life after graduation - day 3

"Writing is good for many things, but curing loneliness isn't one of them."
- Ann Patchett


Most of my friends have left town. I am downing oolong tea like whiskey. This is going to be a long month.

today I graduated

Just 10 years after graduating from high school, too.

Not sure what to think about it. Here's about all I can manage to say:

In honor of all I have and haven't learned in college, and of all I'm still trying to figure out...

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cardigans/_/Live+and+Learn

This song makes me dance hard, till I'm dizzy and out of breath. And it takes a lot to get me to dance.

still working

Well, I'm slowly working out the kinks, but I'm happy with how things are coming along. I have been feasting on words and images to feed my head with beauty. I am writing a story, and arranging a violin part. I am assembling a slide show of many people's baby photos. I am doing things.

And there are other things I am not doing. I am avoiding things just as often as I am doing them. I mowed today when I also should have been writing a 12 page paper. I did housework Friday when I should have been tying up the loose ends before graduation and registering for my summer school class. I am doing this when I should be taking the dog to the dog park.

But I'm catching up. It's not enough, but it's something.