Tuesday Half-In

keep this: the light catches skin

when you swivel

on

a

wood-stripped porch

i still smell the smoke that permeated your skin and lingers on my sheets

it was the month of olympic skating: fifteen year old songbirds were singing in my head and i had dreams during the day and recreated them at night

i cried for you after three days of knowing you. my rapid transition from chuckles to tears made me feel like an arctic bear

why is it that the strongest of emotions come all at once and so mixed?

i'm burdened with your memory as if leaving you this morning happened years ago

TODAY YOU WENT TO WAR

yum

quite possibly my most incredible/controversial late-night recipe so far.

Pasta a L'atun apricot

(Thin pasta with seasoned tuna and sun-dried apricots)

1 cup thin pasta

2 cans tuna (in water)

12-15 small dried apricots

chopped green onion

chopped bell pepper

crumbled feta cheese (blackened pepper)

salt and pepper to taste

all right. so i've decided to put more direction into this blog, giving it a more easy to follow format and a more lighthearted day-to-day type journal feel. because as much as this is for me to keep my thoughts organized, this is also for your entertainment! so heres to frivolity!

my first order of business in shaping up the blog:

#1 MUSIC:

new music that i can't get out of my head, all of which comes from my brilliant musical connoisseur of a little brother, Andrew

*Vagabond by Greenskeepers, so catchy, and for some reason it makes it a lot cooler that it is in the Grand Theft Auto game (i don't even play video games).

*Help, I'm Alive by Metric, vulnerable lyrics "hard to be soft, tough to be tender." loved this video too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYRgFXYnGc

*On the Vista by Blakroc, powerful combination of two great artists: the black keys and mos def. awesome.

*You Make Me Feel by Milosh, deeply intimate and powerful. the song is about attempting to capture a moment, and he does it beautifully.

*Diplomat's Son by Vampire Weekend, this entire album blew me away. i'm usual optimist in my daily life, but for some reason i was expecting a complete flop from these budding artists. i'm happy to say, i was slapped in the face with an instant classic of an album. this is my favorite song on the album Contra because it features a relaxing ethereal sound with electronic vibrance and a mix-match tempo scheme that keeps me on my toes. "diplomat's son" gave me the feeling of a jamaican beach trip, salsa dancing in barcelona at dawn, and an overall tired excitement of arriving in a far-away land. long paragraph short, i love it.

this is the video for Cousins. really fun! view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0u11rgd9Q

Next up...#2 FRIENDS, #3 FUN

thunder in january

burn on my tongue

sepia sky like a fun frame put on by zeus's camera

our world is a hobby of the gods

its the rain that brings the grass to ressemble a praying mantis's tuxedo

he's a modern gentleman

the neon colors are a reminder that landscape is changing

the way i feel after recognizing a place i've been before after 10 minutes of being there

junk splayed haphazardly on this land is pretty in pictures

life reaffirmed day after day despite my inability to do anything

i bite my nails in agreement, i don't really matter at all

i make me feel good

i shake you and tear you up

strip you and turn your insides out

i'll take your essence and dye it to match my kicks

put my skin and nails inside and smooth it out

i look at my creation

i think i shall do something beautiful with it

i look at you, unfamiliar, and tie my masterpiece on

my skin made from your skin is hugging your frame

i am an artist

Rain is falling hard outside and the time has come for the melancholy of this day to lead me to something drastic: watching twilight in my chic bathrobe and comfort socks and i think how my world is continuous even if its switched tracks with someone else's for a while like a movie i watch or a book i'll read or a song i'll listen to and think of nothing at all.