10.58pm
Thursday
3 November 2005

I didn't fall in love with Jake because he was smart. I'm pretty smart myself. I know that smart doesn't mean nice, or even mean that you have a lot of common sense. Look at all the trouble smart people get themselves into.

I didn't fall in love with Jake because he could make maki rolls or had a black belt in fencing, or whatever it is that you get if you're good at fencing. I didn't fall in love with Jake because he plays guitar.

Those were the reasons why I went out on a date with Jake.

--"The Faery Handbag," Kelly Link
(A fabulous birthday present from Casey, who knows my taste and knows good books better than almost anyone.)

matt: i'm getting excited about coming to see you..........i'll bring some books so saturday we can have reflective reading time if such seems appropriate
matt: i've been reading alot more of late
matt: & not watching much tv at all
me: yeah, tv for losers
me: except for firefly
matt: combined w/ not smoking pot, i feel like a goddamn genius
matt: oh wait, i am a goddamn genius
me: hahahahahahahaha
me: dude, I totally miss you
matt: awww
matt: i miss the shit out of you marilyn...............no one else could ever be my sweet, sweet marideth
matt: & make me feel all warm inside like i do when i'm around you.........like maybe life is full of more potential than we could ever exhaust

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detroit made us bitter
it was winter made us mean
so I crawled back home to knoxville
to make some sense of things
having buried you in april
with the last good part of me

people say that jesus
is gonna make the wrong things right
well you finally found your faith
on the day that I lost mine

The above is from my total favorite album these days, The world is ending; show some decorum. You should come over and listen to it with me.

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A winter a long time ago, when I was still a little kid in so so many ways.

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