime story |
such a funny thing to learn something about yourself. be in the middle of a conversation, hear words coming out of your mouth as if they are being spoken by someone else... wonder how it could be pos...
Posted by Jess on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:17:00 PST |
prior claim |
I went to Wal-Mart today after my critical care final. I was headed toward the Christmas section (I'm looking for ginormous shiny bulb ornaments...anyone? anyone?) Anyway, I get involved in a three...
Posted by Jess on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:29:00 PST |
jugular |
I couldn't sleep last night. No big surprise. I went to bed early, because I was bored... again, nothing out of the ordinary. I laid there in the dark under the still fan, eyes wide open, mind raci...
Posted by Jess on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:13:00 PST |
wide awake |
we were together when it all started. it was loud, and crowded. everyone had someplace to go. it was fun- the hum, the buzz of it all. for a while i watched them- their costumes, their hurried lau...
Posted by Jess on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:44:00 PST |
schisms, violence and popcorn |
I went to the movies with Amber today. Perhaps I should restart. I'm not politically-minded at all. I've never voted, I don't know whether I really am a Democrat or Republican... I d...
Posted by Jess on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:41:00 PST |
