City Lights, Receding

• 2011-12-23

  Sentimental and Blue

  Late nights on a Thursday during a boring Christmas break.  Too much time to think and worry. 

  Lately
  You’ve been so forgetful
  A kind of a stop and go forgetfulness
  That bothers me
  
  Kisses
  I once had a netful
  But you’ve been forgetful
  And i’m never kissed
  And it bothers me
  
  rRomance
  Never any romance
  No chance
  And it bothers me
  
  And someday
  When you are regretful
  You’ll wish you had tried much less forgetfulness
  You’ll be upset
  
  And forgetful
  Won’t be able
  To forget
   

  Forgetful by Chet Baker 

• 2011-12-15

  Fall Semester

  It’s my last full day in Waco before I leave for Cypress. 

  I can’t begin to explain how amazing this semester has been.  I’ve made some great friends and taken probably my favorite class ever at Baylor.  I’ve had highs and lows, and I am currently on one of the best highs of my life. 

  For the first time, I’ll be somewhat sad to leave Waco this Christmas break. Usually I am the first to leave, but this year I opted to stay a few extra days and relax before going home. 

  Tonight, I am going to one of my friends birthday parties at Chuy’s and going out for drinks.  I’m excited to cap of the semester having a nice, relaxing night. 

  This afternoon, I’ll spend the day cleaning the apartment from top to bottom, trying to remove a semester’s worth of grime so I won’t dread coming back in January. 

  It’s my last fall semester at Baylor and it was a good one. 

• 2011-09-30

  It’s raining outside and this makes for the perfect soundtrack. 

• 2011-08-26

  alas, april in vain

• 2011-07-19

  Norwegian Wood

  I just received an email from the lovely folks at “In Spring it is the Dawn”.  I had just begun reading “South of the Border, West of the Sun” by Haruki Murakami and stumbled on their Murakami reading challenge.  The goal was to read any Murakami book and you could enter to win a “Norwegian Wood” t-shirt at random.

  Its been raining sporadically here in Houston for the past two days.  The clouds outside are grey and a light mist has been falling since mid morning. After my early morning class, I came home and ate lunch and read some email. To my surprise, I was chosen as the winner of the white “Norwegian Wood” shirt!  I had never thought I was going to win and entered on a whim.

  Last week, I finished reading “Norwegian Wood” on the way home from my grandmothers.  Its left a lingering feeling within me, one that I can hardly explain.  I’ve had very few books in my life that have had such a profound impact on me.  Next, I plan on reading “The Wind-Wind Up Bird Chronicle”. 

  Thank you for the shirt Tanabat, and I can only hope that my measly little blog will be as amazing as your, someday.

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  Something for the rain.

• 2011-07-12

  

  “Smoking, I watched the endless April rain beyond the window.”

  -Norwegian Wood

  Last full day in Baton Rouge today.  I’ve been helping my grandmother clean up around the house for the past couple of days.  This afternoon, it began to rain and hasn’t let up. I am, sadly, almost done with Norwegian Wood.  It is already one of my favorite books, and I still haven’t finished it.

  Tomorrow, I will be back in Houston.

• 2011-07-06

  I had quite the relaxing week this week.  I went back to Waco for a 4th of July party at my friends place.  We grilled out and watched the fireworks.  Tomorrow, I’ll be going to Louisiana to spend the week with my grandmother.

• 2011-06-27

  But this had been no illusion. When I went back into the bar, a glass and an ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
                                         -South of the Border, West of the Sun