It's only ordinary because it's there.

2004-12-23T09:13:00.000-06:00

Sometimes you just want to get home...

2004-12-03T08:26:00.000-06:00

It happens to us all...

2004-11-24T22:30:00.000-06:00

Thanksgiving

2004-11-16T10:55:00.000-06:00

johnnie walker is famous for gold

2004-11-16T10:54:00.000-06:00

love is a lot of things.

2004-11-08T13:04:00.000-06:00

Feeling giant...

2004-11-03T10:44:00.000-06:00

Water and Love

2004-10-29T10:33:00.000-05:00

float your boat...

2004-10-29T10:32:00.001-05:00

problems...

2004-10-29T10:32:00.000-05:00

bigger...

2004-10-26T11:37:00.000-05:00

somewhere in china....

2004-10-20T12:22:00.000-05:00

the price of fame

2004-10-18T13:15:00.000-05:00

Originals are sometimes not so great...

2004-10-16T10:40:00.000-05:00

Sometimes that's just the way it is...

2004-10-06T15:34:00.000-05:00

Just ask me...

2004-10-04T14:29:00.000-05:00

Not that much.

2004-10-01T11:28:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you just have to wait.

Moving on...

2004-09-28T03:12:00.000-05:00

I have more keys on my key ring than I really need. I am not even sure I know what all of them are for and I certainly do not remember collecting them.
The problem is getting rid of them. I'm sure I'll know exactly what a key is for the minute I take it off of my key ring and at precisely that time I will need it.
Maybe I'm overly cautious
or
maybe I'm prudent.

What's the difference anyway?

The things I find

2004-09-27T02:41:00.000-05:00

Whenever I travel, I have the terrible habit of leaving a large portion of my life strewn in my wake. I believe a large portion of my belongings are now floating around France, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. This leads me to the conclusion that at least half of everything I own is superfluous or I just might miss it.

In return for all of my lost belongings I bring home rocks. I have rocks from castle floors, royal footpaths and ancient walls. All of these random pieces of random places have come together by chance encounter. Perhaps they have traveled farther than they might have had it not been for me.

Dust to dust

2004-09-24T14:12:00.000-05:00

I'm only 25 and parts of me are already falling to pieces.

I went to the dentist today to fix a tooth that had broken away from one of my fillings. It went as well as can be expected. But, I cannot feel my mouth and a large portion of my face on the right side. Speaking is an issue as I am sure I may chew my tongue off at any moment. I am also afraid I may drool like an idiot.

I hate needles in my mouth. But, it has to be better than feeling the drill.

Going home

2004-09-23T05:56:00.000-05:00

When I travel, I always wear the same pair of shoes.

Black and white and scuffed.
I have walked miles in these shoes.

The same paths
    so many others
            have traveled upon
                    while on their
                            way home.

Connections

2004-09-22T19:26:00.000-05:00

When I was in the second grade, we moved from the town into the country.

The house seemed huge. I was small.

The house had no telephone, no plumbing and only a woodstove for heat. I didn't miss any of it.

If water was needed, we hauled it from the pump to the house.
If heat was needed, we cut it from the grove and carried it to the house.

We took our baths in a basin.
We boiled water for washing ourselves.
We boiled water for washing dishes.

I did not notice that only my house had no telephone ringing.
I did not notice that only my house had no indoor tap.
I did not notice any hardship or difficulty.

I was a child and loved as a child will.

2004-09-22T02:33:00.000-05:00

This is no different.

Sometimes things that you have to do
are things you should have done anyway.

I should write more.
I should learn to draw.

Later today, I will be posting my journal entries from September 1st to the present.

After that, I will post once a day.
New picture
New words

No more words for now.

Toys

2004-09-21T04:34:00.000-05:00

I played with toy cars when I was little.
I would create entire cities just to have roads to drive them on.

When I got older, I couldn't wait to get a car of my own to drive on the roads. I thought an entire world would open up to me. I thought I could drive anywhere. Everything was simple: I thought it would make me free.

I am older and I can drive anywhere I please, there seem to be far too many roads. The world is more complicated: places don't make you free.

Now, when there is time to drive anywhere I please, I want to stay at home and be still.
Now, the only places I want to go a car cannot take me.

I should learn to fly.

Healing

2004-09-20T04:00:00.000-05:00

I cut my finger today.

I don't feel very well either. Only, I can't afford to be sick. I have too much to do that no one else can do...or will.

Band-aids are meant to fix anything.
We find them where we can.
    A hug
        A kind word
    A friend
        A place to go

We are always looking for band-aids.

2004-09-17T17:09:00.000-05:00

September 17, 2004

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September 16, 2004

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September 15, 2004

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September 14, 2004

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September 13, 2004

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September 10, 2004

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September 09, 2004

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September 08, 2004

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September 07, 2004

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September 06, 2004

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September 03, 2004

2004-09-02T15:49:00.000-05:00

September 2, 2004

2004-09-01T15:48:00.000-05:00

September 01, 2004