a little bit of everything..

some interesting things people have said recently:

'like my uncle always said, the only thing certain in life is death, everything else is negotiable.'
-my boss

'life is too short, god never meant for any woman to be abused'
-a coworker

'the first black president is being inaugurated right after martin luther king day, isn't that weird?'
- a coworker

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a haiku:

ten degrees today
a merciliess wind descends
sending skin to hiding

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friends i can't wait to meet:

a friend who shares inside jokes with me, in emails, on the phone, in person

a friend who meets with me regularly for uninterrupted writing time in a cafe or other public place

a friend who meets me to go shopping and get massages

a friend who lets me vent and listens to all i have to say without speaking over me

a friend who understands my quirks and loves me anyway

a friend who likes to go to flea markets

a friend who enjoys taking pictures, people watching and sightseeing

a friend who feels like a member of my family, whom i can call at all hours of the night

a friend who doesn't mind frequent hugs

a friend who will sympathize with my greatest fears and insecurities

a friend who understands the importance of play and light-heartedness (to help me not take things so seriously)

a friend who is creative, plays a musical instrument, writes songs or performs

a friend who is spontaneous and takes me out of my comfort zone..

a friend who is exactly like me, and one who is nothing like me

a friend who lives outside the mainstream and is a noncomformist, who can share a different point of view of the world with me

a friend who lets me disappear for a while, then welcomes me back just the same