i could never write enough

What seemed like a lifetime ago, I met someone named Kelley. Actually, that wasn’t her name, but I kept calling her that so she answered to it after a while. While we were both teens, we went to summer camp together. Kelley was hilarious, took risks, breathed life at double-speed. I was in awe of her. I was thrilled when she enrolled at Edinboro. I was sure everything was going to be just like it was in summer camp. Hell, we were even staying in the dorms together again. What could be better? Yet things had changed, as they always do, and Kelley and I were no longer as close. We had differing interests and friends, and trying to keep our friendship going proved as pointless as taping together torn Kleenex. I barely knew Kelley’s roommate. She...

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Posted on 21 Mar 2003 | 1 comment

friday five

(Okay, so I cheated and put this up a few hours early.) 1. If you had the chance to meet someone you’ve never met, from the past or present, who would it be? This one’s easy: William Shakespeare. 2. If you had to live in a different century, past or future, which would it be? Is this a trick question? Since I have no idea if human beings are going to survive the next few centuries, the past would be a safe bet, but women weren’t treated very well in any particular century I can think of, so I’d still have to go with the future. How about the 23rd century? 3. If you had to move anywhere else on Earth, where would it be? Amsterdam. I almost stayed … 4. If you had to be a fictional character, who would it be? Renie Sulaweyo from Tad...

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Posted on 21 Mar 2003 | Comments Off