Death

just my thoughts. sorry if i upset anyone.Everyone is courting death. We’re all obsessed with the romanticism of suicide, the allure of star-crossed lovers, the passionate desperation of their final act. In reality it is not romantic. It is not pretty. It is not beautiful. “I would die for you” is no longer good when they are rotting in the earth. Death is messy. Death is painful. It is not...
December 5th, 2007 at 07:26am

Safe in the Crush: does anyone else feel the same?

i went to a gig on the weekend and it occurred to me just why i love them so much: i feel safe.Pressed against the barracade, people are packed so tight around me that i know that i cannot fall. the crowd pushes forward, desperate to get just an inch closer to the band. we reach out our arms and scream like they can save us. I am hot and thirsty, my ribs are throbbing and i am sure that i have...
November 20th, 2007 at 12:28pm

the trouble with hindsight is you''re always wrong

Newton's third law of Motion: Every action has a reactionim sorryi never meant for it to turn out this wayThe Trouble with Hindsight is You're Always Wrong...Did we miss the warning signs?"Caution:it won't last"are we condemned to repeat the pastits always one more second chanceso you can make the same mistakeswe cut new wounds over the same old scarsi was wrong to think we'd changethat we could...
November 15th, 2007 at 12:29pm

Anatomy of High School

High school is a strange place. It is like a fancy dress party, everyone is trying to disguise who they really are. There are the ‘popular’ girls- who no one likes but for some reason unknown have the right to rule the school and everyone’s lives. They decide who fits in. Everyone bitches about them in private but to say it to their face would be social suicide. There are the ‘popular’...
November 14th, 2007 at 04:00pm