"The sun bares row after row of serrated teeth"

I'll be Chicago bound for AWP on Wednesday! I can't wait. I'll be staying with a couple of friends I haven't seen in a while and miss dearly. I have a ridiculously detailed schedule of things I plan on doing (it'll be a hectic but exciting week). Then I'll be on spring break when I get back! I plan on getting in some much needed time with nature.

(My camera gives my lips a weird glow)

Polka dot shirt: hand-me-down

Blazer: JCPenney

Necklace: gift from Dennis from Poland 

(if I hold it under the sun, it's supposed to tell me the time but I haven't quite figured it out yet)

Lipstick: Meijer

Everything to come

New outfit:

"Dang" shirt- local coffee shop in Kent

Blazer- JCPenney

Striped pants- gift from a friend

Shoes- H&M

Jewelry- Wal Mart, Target, Meijer, H&M

Feeling nostalgic

I miss Kent, Hot Knees, picnics and lying out in the sun on campus fields, Drunk Poet's Night at Professor's, dancing in the rain, running around the backyard with Penny, poetry readings at the downtown gallery, Maj Ragain, Ted Lyons, the Wick reading room, Scribbles, The Zephyr, sitting in front of fans in the heat, the writing community, Taco Tontos, dinner parties, walking along the river at night.

Can it be summer now?

I don't want to set the world on fire

I had a much needed relaxing weekend with Dennis. :) Photo evidence:

My hair is getting long.

I finally got my Yehuda Amichai tattoo!

We like to drink (the Southern Tier choklat stout was fantastic).

Thumbs up for chili! This time, we incorporated choklat stout and dark chocolate into it. It was amazing.

Stud.

Delicious dinner!

Bein' cheeseballs.

Feb. 15th

Sometimes I wonder what all of this is for. Perhaps that sounds dismal but it's something I think of often. The more I try to educate myself, the more jaded I become about academia, the poetry canon, human nature. And during times when I take a hiatus from academia, I feel restless, useless, as if I should be consuming knowledge, writing always. I wonder if I'll ever be satisfied. Maybe there's something I haven't discovered yet, something that will make all of this more clear. Or maybe I just need to put things into perspective.

I worry that I want too much.

Between the lines

New dress from Target, new haircut by my friend Jessica:

"A red bone in the throat, a red nail on the tongue"

Inspiration:

Photos taken from Forever 21, Ruche, YesStyle, and Lookbook.