March 2013
1 post
Logic?
There are moments you know, “I’m not okay.” Its not when you imagine the worst possible outcome, and its not even when you wish bad things upon others. You know you’re not okay when you think about dying from AIDS, and what comes out of your mouth is “at least I’d die skinny,” or when you’re driving somewhere and you think of all the ways you could...
February 2013
1 post
You Can Judge Me By My Cover
Its funny how your mind can play tricks on you.
If I stood in front of a group of people..lets say 10 people..I could be seen 10 different ways. Someone would notice the color of my hair, the bulges under my shirt, or the way my feet are neither straight nor crooked-they are slightly off, one pointing diagonally in, the other straight forward. You could make inferences based off those...
January 2013
2 posts
10:20 pm
So here you are..watching yourself wipe the makeup from your face in the spotted mirror of your bathroom. Outside the cars go by, the people of the night walk past, and the traffic lights shine their semi-primary colors to organize traffic…to save lives.
The lights in the small room accent the oils on your forehead. They accent your frizzy hair, your misshapen nose, and your uneven...
Blue
How long has it been? I can count the weeks, the days, and the hours. But how long has it really been since the day you disappeared? And it didn’t even take you the entire day, you did it in a matter of minutes. How easy it must have been for you to just..flick a switch..snap your fingers..blink and fade into a split second of darkness. So where did you go? Did you fall into the sound of...
August 2012
1 post
Let Me Help You
“Let me help you,” is a phrase my best friend and I use whenever we encounter stupid people at our jobs, driving, or just in life. It basically means that we notice someone is struggling with something insanely simple, and being far more intelligent than they are, we will show pity and do whatever simple task they were trying to do for them.
I find myself saying this phrase over and...
July 2012
2 posts
The Hat in The Sky
When I was little, I was so attached to my grandfather..and my grandfather was attached to me. There are a few things I know for sure about him.
1. He is the smartest person I know
2. He has the best heart
3. He has a magic hat
My grandfather, like most stereotypical grandfathers, had a comb-over. You know, the “hairstyle” balding men have? They take the really long hair still...
"whose tooth is this?"
Today I started my job as a camp counselor for an inner city camp. The camp takes place at an elementary school in Trenton. It it already wasn’t bad enough that I have to get up at 8am during the summer, the scenic drive through Trenton just adds to the bad. The worn down houses, abandoned strollers, and men/women dressed in every article of clothing they have looking for a place to park it...
June 2012
8 posts
Paranormal Stories
When you ask someone about me, I’m sure they could give you enough information to fill a book. But, one of the things they may forget to mention, or not know at all is that I LOVE paranormal TV shows and scary movies. Now, if someone were to ask me if I believed in ghosts or demons, I would reply with uncertainty. I’m not entirely sure that ghosts or demons exist (though I am not sure,...
Some days..I just decide to change myself.
Its coming. Like footsteps on the stairs behind you..rushing towards your frail, 5 year old body like a rogue ocean wave that fills your lungs with salt.
GRADUATION
This event has always been so distant to me. When I say to myself “Linsay, think of graduation..now think of how you felt when you actually learned what graduation was..” I bring myself to high school. Graduation from...
WatchMy special ed cat : Lily
Literal
If we collected all the dog tags of all the fallen soldiers, we could make millions of metal shoes. And those metal shoes would be given to all the presidents, congressmen, governors, mayors, and citizens who support war. Would they be able to last the mile?
If you filled an ocean with all the tears of robbed mothers, wives, fathers, sisters, husbands, and brothers….could you watch the...
Awkward Classroom-Old Jewish Professor
In my quest to save myself from student loans, I have followed a dark, weaving path to graduating a year early from the 5 Year Education Program at my University. This path took me deep into the educational brush where I had to hack my way through bullshit and discouragement. I’ve been on this conquest since September of 2009. I have taken classes every Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer for...
The Beginning, The Reason
Its like taking a shower after being tarred and feathered on an episode of Jackass. You spend 15 minutes in a miserable mess for everyone else’s amusement and when you finally get to wash off the horrible, sticky softness..its the best feeling in the world.
In this case, that 15 minutes is my life, and the tar and feathers is all the crazy experiences, sights, sounds, encounters, and...
