Monthly Archives: May 2009

Haunted

I believe, as one of my favorite artists does, that houses become inhabited not only by people physically, but by all of the emotional triumph and turmoil that they feel over the course of living inside a structure. I believe it sits in the walls and in the carpet fibers. I believe it hangs in [...]
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More Cynical Than Even Me

But that doesn’t mean it’s not the truth: Have you ever been in love? Horrible, isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses. You build up this whole armor, [...]
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Thoughtful People

I think that all thoughtful people go crazy. I would be worried about you if you were lucid all the time, you know? I would be so worried about you. — Dr. Carolyn Weber May 5, 2009 Good professors make all the difference.
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Great Big Nothing

While apparently you lost only your pinky finger, my whole arm has become infected and dead. And I’ve had to amputate. I took the photos down, the loving art. Google Reader is lighter without your blogs, as is my bookmarks menu. Facebook, too, has lost some weight. Your number doesn’t exist in my phone anymore. [...]
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Why I Play Music In The Face of an Insurmountable Lack of Self-Confidence

Leave it to my one-time idol, Mr. Gibbard, to sum it up perfectly: No human being can be there for you the way a record can. I mean, your friends are your friends, and that’s great, that’s amazing if you’re having a hard time—and I clearly know about this at this point in my life—but [...]
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GPOYW

Downtown Portland edition. Photo made by V.
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