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stop counterculturalism now

A Graduate Student Avoiding his Ph.D., Being Productive,
or Being Creative and Useful in Any Real Way...

Sunday, November 21

Northern winds came whistling through evergreens
Like trains
: Cursive

I have been reading the Sandman...



I'm not sure about the next months of my life
But I know I am tired and have a lot to do

New Orleans was comfortable

Thanksgiving has been good, but I am restless

I want to watch you all make the next chess move,
I don't want to think until then

The fireplace crackles, and people smile

In the winter, I imagine your embrace is softer
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Wednesday, November 17

waking up is the hardest part
unavoidable
the mattress creaks
and the floor thuds
as the people on my roof laugh



If anyone needs me, badly, I will be in New Orleans
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Tuesday, November 16

Turkey and Gravy Holiday soda-pop: "If you took gravy, melted it, made a candle, melted that and then added water, you might have this."
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Saturday, November 13

I hear it is raining up I-35
I love rain drops
filtering from the sky onto my rooftop
It is not raining here

I like the word schoolishness and naps and stretching my back in the morning, unexpectedly feeling strong
I can't think today, I need a shower and then a nap
Somewhere soft

There are ideas in my head of how to allow myself to experience again, but then my quiet mind shivers with a lack of unrest, a feeling that someone needs me, that I need me, that someone sees the subtle

A deep well of emotion I can't yet grasp
Because of too much foolishness
it would have been wonderful to feel so bad

It Ends with a Fall:
I know it’s coming down,
and see it shattering me
- it doesn’t matter to me,
and I’m not sadder for
seeing it come.
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Tuesday, November 9



Strange funny:get muffinivated
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Sorry Everybody: a rather humorous site where people upload pictures saying they are sorry for those who voted for Our President.

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There is a slow window
If you look
Inside it looks like it does outside
We take so long to learn

Each time I look
I see something change
Paper and shadow
Leading to the new sunrises
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Monday, November 8

Evidence about IQ and voting you might find interesting or you might find boring: IQ, statistical correlations, and their relation to politics
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Sunday, November 7

Your late Sunday night in Autumn music recommendation, for a few leafy moments of emotional release:Okkervil River
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