March 2011
my edges are a little rough. my shape isn’t fitting many moulds, too small in some places and bulging out the stitches in others. and i would like nothing better than to round off my edges, remove my jagged corners, smooth myself out, whittle my angles to curves, carve myself the way i see everyone else just to smile at you a little cleaner and brighter. these are emotions that are not mine...
so about an hour and a half ago, a bomb went off in central jerusalem at a bus stop that i catch a bus back to campus from pretty regularly. twenty five people are reported injured and three in critical condition, but thankfully nobody from my programme was harmed. two girls were there at the scene when it happened and they’re both pretty traumatized. i can’t get over the fact that a...
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“No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via fionaiskol)
haha i’m so happy i wrote all that negativity out because tonight i had an amazing night partying with good friends. i’m happy all over again :D
i’m really frustated at my own contentedness. and i know that sounds stupid because i’m not unhappy, i’m comfortable in existence where i am right now. but i’m just not ecstatic. it kills me that i’ve chased an idea and fought for something i really wanted and for once i actually got it and it’s still presenting itself with the intangible glow of something you...
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is...”
– Elizabeth Kubler Ross (via quote-book)
i miss school a LOT. just putting that out there. i had the most amazing final year and i just want to relive those days that were a lot less stressful than i thought they were at the time. reminiscing about the free periods we spent driving around aimlessly, lying in the sun, eating cake on the beach… nawgh, i really miss my friends :(
i’ve written and deleted three times now so i’m just going to hope i remember these feelings. it’s much easier to write this out into a character and a metaphor than to actually admit that a lot of these emotions belong to me.
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“Also other stuff intrudes on you as you get older, and you do find that as you...”
– Albert Hammond Jr (via imissedthelastbus)
“I want out of the labels. I don’t want my whole life crammed into a single word....”
– Chuck Palahnuik.
(Submitted by ohhaiwyatt)
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people need to stop taking themselves so seriously…chill the fuck out!
