Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:42:48 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/169739/1213249305.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/169739 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/1233644 Deconstruction   Mayflies live to mate and die without romance. That’s the appeal, but they couldn't care less. The stars don't bother them.  Sky is only sky. A girl dead in Seattle is just an earthquake in Japan. An old man's smile is the same as his tears.  ... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:27:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/951112 If somebody were to ever ask me whether I was prone to intense promiscuity and punching people in the face for no discernable reason, I’d probably say no.  But lying here, literally in a ditch next to the 7-11 off of I-95 in Severna Park, I consider the fact that I might be wrong.... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:46:48 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/908818     At nine thirty it’s crunch time, and I slap my face in the stall to prepare.  By the time I get back to my station, children with varying degrees of southern accents are screaming and shoving each other through the door.  Svetlana gives me a look that suggests she ... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:03:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/908815 "I loved everyone. but no one saw me" he says, and he is crying in the unsettling way of those who are so old.  "Are the dead lonely?" she says innocently, like a rabbit tripping in the grass.We are sitting, enjoying the sun. "It depends on who you ask" ... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:01:46 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/908807 Priorities  "There's blood under the snack machine!" someone shouts, and he wakes up. Steps into the pool house and sure enough red droplets are falling in a puddle. He tells Lucy and the boy with the fucked up nose, "Get the other kids out of here" -   ... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:00:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/899541 The headlights seem dead to me.  Even without seeing the driver, I know who it is.  And I know he thinks I’m totally insane.  Let him.              “How long have you been sitting there?,” Jeb asks after rol... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:31:43 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/863860 Before Joni lost her mind completely, she could tell you the genus and species of any flower in Connecticut.  I had known her since high school and she was an outcast even then, but I was too insecure to associate myself with anyone outside the fringes of our social circle.  This was unt... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:23:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/863844 She asked me to squeeze her throat.  I said no, I couldn't.  But persistence won out.   I was thirteen when I first saw a dead body. He was watching television next to the window in front. I watched him as I rode across the lawn.  His eyes seemed strange, but I ... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:15:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/863832 Why We Persist   A Bluejay dove into the kitchen window one morning. It lingered for a moment, confused by the concept, and flew away. This was the fourth time. He sips coffee - considers this.   The girls on the grass smile again, but they do not want anything else. He knows ... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:11:28 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/169739/journal/741230      Start out happy. Date a girl who likes animals and is embarrassed to sneeze. Eventually you’ll realize that she’s weighing you down and you’ve become a caged bird yearning for freedom. You’re being constrained and that’s no way to live. Plus ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:45:37 +0100