“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” -Rumi

“When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.” -Rumi

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. — “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963

Respect your haters. They are the ones who think you are better than them. -Unknown

You don’t understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you’re expected move again only you don’t remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you. -Francesca, Bridges of Madison County

“Motherfuckin’ tittysuckin’ two-balled bitch!” -Agent Zoil – Paul

This post contains the word ‘I’ WAY too much

12 July, 2005 /

I need a vacation. I need one of those serious vacations. The kind that you have to actually buy new clothes for. The kind that you buy ‘travel toothpaste’ and little plastic containers.

I want to shove my suitcase full of stuff and run around franticly trying to remember all the little details. Did I remember to pack my sensible shoes? Did I pack my Xanax?

A plane. I want to get on a plane and try to find the best spot to view the runway as I am landing. I want to hear the lady give the instructions on using the stale fart cushions as a floating device if the plane makes a ‘water landing’.

I want to be able to think, “I might need to use this stale fart cushion as a flotation device because for once I AM FLYING OVER WATER!”

I want to get off the plane and see all the cool people waiting for their friends & relatives. Smell the really cool ‘other places’ smell. Get horribly lost in the airport and have to search for my bags.

I need this. I can’t afford this, but I need this.

I need a vacation.