February 2012
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Always being completely honest with others is...
Always being completely honest with yourself is even more difficult.
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“Only by actually uttering certain words does one really do what one says. … Some...”
– David Foster Wallace, Broom of the System
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Life is Losing
No matter how great your life is; no matter how well you have everything planned; no matter how many day books you buy or how many lists you make, of one thing you can be entirely sure: you are going to lose a lot of people.
Some of your friends will move away. Some of those closest to you will drift, you will lose touch. Sometimes you aren’t close to your family, geographically nor...
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“Right out of Kafka: the person who does not want to do the ridiculous thing is...”
– David Foster Wallace, Broom of the System
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I've been listening to a lot of PJ Harvey
A LOT of PJ Harvey. Mostly because the album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea plays in my car stereo. My cd player has been failing and only plays 5 cds that I own, one of them being PJ Harvey circa 2000. This album is excellent driving music and I hadn’t listened to it in California yet, which is a complete travesty.
I’ve been playing a lot of guitar. My fingers look like...
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Red House Painters - Have you Forgotten?
When we...
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You know you have a permanent piece of my...
At 5 I have a Creative Fresno event.
Tonight I have a girly date with a new friend.
Tomorrow Ellie moves in.
Tomorrow night I’m being kidnapped to a concert by Claire.
Sunday I’m photographing bridges.
Sunday I’m finishing work.
Sunday I’m buying a plane ticket to Ohio.
Monday I have a CT scan; then my anxiety sets in.
I’m holding on now, doing my very best.
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January 2012
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How to know if your friends are awesome:
If your friends are happy to encourage you in your ridiculous plan to eat pizza, macaroni & cheese, a cheeseburger & a milkshake for dinner, they are keepers.
I’m just so glad I’m not lactose intolerant.
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SCS: Feels Like Home
Latest examples from the Screen Capture Series (SCS) have been of places that feel like home. There are several more, but I have this overwhelming feeling that updating my queue and looking at the internet is going to become something I have to distance myself from for awhile in the coming week.
This week will likely stretch on forever but go by much too quickly. It’s starting to become...
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The Little Girl and Her Father Sitting Across From...
I sat down to fill out my form and a little girl was sitting in the chair next to me. I looked over at her and she buried her face in her arms, her blonde hair falling around her like a fortress or a security blanket.
A man sitting on the opposite side of the room came over and picked up the little girl, kissing her on the top of her head as he swung her above his shoulders. He took her over to...
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The Woman Sitting Across From Me
As I sat down in my hospital gown, I noticed a small, fragile woman sitting in the corner. She was mid-conversation when I entered my second waiting room of the day. As I selected a magazine from a pile of tattered periodicals of yore, she proudly announced to those in the room that she had just turned 81. I smiled at her slightly and proceeded to a chair by the window. The woman who was most...
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There is nothing like
the anxiety I feel when I have to go in for another test with another doctor. “Isn’t it scarier not knowing?” Sometimes. Not always. If it would never have been an option, if it never would have come up, I wouldn’t have a reason to be anxious. This time, though, I’ll have to deal with the outcome of these tests alone. Something I’ve never had to do before....
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This is really happening?
This is really happening.
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