Archive for July, 2009
some springfield buildings.
Posted in places, tagged buildings, Springfield on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Springfield, Illinois.
Posted in historyish, places, tagged Capitol, Civil War, Confederacy, John C. Calhoun, lincoln, Springfield, union on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I took a trip down through corn and big sky to the Illinois state capitol, Springfield. Springfield was originally named Calhoun after Secretory of War, John C. Calhoun from South Carolina. About 10 years later, when Calhoun became the 7th Vice President under John Quincy Adams, and then again under Andrew Jackson, and maybe around the time [...]
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged brother, burrito, capitals, chipotle, father, zombies on July 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have no idea why I had to learn all the state capitals. —– My father and I went to Chipotle today . He parked the car, handed me money and said, “Get me a pork burrito.” “Oh, I thought you were going in,” I said. “No, just get me a pork burrito.” “You want [...]
demain.
Posted in poetry, tagged demain, hier, soufflés, type writer on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Summer in Chicago.
Posted in my life, places, tagged chicago, cloudgate, millennium park, summer, the bean on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the bean. People made fun of it when it was being constructed and complained about all their tax dollars going toward some stupid sculpture. (Granted, it ended up costing around 23 million of those hard earned dollars.) But then everyone realized that it is the coolest thing ever. Here’s what it looks like [...]
naked in school
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged jefferson, Louisiana Purchase, nightmare, Pythagorean Theorem, school, teacher on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I used to wake up at school in various stages of undress. That was my recurring nightmare at least. I’d be in bed, just my bed would be in the classroom. The teacher would be talking to me, asking me which president signed the Louisiana Purchase or if I could recite the Pythagorean Theorem, and I’d try [...]
Paris, Texas
Posted in historyish, tagged bastille day, cowboy, cowboy hat, eiffel tower, paris, sidewalk sale, tennessee, texas on July 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In the early nineties, the town of Paris, Texas constructed a 65 foot replica of the Eiffel Tower. The tower attracted road trippers looking for the odd and out-of-place, as well as fit in nicely with the town’s occasional Bastille Day sidewalk sales. After construction was completed, the town of Paris, Tennessee put up their [...]
Stirring.
Posted in poetry, tagged dragonflies, hammock, lake, lapse, reflection on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You are the one that takes it all away. The slow sway of the hammock between the trees, I see it and us and there I’d fight off sleep if for no other reason than to feel our weight. Down below us, far below us, worlds below us, dragonflies practice; circle, circle, circle, swoop. [...]
maya in paris.
Posted in people, tagged maya, paris on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Walking Rosabel.
Posted in short shorts, tagged books, childhood, dog, flowers, jeans, lawns, love, sidewalk, walk on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
He hadn’t remembered that he didn’t wear jogging pants that day on purpose, nor that the jeans he picked out to impress her were years old, and he had grown out of them. He hadn’t remembered the lyrics to her favorite love song that he had recopied for her by hand, listening to the song [...]
