Wednesday, May 30, 2012
bojangles isn’t quite as fun as it used to be - botato rounds are not vegetarian and i really miss their cajun chicken biscuits.

bojangles isn’t quite as fun as it used to be - botato rounds are not vegetarian and i really miss their cajun chicken biscuits.

Sunday, May 27, 2012
i can’t believe this is real! oh, north carolina!

i can’t believe this is real! oh, north carolina!

at the state capitol in raleigh.

at the state capitol in raleigh.

it’s good to be home (though we are currently in north carolina, which is just as good)

it’s good to be home (though we are currently in north carolina, which is just as good)

Friday, May 25, 2012
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

john denver -rocky mountain high

i love john denver so much. i ripped this from my vinyl and i think it sounds SO GOOD. great road trip song (even though we’re heading east)

intotheroots:

I grew up in the purple. First year of college in the deep, deep green before finishing school in the blue. Very magnanimous picture of the state…

blue represent.

intotheroots:

I grew up in the purple. First year of college in the deep, deep green before finishing school in the blue. Very magnanimous picture of the state…

blue represent.

(Source: youknowyouliveinnovawhen)

Thursday, May 24, 2012
i am homesick in the worst way - not for 6 and 3/4 mile back-ups at the HRBT or traffic, but for my mom, ryan’s family, a 7-11 on every corner, ghent, friends i don’t get to see enough, and the god damn atlantic ocean.

i am homesick in the worst way - not for 6 and 3/4 mile back-ups at the HRBT or traffic, but for my mom, ryan’s family, a 7-11 on every corner, ghent, friends i don’t get to see enough, and the god damn atlantic ocean.

in about 24 hours, my dude and i will be speeding east on I-70, getting the hell out of kansas for almost a month and heading to the first stop on our epic road trip - north carolina. we’re not going to meander through boone this time but instead are driving straight to raleigh (18-hour trip!) where we’ll stay with my brother for a few days before heading up to hampton roads to see our folks. i love, love, love north carolina and i can’t wait to just be there, breathing the air.

in about 24 hours, my dude and i will be speeding east on I-70, getting the hell out of kansas for almost a month and heading to the first stop on our epic road trip - north carolina. we’re not going to meander through boone this time but instead are driving straight to raleigh (18-hour trip!) where we’ll stay with my brother for a few days before heading up to hampton roads to see our folks. i love, love, love north carolina and i can’t wait to just be there, breathing the air.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
UHHHHH we just bought our flaming lips tickets and guided by voices tickets! i haven’t seen gbv since 2004 and i’ve never seen the flaming lips live. SO GOD DAMN EXCITED that good stuff happens here sometimes.

UHHHHH we just bought our flaming lips tickets and guided by voices tickets! i haven’t seen gbv since 2004 and i’ve never seen the flaming lips live. SO GOD DAMN EXCITED that good stuff happens here sometimes.

Monday, May 21, 2012
Twenty years after my own graduation, I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about teaching you how to think is actually shorthand for a much deeper, more serious idea: learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed. David Foster Wallace, Commencement Address, Kenyon College, 2005