"It's colder than it oughta be in March"

It's yet to be determined
That the air is thick
And my hope is feeling worn
I'm missing home
And I'm glad you're not
Apart of this
There's parts of me
That will be missed

And the phone is always
Dead to me
So I can't tell you
The temperature is dropping
And it feels like

It's colder than
It ought to be in March
And that's a day or two
Ahead of me
I'll be heading home
Into your arms again
And the people here are
Asking after you
It doesn't make it easier
It doesn't make it easier
To be away

I'd like to hop a plane
I'd see you in the morning
The day is fresh
I'm coming home again

But its warmer where you're waiting
It feels more like July
There's pillows in their cases
And one of those is mine
She wrote the words
"I Love You"
She sprayed it with perfume
It's better than the fire is
To heat the stony room
It's warmer where you're waiting
It feels more like July
It feels more like July

It's yet to be determined
That the air is thick
And my hope is feeling worn
I'm missing home
And I'm glad you're not
Apart of this
There's parts of me
That will be missed

And the phone is always
Dead to me
So I can't tell you
The temperature is dropping
And it feels like

It's colder than
It ought to be in March
And that's a day or two
Ahead of me
I'll be heading home
Into your arms again
And the people here are
Asking after you
It doesn't make it easier
It doesn't make it easier
To be away

Ferosha Coutura

Everyone needs a dosage of their own little pocket gay!! <3

"We name our children after towns that we've never been to"

There's this Modest Mouse song that goes, "And it's true we named our children after towns that we've never been to
And it's true that the clouds just hung around like black Cadillacs outside a funeral."
It's not like I was just listening to it. I'm actually on hour 2 of "Maps" on repeat if you wanted to know. I also bought "In Rainbows" earlier. Radiohead<3 Fake Plastic Trees = spectacular. Random phrases just get stuck in my head sometimes. Not necessarily song lyrics or melodies. Like last week I had Christian chuckling, “fucking dayglow” and then immediately following, “tranny ice cream.” So here’s my short list of names, though none are towns that I’ve never been to, such as Houston or Paris. Although Paris will no longer be on that list in a month XD

Evangeline
Atticus
Zoe
Ida
Emma
Isobel
Claire
William
Elijah
Roselin

Alrighty bonny lasses and bermewjan byes, time for snoozes

Learnin the new slang kids

I felt like making a relatively absent-minded list tonight since I can't get to sleep but don't have too much news to report. And I was reading a blog by John Ralston and he said something about "learnin the new slang" and I don't really remember what he was referring to but it made me think of how I collect pretty words. I'm always mentally noting really deliciously delectable words.... here are some for you to scan through

sensational
nebulosity
apex
savory
montagne
rambunctious
periphery
exemplery
listlessness
lethargic
nostalgic
grandeur
sonically
vast
trite
candor
imperturbation
visceral
pirouette
simplicity
stagnation
deceptive
unconstrained
callous
discrepancies
vindication
anaesthetized
tourniquet
riddled
placidity

Now go get your stack on.

Penelope

I'm back, lovies!!

Has anyone seen the movie Penelope? I feel like it may become one of my favorite movies ever. It's one of those that just leaves you exceptionally satisfied. And it is so different, too. Girl with a pig nose. The message is perfect, embrace diversity, accept yourself, and don't try to change the ones you love. The way Penelope is conditioned to be ashamed of her appearance by her own mother, yet feels unusually safe with Max, almost a stranger, shows how much shame and pride can fluctuate depending upon reactions. Unabashed is one of my favorite words just because it is something I admire in a person. To be unabashed about a freaking pig nose just gives the film a fable-like quality. Plus I love how she ends up in the end, both who she ends up with (you know it all along) and what she ends up doing. Totally relateable character, and there are no loose ends. On a scale of one to awesome, Penelope is the shit.

Barack <3s Libraries (And So Can You!)

I can't do my homework. Honestly, I can't. I left my backpack in the back of Brittany's car. Oh well. It's not like I was about to make a special excursion to go retrieve it. "Daddy, can I have the keys so I can go pick up my schoolwork and take on my responsibilities??" No. I could have said that if I wanted to, only I would've had to bring him along. Yes, kids, you are correct in assuming that I CAN drive a stick without stalling, finally. I even did some clever clutch work in front of Sam's Club today when I went over to get a bike lock at Dick's. I also bought some new shorts so I'm ready for self-disciplined exercise. Nothing like 3 new pretty pairs of running shorts to inspire me to hit the road, Jack.

I didn't have any homework this weekend anyway. If I really wanted to I could print out the euro packet from blackboard. But I might wait for that. Otherwise, all I'm missing is some art supplies and some reading material that I was planning on getting ahead with. I'll just have to hunt Britt down tomorrow and be like, I need my backpack please.

Yesterday I read a speech Barack gave to the ALA in 2005. (American Library Association- the one that makes all of those celebrity READ posters with good-looking celebrities on them. I have Orlando Bloom in my room, by the way. He's holding onto Lord of the Rings. Being the daughter of a couple with masters in library science, we get catalogs advertising these posters. Tim Gunn was in one recently.)

Anyway, where I was going with this, in the speech, he spoke about how important reading is, in this "knowledge economy". I like that phrase. He explained how there can be as many government regulations on teaching to tests as they see fit, but real knowledge that will give a child the opportunity to achieve something their parents didn't have the opportunity to is gathered from reading. Enrich your child's mind, nurture a love of reading. Thinking back to my younger years, my dad read to me at least 2 kiddie books a night when I was little, and when I went to the YMCA in the summers, I ended up spending most of my time reading Roald Dahl and R.L. Stine. In third and fourth grade my mom read me a chapter a night of Harry Potter, and since then I feel like I've chosen books over other things when I have free time. Maybe that's why I suck so bad at video games.

I guess I'm just thankful my parents are librarians and they brainwashed me into loving books. So yes, this weekend may not be the best example of how books have helped me, but overall, I feel like taking pleasure in reading is something that will help me as I go off in the world and take on stuff, whatever stuff may be.

I'm also thankful that my mom just handed me half a bag of popcorn. later, love.

Not enough sleep?

First off, yes, before I get to other matters of business, I am not participating in U-E track this year. I've been assuring everyone however that I will try my best to come watch the Ithacan races and take special notice of the people with the lovliest locks in the entire sport. Cough cough Dreds. However, I'm going to be writing a letter of resignation in a few minutes that I plan on filling with regrettful resolution, so to achieve this I don't want to get into how much I am not going to miss the sport. I will surely miss seeing the team a great deal though, and especially my cross country friends.

What else is a-poppin? Well, most recently, I took a 3 hour nap. I am trying to train myself to go to bed earlier. I'm reading up on the problems associated with going to bed really late, and some of them are a rise in blood sugar and hormones or something, increased hunger, and general problems with your overall health (perception, retentiveness, immune system, etc). It's generally best for a person to go to bed at 10 and get around 9 and a half hours of sleep. Yes, that is an insane amount of sleep, but I'm thinking... if I take at least an hour nap almost everyday already, and I typically spend at least 2 hours of my day doing unnecessary things like going on the computer and clearing my room constantly of all the clothes and books I dump on the floor on late nights, I have a lot of time I could be using to rest. It seems impossible to go to bed earlier than midnight for me, but it's worth a shot. We're talking about my hormones and blood sugar here, folks! My health could be seriously suffering and I wouldn't even know because I always go to bed late!

Now, if you will excuse me, I have some spaghetti and the nightly news with Brian Williams to get to. I love Bri Wi.