January 2011
26 posts
Tessa: I think we're all just a little bit apathetic here.
Breena: Did you say pathetic?
Tessa: No, but it might apply.
December 2010
21 posts
You can tell you’ve been watching Bones for 3 seasons when you can sit and eat an orange through the first five minutes like it’s no big deal.
Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead. Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. (Joel 2:13)
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“The selfsame moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell...”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Visual Eloquence →
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“Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a...”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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The one named Sleep isn’t forceful or demanding. Unlike hungry and pain his cries are silent and easily ignored. He is patient and will tolerate being rejected for days or weeks, but denying him takes its toll. Though he can be conquered through iron will and caffeine, he slowly wears down one’s defenses until it requires too much energy to keep your eyelids open and too much work to...
Dear cold,
I realize that you aren’t one to make arbitrary decisions and you’re not a masochistic entity just trying to disrupt my sleeping, my breathing and my living in general; you can’t help who you inflict. That being said, I would appreciate it if you departed soon, today has been rather miserable and I still have lots of baking to do. Obviously you understand that I can’t bake...
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♪ Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Slowly, the snowflakes fell from the sky, resting on her nose and cheeks. The large fluffy clumps rested on buildings and trees, and stayed upon her hair. An audible crunch was heard with each step as she walked; footprints from those who had walked in front of her stretching out, leading the way. The snow that fell blanketed the world in beauty and was whiter still than the breath from her mouth...
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“Let the truth be told — women do as a rule live through such humiliations,...”
– Tess of the d’Uberville, Thomas Hardy
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♪ The weather outside is frightful, but the fire...
A beeping sound cried out over the music in her ears and declared that her tea was done. Slowly, it poured out of the golden brown tea pot, some spilling out, and though there was plenty of green tinged liquid on the counter, the cup of tea was filled, sweetened and sampled without much regard. With book and mug in hand, the young lady descended the stairs into the cold basement, careful not to...
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“He had an almost swarthy complexion, with full lips, badly moulded, though red...”
– Tess of the d’Urberville, Thomas Hardy
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♪ Don we now our gay apparel
The alarm broke through the silence and ended her unresponsive reverie. The light had not yet begun to slip through the crack under the door or around the edges of the curtains to invade the darkness of the room as it was still early morning. Lazily the girl quieted the alarm and reluctantly pulled back the covers, exposing her bare arms and feet to a rush of cool air. She swung her legs out of...