a sea black with ink

2009

December 38
November 52
October 48
September 58
August 64
July 48
June 51
May 52
April 25
March 25
February 25
January 73

2008

December 110
November 78
October 83
September 40
August 28
July 20
June 14
May 8
April 13
March 3
February
January
Listen Listen
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal. Not that you won’t be hearing them practically every...
Sep 30th

Typo?

From a political analysis blog for Journalism 100: “In days following the debate, with the...
Sep 30th
MY BEST FRIEND’S RADIO SHOW SUNDAYS 10:00PM-12:00AM on...
Sep 29th
I prefer to wallow, thank you.
Sep 29th
My mom likes to talk about really depressing things like what song she’d like played at her...
Sep 25th
“There are things you do because they feel right & they...”
— Storypeople.
Sep 25th

An Apology

To Jonathan Safran Foer. For the blatant and unabashed mimicry of your magical style, an offence...
Sep 24th

99 Sense

We were walking hand-in-hand. I’m not sure what you said, “A penny for your thoughts?”...
Sep 24th
On Paper Major: Journalism Minor: International Development In Reality Major: Freaks Minor: Geeks
Sep 24th
Listen Listen
Our Way To Fall - Yo La Tengo Or what it feels like to be awake at 1:24 AM and falling in love all...
Sep 23rd
theseptahaiku: my sense of smell has gotten sharp; this dude smells of sweat and velveeta. I love...
Sep 22nd
“Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning...”
— Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking...
Sep 20th
Super-important, super-political, super-good on resumes extra-curriculars that I pretend to...
Sep 18th
Sehar just came in while I was finishing a paper for our Islamic history seminar. The first thing...
Sep 16th

Pinch Me

I panic a bit when when I glance at my cellphone, and notice it’s 12:28. Late for my...
Sep 16th
Listen Listen
I’ll Shoot The Moon - Tom Waits So much love for this creepy ass motherfucker.
Sep 16th

Dear Pretentious Douchebag,

Penultimate doesn’t mean what you think it does. So please don’t use it to describe...
Sep 15th
So… there’s that.
Sep 15th
New life goal: write a motherfucking villanelle.
Sep 12th
1. Yesterday, I was Facebook stalking people at Maryland and deciding who I wanted to be friends...
Sep 12th
First birthday present, probably gonna be the best. Thank...
Sep 11th
Warch Watch
I could never say enough about my undying love for the uke-playing wunderkind, Julia Nunes. I wish I...
Sep 10th
Listen Listen
Listening to this made my homework-homesick-just-plain-sick day ten times better.
Sep 9th
Sick. Too much homework. Not enough Mom.
Sep 9th
Warch Watch
MCCAIN IS BUGGIN THA FUCK OUT.
Sep 8th
“Jesus was a community organizer. Pontious Pilate was a...”
Sep 8th
Listen Listen
So, this is actually the poem, and what brought on that little rant. It came up on my iTunes, after...
Sep 8th
My boyfriend does performance poetry, and sometimes I act like I am embarassed of it. I always make...
Sep 8th

crowded ears

my ears are ringing, stuffed full of sound - small talk, primal chant, crisp clap, close whisper,...
Sep 7th

The Exciting Lives of College Students,...

Katherine: What're you doing?
Me: Laundry.
Katherine: You're on Facebook.
Me: I'm waiting for the laundry to be done.
Katherine: [gets on Facebook]
Sep 7th
Who wants to go climb a mountain? Like, now?
Sep 7th

The Exciting Lives of College Students,...

Grace: This one time, at college...
Me: You got drunk.
Grace: Yeah, but there was an ice luge we had to drink from.
Me: So, you got drunk in a gross way.
Eileen: This one time, at college... we played Taboo.
Me: Shut up. It's your turn.
Sep 6th

The Exciting Lives of College Students,...

Kim: It's almost five o'clock.
Me: I feel like we just woke up and went to the dining hall. Then we watched Moulin Rouge and now it's time to eat again.
Eileen: And then we have to go watch another movie!
Kathleen: God, our lives are hard.
Sep 6th
Still makes me smile. Still have that bathing suit.
Sep 5th
Warch Watch
ojacko: This is why I think that “The Daily Show” is the best show on television. Why can’t the...
Sep 4th

apriled: e.e. and me

I used to really have a problem with e.e. cummings’ poetry. It was one of those unreasonable...
Sep 4th
I’m using today’s Gratuitous Picture of Myself...
Sep 3rd

Love Sonnet

burnedtoast: Thou art the balm to every wat’ring eye And bless’d relief to runny nose you give; Who...
Sep 3rd
Warch Watch
I really, really like Tales of Mere Existence. Boring/fascinating anecdotes.
Sep 1st

Apples to Soul

“Apples to Apples”, I discovered tonight, is a really good way to gauge your...
Sep 1st