Gorgeous photos! Congrats on the building of the bike.... though I'm not much of a biker myself, I have a lot of friends who are. Fixed gear is pretty hardcore, from what I understand. "Drive stick and ride fixed"--or something like that....
Days like these are so comfortable and warm; I'll miss her but she's got her own journey too. We're spreading out over the globe like a net of tiny twinkling lights and love.
This part of your entry made me think of a book I just finished reading, A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher.
If you have time during your travels to start a new book, I'd highly reccommend it. It was a pretty fast read, too.
....and I am a completely transient creature. I'm happiest living out of a backpack.
i want to try and make everything on that list. mmm.
anyways, thanks for the birthday wish lady
i can't believe i've lasted this long in edmonton... oh well nov 1st i'm moving to vancouver. i'm going to calgary in a few days too...to see my friends for my birthday at the stampede. haha, um i love rides!
funny how you wrote how things are changing. i noticed it all around me recently. it's like the universe decided to grab our planet and shake it up a bit
I have mixed feelings about being brave. I can think of incidents where I have been brave, such as when I went to the aid of some teenagers being attacked by a gang, only to end up as the new target of the gang. I kept my cool and remained calm when they were sizing me up and they left me alone in the end. Had I shown weakness, they would have attacked me.
But I have a strong imagination and anability to anticipate what might happen, which is not an aid to the kind of foolhardy bravery that some people display, where they become so focused on one thing that they neglect to consider the possible consequences of their actions. As your friend says, to "step forward anyway" is true bravery.
I have also been caught in an avalanche, which was one of a few times in my life where I thought I may die. It was on the last day of a skiing holiday and I wanted one more go, despite the treat of changing conditions. A blizzard came and wiped out most of my view. I was making slow progress sideways across a mountain, when I felt an unexpected shift in the form of a downward movement. My eyes popped open and I took on a heightened state of awareness.
The motion continued like this at a fast walking pace long enough for me to recognise what was happening and to realise that I could not ski ahead of the avalanche and that I should try and ski sideways to get off the moving slab. At that point the motion accelerated suddenly and I fell on my back to be left helpless. Chance worked in my favour and the avalanche came to a stop as it hit an upturn in the landscape, like reaching the bottom of a V shaped section. I felt myself being pushed upward as the snow piled up under me.
During this experience I remained lucid and free from panic, which let me do my best to maximise my chance of survival. That state remained as I continued my descent in the worsening blizzard, with the thought of cliff edges and further avalanches. I am not sure that remaining rational in such situations counts as bravery, but I know that others might panic, as I might in another situation. What was peculiar about this situation is the way that you need to make decisions and take action while being aware of a mortal peril, and to do so for nearly an hour. It's is a deliberate and considered situation.
Of the things I hate about myself, and hate is too strong a word, I dislike my poor ability to make small talk is social situations. I am great at talking about things, like how something works, but pointless chit chat provides me with little enjoyment and I have not much ability to make it. That's something I wish to change, because chit chat is a staple of social situations.
Of the things I love, my even handed and considered nature is something I like. I like to be fair to others and for others to be fair to me. This is a good way for people to interact.
I'm glad your finding yourself and finding out happiness is possible even in small doses, it's so important to know what that feels like so that you never stop craving it. Your proof that you don't need long flowy hair to be hot! and i adore your intimate photo journals.
Updating my journal is so much more fun from work. But I am working! I'm just taking a break to talk about my life, alright? And I'm going to do it in list form for Dusti.
Thanks to Starla, I now have a totally bad-ass shaved patch on the left side of my head. This shaved patch was a long time coming.
my pleasure! it seems like you are having a blast which is fantastic. a friend of mine is having her big dyke summer right now & i'm getting a contact buzz.
skidly does indeed suit you! love the hair, road rash, and cooperative living buzz. also, your photography is ace!
Alright, the jig is up. Who left an individually packaged serving of butter on my living room floor? Ha-ha, hilarious! I bet it was you, wasn't it, Starla?
In unrelated news, I've caught the girl crazy bug. I cannot even tell you how many crushes I have right now! There are just so many cute girls in this city. If you live in a... Read More
Now I'm intrigued as to what the lesbian capital of the UK is. I know Nottingham University used to have a high female to male ratio, but that means nothing.
So Linds messaged me this morning with the "You're naked on the internet again!" that she always sends me when a set goes up (love for her) but I was lying in bed with a beautiful girl and nothing was going to get me out of bed, not even me being naked on the internet.
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And speaking of horses . . . . . do you know I used to show jumpers? Yup, Me! Over courses of 4' fences! You know I'm a licensed pilot . . . . and an advanced certified diver . . . and . . . well, a lot of things. I sing with rock bands once in a while . . . play guitar and bass, although not well. Maybe if I put some time into it, huh?
I've never tried anything I couldn't do. So of course, I have to try to do it all, right?
Look who I'm talking to . . . . . miss achiever! I bet you're a great person. I bet I'd really like you!
Be well sweetie!
Peace!
Speaking of peace . . . I just wrote another letter to Rolling Stone. (I have a life subscription) I'll let you know if it gets published.
I just lost this entire entry. Why will I never learn to compose these in TextEdit? Anyway, I stole this from Faye, because you obviously need to read about me more than you already have.
Your new set is Amazing! You look Beautiful (as always )
A. I spend on average about $300 a month on trandsportation (car insurance, gas) and if you average in the oil changes every couple months, regular maintenence (my car is older, and i usually need to repair/replace something big once a year), etc, it's about $400 a month.
I'd like to be so little so I could hide in your backpack and leave with you.