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A New Twist – Part I
Apparently, Caleb’s first roller coaster was the Mind Eraser too.
I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, “I remember it like it was yesterday.” I suspect it was quickly followed by a strange, soap-opera-esque stare into the distance, swelling music, and a wavy special [...] Read more »
I woke up this morning feeling glum, much like during the waning seconds of the tail end of my final lacrosse game in high school, where I stared from the sidelines as our team lost well aware that it was completely beyond my ability to do anything about it. It wasn’t an oppressive glumness, but [...] Read more »
Elitch Gardens at night (2007).
My heart flutters. I’ve barely done anything but stand idly since exiting the car, but I can feel the tension running through my body. My stomach rumbles. It’s not due to hunger, as I finished breakfast less than an hour ago, and I’m far from stuffed thanks to a brief [...] Read more »
The Last Supper (in Cebu)
Robbie, Roger, Denise, Bandit and Vickie wait to eat lunch.
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The more time I spend traveling with people, the more I’m glad I’m not married yet.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still very much interested in settling down and having a family, but when traveling, [...] Read more »
I don’t know what gave me the idea that I’d be able to get flip flops on the road. Lord knows I have enough trouble finding shoes and clothes my size in the states, let alone in a land where I literally dwarf the masses in all directions.
I wear a size 13 shoe (that’s 12 [...] Read more »
“You have to know the past to understand the present.”
-Dr. Carl Sagan
I cried tonight. I’m sure no one noticed the few tears that raced down my cheeks to find safe harbor among the bristles on my chin. I couldn’t quite focus on my reflection in the bus window. Instead, I watched the sun softly caress [...] Read more »
“If we can’t be in a relationship,
we can’t be friends.”
There’s something inherently wrong with this statement. Simply put, it doesn’t make sense to me. How could I find someone attractive and interesting enough to consider spending a significant amount of time with them and yet not find that same person attractive and interesting enough to [...] Read more »
“You know. I’m just saving the princess from the clutches of evil.”
“Oh,” I said, impressed by the matter-of-fact way in which he replied. I ate another grape off my plate as I sat down cross-legged next to him. I’m not sure I realized it right then, but thinking back, I should have been in awe [...] Read more »
I’ve never been much of one for herbal supplements or all-natural cures. Half the time, I can’t even tell if a pill is actually effective or a placebo whose effect is all in my head. Vitamins, over the counter drugs, and other supplements seem like a strange thing to run to when something doesn’t feel [...] Read more »
My Freshman year of college was tumultuous. I ran through groups for friends as if they were tampons, finding a new one each month.
First, I hung out with my floor mates. We would wander to find parties at which I felt out of place and spent the entire time trying to make sure my friends [...] Read more »