Archive for the 'contempt' Category

Edges

February 5, 2009

An edge is the idiosyncrasy in every person that puts someone particularly on the brink of losing self-control. Edges seem to do everything they can to piss you off. They get underneath your skin and start clawing at your insides. You don’t know why. Perhaps you don’t even know what it is about that particular [...]

San Francisco, CA to Trempealeau, WI; Condensed

December 22, 2008

Left SF around 9p. Took bus to Emeryville, twenty minutes away. Waited two hours for train. Left at 11.30p. Slept three hours. Woke up around 5.45a somewhere in Northern California. Arrived in Klamath Falls, OR around 9.30a. Waited two hours for bus. Left Klamath Falls by 11.30a. Snow chain broke at 1p. Chains were replaced [...]

Muted Work

July 10, 2008

I recently came down with an unfortunate illness that forced me to call in sick to work Sunday night. Since then, I’ve developed a sore and hoarse throat from coughing up phlegm that doesn’t get swallowed or blown out my nose. It’s become terribly uncomfortable to talk. When I went into work tonight, I told [...]

Do blind people hallucinate?

May 20, 2008

Author’s note: This blog is a very long account of my recent adventure to Six Flags this past weekend. I won’t make you read all of it if you don’t want to.

Friday afternoon I left with the vocal jazz and jazz band for Chicago, IL to perform for a music competition. We left around 1p [...]