on crowding.

i could really go for some mint swirl right about now.

on being brave.

there are some days that i am big enough to withstand divorces, full meals, bone cancer.
&then there are other days where i wish i could curl up &be covered again.

away we go

the side walks were all ready too full of plastic chairs, blankets, &masking tape for any sun god to appreciate, but we tread down them any way
to a small restaurant where i have my own favorite spot.

b: "she likes to sit in that little nook." [it`s true]

a: "i really like thai tea."
b: "i really like sushi." [gestures to his alaskan roll]
a: "me too!" [dips my avocado roll in to some soy sauce]
b: "but that`s not sushi."
a: "i know."

on mattering

YAY RANDI!
YOU DID IT!

passed 6th grade
(on to 7th grade.)

oh, the importance of graduations.

timothy hay

"cold December, just after dusk
as the sun bid its cordial goodbyes
we get split to pieces like an apple core husk to reveal the tree that`s been hidden inside
we`re a sapling caught in a tattered sirah at the seams from the shepherd`s purse-belt
broke the news to mom: we found a better Mom we call "God" (which she took quite well)

what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God there must be!
what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God there must be!
what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God there must be!
what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God, what a beautiful God You must be!"
-a. weiss

on not being very good at waiting

i am a sucker when it comes to the waiting game. lately though, it seems to be occurring more often than i care to admit. see, i'm not very good at being patient; with my family, that boy, or my friends. it makes sense then that this "virtue" is what i`d be plagued in to dealing with. & yet i`m still stuck here, ignoring the background noise of the jonas brothers live in central park.
i`m trying to be positive, but it`s been over a week, it`s friday, &i`m still here.

regardless, i overhear a middle-aged man confess: "we just got married not too long ago, and she doesn`t really like flying alone."

tender, truth, &twenty years over due.

magic vs. lake(r)s

reasons why orlando beats los angeles,
a list by arianna nelson.

1. magic beats every thing. even the natural world.
2. the lakers have already won 14 playoffs [los angeles/minneapolis]
3. shaquille o'neal [kazaam, anyone?]
4. kobe bryant, pau gasol, & sun yue [where has he even been?!]
5. jackson's got enough wins under his belt, let`s give van gundy a chance [wouldn`t hurt to have more than an eastern conference to show the kids]
6. if nothing else, let`s do it for jameer

on sharing things out of the usual