Edges

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 [...]

Some Insight

I fucking did it. I said it since I was fifteen, maybe even before that, “I’m moving to California.” And I fucking did it. I spent all that time, four-plus years, telling myself, reassuring myself, that I was going to live in California. I had a dream, a life goal that, whether I like it [...]

Know/Don’t Know

Things I Already Know:
I am a happy person.
I am confident in myself and the abilities I already possess.
I tend to like people quickly.
I put the needs of others before my own.
I am a loyal friend.
I need the sun to stay positive.
I am mindful.
I believe the connection between all living things and what evokes emotion to [...]

On The Other Side of the Stream

After a six hour, two-flight trip from San Francisco, CA to La Crosse, WI (via Minneapolis, MN), I am now under a familiar roof in my hometown of Trempealeau, WI. I was reluctant to agree when first asked to return so soon since my departure mid-August. But now I am here. Very little has changed in [...]

Brown-baggin’ It

Lost. Adrift. Next to the sea. Surrounded by sea, really. I’m here and enjoying myself, very much so in fact. The City is NOW. There is no sitting still. Maybe laying back, but no sitting still. I like the busyness of the city, its car horns and tire squeals, sirens and car stereos, buses and [...]

8-9 through 8-12: Westward Ho!

11:20p (CT)
Underwood, IA
8-9-2008

I will rest my head tonight under the neon glow of the Underwood Motel, a less-than-par attempt at a hospitable stay. I’m content with just about wherever I sleep but the smell of stale cigarettes is enough to make my dad less than happy. So far it has been a good trip. We [...]

The Clichè Kid

I turned 18 an hour and forty minutes ago, officially. It would be clichè to say that this is a milestone in my life, just as it would be clichè to say how I feel, because I think we all feel this way when crossing a “milestone” in our lives, so I will save you [...]

The Final Stretch

My summer has hit a plateau of excitement, 10K probably being its most recent climax. I had one of the greatest times of my life. I spent it with people I love and we all had a great time. Now that I’m home, I’ve fallen back in place with my circle of friends, our sources [...]

10,000 Lakes Festival; Pt. 2

I am making the transition back into the “real world” once again. It is part culture shock/part familiar but all the same, I’m back to where I was. For the past week I was lost in a world where anything is acceptable (except playing metal bands on the stereo). At 10K, I expounded on ideas about time, [...]