my dream girl don’t exist, at the age of five she slit her wrists

I bought Living in Clip.
You bought a Pearl Jam album you already had.
On the way home you pointed out that Pee Wee Herman doll I hate, in the window on Princess.
I wonder if its still there. It was when we graduated.
At home the stereo at eleven, in the dark, in daylight.  J tried to drown [...]

look for what seems out of place

Look what greeted me after work!
Early birthday goodness from overseas, and an embarrassment of musical riches from Sean! Its going to take me at least a week to get through all the great music and magazines. Well chuffed, I am. Many thanks again, friend!

And Sean wins the award for best use of sellotape. This is [...]

cheerleader

Two people in my life today received news. One good, the other bad.
I found these details out within minutes of waking. My brain was trying to process everything and I was trying to be the shoulder for one, and elated for the other. Not an easy task.
Ever find yourself saying something you don’t necessarily quite [...]

kudos

Congratulations to my dear friend Todd who finished his second degree today!
C’mon slacker, get a job already. ;)

naive melody

I keep leaving the people I love.
Or strongly like.
Sometimes they leave me, but usually its the former.
Its the curse of the nomad, and it keeps getting harder. You’d think it would get easier. Although I guess that wouldn’t make it a curse. Right.
Even now, having moved here just two months ago, I’m contemplating my next [...]

postcards from paradise

I received a postcard today from a good friend who is working at a museum in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. From the picture, it looks very lovely and I too wish I was living in a hut on beach, snorkeling and swimming my free time away. Ah well, who needs Vitamin D anyway, its [...]

you are my own invention

things i did this evening:
manage to cover myself in photo emulsion.
discover Hersey kisses with caramel inside – amazing.
construct a light box.
went for a walk.
help write a cover letter for a friend who needed help – badly.
watched 15 minutes of Hell’s Kitchen.
now, i am tired.
and you, how has your day been?

and how you built a tower tumbling through the trees

There is something extremely calming about driving in the dead of night, when the snow is light and fluffy.
Makes you want to stop, get out of the car and look up at the sky and try and count the snowflakes.
Or something.
And when one is dared to jump into the snow and there is no chill [...]

we had a time

its been almost twenty years since we met
she was wearing blue jean overalls, one strap off the shoulder
she reminds me i was in day-glow
a fact i would deny, if only there wasn’t photographic evidence of the event.
she knows everything about me, yet nothing at the same time
she knows the part one always tries to cover [...]

jam life into death

A snapshot of my week in Toronto.
Oh, I didn’t mention that I was able to get my computer fixed. Yay! It was the third party power cord that I bought (yes only a week old), and the battery in my laptop (almost three years old) that died. Both at the same time. Anyway, I was [...]