December 2011
1 post
It’s funny how different things can seem at different times. Like the difference between the feeling of city block during the day and at night, or the smell of cigarette smoke on the wool coat of a lover versus a stranger.
November 2011
1 post
It’s funny how often I discover a cut or a bruise and have no idea where it came from. So much is going on in our bodies at every second, for the most part unnoticed. Sometimes I stop to think about it and it boggles my mind… why did my hand just ache for five minutes? Why is there a tiny red mark on my left cheek? Why does my stomach hurt? But after the pain stops, or the mark...
July 2011
6 posts
“It’s funny how people don’t give that much thought to what kids want as long as they’re being quiet.
It’s also interesting how hard it is to be depressed around a three-year-old, if you’re paying attention. After a while, whatever you’re nooning about begins to seem like some elaborate adult invention.”
—The Bean Trees
It’s funny how guys think it’s okay to sexually harass girls on the street as long as they compliment an article of their clothing. Dude, I know you don’t “love my dress.”
It’s funny how it’s considered rude to look at other people in confined spaces like elevators or public transportation. You’re just supposed to stand there and look at the floor and ignore the most interesting things to look at.
It’s funny how some people stand up in the subway way before their stop. I guess it’s just something to do.
It’s funny how different your life seems when you are a little removed. I just watched the entirety of freaks and geeks and I can’t believe that I didn’t realize until now that my entire high school (and, okay, college) experience was an attempt to toe the line between these two groups.
It’s funny how much time one can spend on tumblr and never write a post.
May 2010
1 post
if a bad smell follows you around, it’s probably you.
i think the same goes for problems in relationships.
January 2010
3 posts
It’s funny how big of a difference there is between the sensation of swimming in a bikini and that of swimming nude.
It’s funny how hard it is to guess what the relationships are between people we don’t know.
December 2009
6 posts
2009
It’s funny how your perspective on a situation can change. How at one point in your life something might seem terrible, but at another: perfect. It’s funny how you can be happy one minute and sad the next for no discernible reason, and how “mind over matter” is almost always true. It’s funny how much of our lives we waste worrying about things that don’t...
It’s funny how similar the sound of a child laughing is to the sound of a child crying.
It’s funny how sometimes I can be shocked at my greatness and other times horrified by my utter ineptitude and worthlessness.
It’s funny how differently people act when you can’t look them in the eye.
It’s funny how so many of my nights are spent getting out of control even though I strive to always be in complete control.
November 2009
1 post
It’s funny how quickly your luck can change.
I’m not sure, but I think I’m invincible.
October 2009
8 posts
It’s funny how there are some people that you will always remember as children, even though they get older and older each year.
It’s funny how new people are born each year that weren’t around when you were around. People born now never knew a time when Michael Jackson was alive, when there had never been a black president, when you couldn’t reach any of your friends with...
“His whiskers were really fine, but he stroked them so assiduously that one got...”
– Dostoevsky, “The Christmas Tree and the Wedding”
“Even if parties who see each other only at balls, concerts, and large...”
– An Elderly Woman’s Advice for Mothers Who Have Daughters, 1858
It’s funny how much easier it is to be the one that’s hurting than the one that’s hurt.
And how the things that are “for your own good” are the ones that feel the worst.
September 2009
2 posts
it’s funny how tiny people wearing huge backpacks have to lean forward when they are sprinting because they are late for class to insure that the disproportionate weight of their bag does not topple them over backwards.
another today
it’s funny how promises fade away and things that used to mean so much can barely be remembered.
whip it, whip it good.
it’s sunny, my room is frigid, and I have thirty-two books on my bookshelf that I have yet to read.
i could really go for a reuben.
August 2009
4 posts
It’s funny how all the songs on the radio seem to be specifically chosen for you in that very moment. And no matter what your mood is, the songs always apply. You can hear the same song when you’re happy and when you’re sad and both times think how perfectly it parallels your life.
In other news, I’m getting really sick of packing up everything I own so that one of my...
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.”
– Walt Disney
Comme une chouette,
je dors tous les jours, et je m’amuse pendant la nuit.
July 2009
3 posts
Thoughts
1. I want to dye my hair white.
2. Going to the beach is strange: a. Humans on a beach from above would look very similar to ants on an ant hill. b. Sea gulls are completely reliant on human charity, have extremely creepy eyes, and only allow us to live because they are too small to successfully win an all-out war.
3. Retail therapy really does help.
4. I have low-class taste in alcoholic...
Island life
It’s slower than at home. The time on an island moves languidly, like the inhabitants. I wake up to the sound of a rooster, spend the day listening to the waves and wind rustling palm leaves, and fall asleep to a chorus of crickets occasionally punctuated with a horse’s whinny.
The stars are the brightest I’ve ever seen, and I mistook the moon for the sun once. The rain...
June 2009
5 posts
Sometimes I daydream
about meeting someone from the 15th century and explaining the world to them. I think they would love electricity and showers the most, and maybe cars. The concept of the United States would amaze them. Road systems. Kitchen appliances. Wall-to-wall carpeting. The radio. They would be incredulous but I would explain everything and then they would be happy.
“The weather is good, it’s sunny, you can go out and sit in the park and...”
– 2666
Driving 60 in a 65,
in my 95 honda civic, being passed by a mini-van in the middle lane, screaming the lyrics to oldies music, admiring the silouhettes of pine trees against the backdrop of a pinkish-grey sky lit by a dull industrial glow, I am at peace.
Unemployment
Me: some days i wake up, get up, and then go back to sleep.
Me: other days, i watch law and order.
Triana: yesss
Me: i had ravioli for breakfast
Me: i'm living the fucking dream
Triana: only in america
May 2009
9 posts
Suburbia
What’s wrong with me? Why do I feel like this? I’m going crazy now No more gas, in the red, can’t even get it started Nothing heard, nothing said, can’t even speak about it On my life, on my head, don’t wanna think about it Feels like I’m going insane, yeah It’s a thief in the night to come and grab you It can creep up inside you and consume you A...
“I hate when you’re eating cookie dough ice cream and you eat all the...”
– first world problems
To Do:
Get license plates Buy Insurance Watch Law and Order SVU Play Badminton Sign up for Gym Membership Eat Oatmeal
Today I watched
parents watching their children at a small playground. I can’t imagine how different your life becomes after you decide to devote all of your energy to taking care of a person that is not yourself.
Attleboro is killing me.
Me: If you hear about a murder spree in Attleboro Massachusetts ready yourself to harbor a fugitive.
James: I've been ready this whole time. I'm just waiting for you.
Me: We'll have to arm wrestle to see who gets to be Bonnie and who's stuck being Clyde.
James: Can we thumb wrestle instead? I'm better at that.
Me: Ok. You'll probably win anyways. You look better blonde.
“I was transfixed and horrified by the image of my sister with antelope legs. I ...”
– The Poisonwood Bible.
It's because I'm an only child.
I just realized that many of my faults can be traced back to this. But I still had two entire Christmases devoted solely to me every year. So it’s worth it.
