oh humans. and bands.

• I tried to like them, but it never worked for me. But I tried so hard, because they had street-cred.
• It’s funny once you realize you’ve put way too much effort into trying to like a band.
• Yeah. I have done it many times. You try so hard because it seems like you SHOULD like them. When it’s something that is so trivial. If you don’t like a band when you first hear them, why on earth would you keep trying? Like it’s a chore?
• Yeah. It is a mission you must accomplish. Or else you are a failure.

touché, fiancée

• How are you, Natalie?
• Good. How are you... ummm...
• You forgot my name?!
• And you forgot mine. It's Crystal.

r.i.p. fresh basil

Though it may be dead and tossed over the fence now, thanks so much for the gift of fresh basil. It has been so delicious.
Dead and tossed over the fence?!
Nature at its finest. And cruelest.

almost invitations

I'm starting to think a complete address list of 500 will be the most glorious sight I've ever beheld.
I second that motion.
...
Got an address.
Yes! Put it on the list!

moon! moon!

Coolest moon in the west.
I don't see it!
But it's so cool! It's kinda low...
I see it! And whoa! Whoa... Arabian nights.

lots of locusts. anyone else?

When I walked out of my home a rather large grasshopper jumped over my shoulder—I heard a micro-metallic bang—and the grasshopper came plummeting back over my shoulder and slid across the sidewalk. It was grasshopper antics at their finest.
Since when did they become so lively?
2009: The year of Clint & Cassie. I get the feeling it's their way of celebrating.

can you confirm or deny the time?

• Did you ever find out anything about the meridiem fiasco?
• My best resources intimate that post meridiem is technically correct—but nothing just wants to tell us straight-up. The Chicago Manual of Style mentions post meridiem, but says nothing about post meridian at all, for example.
• So post meridiem is most correct and there is no post meridian?
• I am satisfied that meridian only exists on its own (as a noun) and meridiem only exists with a prefix, ante or post, (as an adjective).