9.25.2010

(Some) Reasons to Not Date Me

1. I'm apathetic and unopinionated about a lot of things in the world.
2. I get lazy.
3. Sometimes, I'm too honest.
4. I lug around a decent amount of baggage.
5. A lot of times when there's toothpaste residue in the sink, I'm too lazy to wipe it up.
6. (Relative to a lot of people and with regard to certain things) I'm dirty.
7. (Unlike a lot of people) I have regrets.
8. I'm not funny.
9. I can be really fake/awkward around people I don't make a connection with.
10. I overanalyze a lot things.
11. I don't keep up with current events.
12. I'm easily influenced by things I think are "cool."
13. I'm carefree and careless.
14. I lack momentum.
15. I'm tainted.

9.17.2010

Carbon

Everything's cast in a blue-gray film lens, and the world has yet to rub its eyes and wonder what happened last night. There's a feeling of a sports bra and cheap gym shorts and a portable CD player and invisible fog and youth. I realize that I am merely the echo of everyone else around and before me - of people millions, centuries and yesterdays ago.