It’s the end of an era, I guess. My trademark is no more. I’m serious. It’s gone. My built-in cat-toy… my man-leash…—whatever you want to call that strange braided patch of long hair that I have had for what? Fifteen years?—met its fate with a pair of scissors on Sunday, March 23, 2008.
Seeing that I [...]
I keep waiting for the moment
When things are going to clear up.
The everyday things.
The seemingly meaningless things.
The answers to the “What are you going to do with your life?” questions
And to the question, “So, what should we do this weekend?”
But waiting leads nowhere,
And thinking about the simple questions often end up complicating them.
Still, I go [...]
The day of the big concert is at hand, and I have so many important things on my mind…
I’m going to wear my biggest, shiniest, most uncomfortable (but hardcore-looking) boots I have, even if it means I’ll have to stand in one place for the whole evening.
I’m going to re-dye my dreadlocks. I just can’t [...]
I’ve never been one to think of myself as attractive or handsome or anything like that. Nor have I gone to the other extreme… But I must admit that there’s something about my hands that I love. Not just my hands, actually, but the area just below my elbows to my fingertips.
I’m not sure what [...]
For the past month, at least three days each week, the path to my destination involved a short walk along which I crossed the Charles River. Until this week, the river’s flow has been trapped under a sheet of ice. And every time I cross and look at the sight, I think of the Faust [...]
Tagged China, dreamsSome years ago, I wrote stories all the time. And while nothing I wrote was particularly ground-breaking, looking back at it all, a lot of the stuff was really good. Add to that all the drawings I did and all the music I played… Basically, I was incredibly prolific during my high-school and early college [...]
Tagged excuses