3/9/11

Los Angeles, CA

Maybe it was because I was in a (particularly) good
mood today, but when I pulled up
at a stop sign behind this monster
of a message, I laughed
OUT LOUD.

And it got me to thinking, when
is the last time I laughed out loud all by myself? Felt
that squeeze from the gut that spreads
to the lips and lose my grip
on the wheel?

Bitch, it felt good.

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Fort Defiance, VA

This morning I saved a stink bug.

I saw it crawling

happily

up my shabby chic 

bulletin board

and promptly picked it up

placing it outside my window to roam free

minutes later

he was still there

frozen in the rain

I thought I'd killed him

and grabbed a student to help me on my 

rescue mission

she picked him up

and released him on the floor

he sat frozen for minutes

and I worried he was a goner

but not long after

away he went

wandering into my closet

revived.

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