nature visits noho

in the most exciting morning i've had in a while, a moose clomped through my apartment complex yesterday. at first i thought it was a small horse, but nope, definitely a moose. fast forward two hours and one town construction truck, one bulldozer, one dump truck, three animal control vehicles (complete with ATVs), all the apartment complex staff (including the sales manager in her high heels), and one police officer, they were able to haul the moose out of the complex and hopefully to a much safer place for all. mufasa was pretty pissed at me, as i wouldn't let him out until i knew what was going on with the visitor.

in other news, i've narrowed down my thesis topic. yay. now, it's just a matter of getting it done. haha, the easy part, right?

why can't it be more like this?

the problems with unisex bathrooms...

we have a unisex bathroom in the building in which i work. it's not so bad. it's not quite ally mcbeal - it's more like we share the space. there are cards on the door that indicate occupancy by females or males (it's usually females because there are only 5 males on the floor). we have the cards because all the bathrooms in the west wing are labelled men and for women to use the bathroom, they have to go to the other wing. anyway. it usually works out. except for the last two weeks for me.

last week, i went to use the bathroom and flipped the card to indicate that a female was in it. i go in. i hear a belt and "oh - the door said men" - i rolled my eyes and exited, having (fortutiously) not seen anything.

and today, just ten minutes ago, i go to use the bathroom again and there's a girl in the doorway. "come on in - you might get a kick out of this." so i go in, thinking there's a small animal or something in there. no. no small animal. there's a small class IN THE BATHROOM. i just wanted to pee.

good grief people. good grief.

paperweight

Been up all night staring at you
wondering what's on your mind
i've been this way with so many before
but this feels like the first time
you want the sunrise to go back to bed
i want to make you laugh
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
happy to lay here
just happy to lbe here
i'm happy to know you
play me a song
your newest one
please leave your taste on my tongue
paperweight on my back
cover me like a blanket
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and no need to worry
that's wastin time
and no need to wonder
what's been on my mind
it's you
it's you
it's you
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and i give up
i let you win
you win cause i'm not counting
you made it back
to sleep again
wonder what you're dreaming

Hold You in My Arms

When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears
It was easy to see you'd been crying
Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns
But who really profits from the dying
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
My worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
That love is a poor man's food
Don't prophesize
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

So now we see how it is
This fist begets the spear
Weapons of war
Symptoms of madness
Don't let your eyes refuse to see
Don't let your ears refuse to hear
Or you ain't never going to shake this sense of sadness
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold on forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold on forever

quote from my friend...

Writing is a lot like sex.
At first you do it because you like it.
Then you find yourself doing it for a few close friends and people you like.
But if you're any good at all ... you end up doing it for money.

i need to kick it up a notch or i will be screwed. stupid classes - they get in the way.

48 weeks and counting...

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

if grad school doesn't work out, i could get a job writing term papers for idiotic and lazy students.

survival of the first week

this year will be intense. this semester will be more so. i'm a RA (that's RESEARCH assistant, not resident assisant), which is good and i appreciate, but it's a lot of work. i'm taking a silly class in contemporary theory. we're reading freud. in a sociology class. he's a psycho-analyst, in case you were unaware. sociologists are not big fans. what the heck has happened to my world? on top of this, i'm also trying to get my master's done by next August so I can get out of here. this presents a challenge (it's very hard to do in this department) and means i have to work very hard...almost 7 days a week.

the honda is dying and thus i'm making the trip south to swap cars with my dad. i was going to buy a very cute green jetta, but it turns out that a) the guy won't reduce the price, despite the fact that b) it needs about $1000(+ according to preston) in work done to it, c) i still don't have my loan money because UMass sucks monkey balls and enjoys screwing students (ahem - my apologies). so my dad is being amazing and letting me drive the "ninja turtle" (as i will now refer to it). hopefully i'll get a new(er) car before i have to drive 1800 miles. if you know of anything, please let me know. i'm definitely looking.

my birthday is in less than a month. i'm less than thrilled.