the stranger

does anyone out there ever have a conversation with someone they know entirely in their head? by that i mean, when you are alone thinking some deep thoughts, do you slip into a moment where you fabricate an entire conversation with some other person you are thinking about? i asked this question of a good [...]

“who would have thought after twenty years i would have had all this?”
these words were spoken to nobody in particular at the dinner table by my father amidst fighting siblings and scolding mother, shortly after he finished cutting and serving the easter lamb. nobody heard them except me. something that was said at [...]

well, today i picked up my chemistry exam, so i got to see why i did so well. i got 101 out of 100 points on the final, thusly earning the 3.9. i guess studying hard pays off.
i worked for a good 6 hours today, and i am tired from all that pipetting. it feels [...]

is it so strange that you are so fun
still nothing meaningful gets said?
that i know your opinion on everything under the sun
yet haven’t the foggiest what you feel in your head?
is it so strange that i would trade it for someone ‘boring’
and so be able to meaningfully share?
a someone [...]

today i checked my grades and i nearly fell out of my chair. i got a 3.9 in organic chemistry. from the way i felt after the final (two-thirds of my grade), i was praying not to get below a 3.0! i must’ve done very well on it, but i still don’t know how that’s [...]