I fell out of a tree when I was in the fourth grade. It was a spectacular autumn day with leaves on the ground and a clear sky over-head—a day made even better by the fact that school had gotten out early for a local holiday. My closest friend and I had spent the day [...]
I wake up to the sounds of 101.5 FM, Seattle’s top-40 station. Billy Ocean, perhaps. Or maybe Wham!, if I’m lucky.
I am 12 years old, in 7th grade—junior high.
I shower, brush my teeth, apply mousse.
I attempt to select the right outfit—no easy task, as the incorrect combination can and will result in instant [...]
“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank
“People are inherently evil. Religion is the only civilizing force; without it, we’d all be reduced to a savage state, a state we’re really on the brink of all the time.” - My brother (paraphrased)
My brother recently revealed to [...]
What do you get when you cross the aimless pleasures of vinyl browsing with the ecclectic sensibilities of the biggest, baddest, most ragtag freeform music station on earth?
You get over 200 vendors peddling everything from Beatles 7″ singles to bins and bins full of super cheap albums, which to a more discriminating listener might seem [...]
One evening on the sands
Mary found
the pirate twins – so –
she took them home
and bathed them
and fed them
on this
that
and the other
she taught them how to dress
what ‘S’ stands for
where to find Jamaica
and the Milky Way
how to dance
and how to play
but they didn’t care
they bit their nails and sucked their thumbs
put things into the cat’s milk [...]