nous sommes hors du mondenous sommes hors du monde - LiveJournal.comghost in the margins- December 25, 2006 for years i would come home afraid of what changes might have struck this old city, or worse, what might remain unbearably the same, streets and habits rotting on the edges of time while life happens elsewhere. i suppose it was a projection of my own fears of time, and each visit would bear the fruits of my expectations in new sidewalks or deeper potholes, friends and family still caught in the joys and sorrows of a decade past, and myself straining against the future like it was a vast chasm..http://metatait.livejournal.com/241391.html season's reunions and ruminations- December 24, 2006 after getting home i went to a party at scott and andy's place (my twin brother and a friend from high school), at which i ran into several people i haven't seen since we all graduated high school six and a half years ago. what's strange at first glance is how many people have gotten thicker in the faces then how i remember them, as if the years sort of hang heavy around the corners of the mouth. and as predicted, when asked what they've been doing for the past years, the response would...http://metatait.livejournal.com/241024.html the sea's the possibility- December 12, 2006 ok, it's been awhile, mostly because i still don't have a functioning computer, but also just have too many other projects going on deep in the brain pan to consider writing here. the novel went on hold for a couple weeks so i could write out some deep memories i had to tackle. every year growing up we went to the beach, the Outer Banks down in NC, and older now i'm only beginning to realize just how those themes of the ocean, lighthouses, sand dunes, play such an important part in my...http://metatait.livejournal.com/240751.html |