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10: things about me

i love bare feet, i miss playing softball, i believe almost all poetry is cliche and that which isn't is transcendant, i change my mind every 3 minutes, i am surrounded by beautiful women, i miss having red toenails, my eyes are a beautiful shade of green, i am 5'6" and one quarter, i have wanted to be a judge since i was 5 or 6 and this is not a lie, i sometimes wonder if my sister is actually my twin

9: places visited

mexico, the corner store, a lake, the highways under a full moon more times than i can count, my sister's blog more often than she updates, the pub, the library, jeana's house, and wall drug

8: things to do

wonder why my family was full of assimilationist whores two generations back, my spanish homework, pack for thanksgiving, spring registration, more conference work for komozi, write more poetry, figure out this race thing, come up with a plan to save the world and invent a new religion in the process

7: ways to my heart

love children. be enthusiastic about food and sleep. dance or sing really well. write for me. pursue me. keep an open mind. understand that you do not have to agree in order to love.

6: things I believe in

poetry. and love. always. and art. and my mother, who has always taken risks in order to be an authentic person and is making her way in the world as best she can. that "all music is holy." myself.

5: fears

that i will never try the great adventure that is a relationship. spiders. getting a tattoo and regretting it. regrets in general. taking risks and other people.

4: favorite things in my room right now

my fake yellow roses. my picture of artie in his office, with the kid's arts projects and pictures of me and em as babies just out of sight so he looks professional. my bed bath and beyond tapestry. all my journals.

3: things done every day

tooth-brushing. book-contemplating. future-planning.

2: things i'm trying not to do

spanish homework and thinking about registering for new classes.

1: person you're thinking about

sarah, who is across as ocean and whom i haven't heard call me "my love" in a very long time.