For context, read 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 [...] 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 »
“We’ve been hanging out again,” she meekly muttered, a slanted smile creeping across her face. The “we” refers to her cheating ex-boyfriend. “That’s not smart,” I replied derisively, immediately regretting the commentary. I simply couldn’t help myself. At least not any more than I could help shaking my head and rolling my eyes with demeaning [...] Read more »
Barnacles wait to destroy the extremities of unsuspecting passersby. For more sharp and dangerous pictures of Thailand, click here. I’m in pain… and it feels wonderful. My hands sting with every movement from the cuts received on the barnacles. My whole body shakes with the pink fluorescence of slightly sunburned skin. My back aches where [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Read more »
It’s strange. My life was constantly changing so drastically and radically that I just wished I had some continuity in it. Now, I have continuity, but I’m unhappy. Of course, all this is moot since I don’t really have continuity at all. Sure, I have a steady job that isn’t going anywhere, and my life [...] Read more »