well, okay, i don’t really want to talk that much about basketball, except to say that of course the jayhawks earned their win. last night felt really bizarre to me, the whole thing, like i was in some drug-induced haze thing the entire time, watching carolina get so thoroughly and immediately trounced in the first half. not that carolina basketball isn’t susceptible to losing badly, of course every team is — i’d just never seen anything like that, much less in a final four game. anyway, they did rally hard, i cried a lot about it, retained some dignity in the end.
yesterday was a weird day in general, though, i suppose: i went about my normal businesses and some dude with a knife and my cigarettes in his hand mildly expressed he thought i was an officer of the law.
now i’ll talk about that picture. there’s a chicken that sometimes hangs out in our yard, just chilling out usually, when he/she/it is not making terrible noises directly outside my window very early in the morning. the situation does really remind me of this thing from my childhood, though no one seems to ever know what i’m talking about when i make reference to “that one thing from sesame street.” also, sometimes when i go out to my car, the chicken is just sitting there in that tree, staring at me like a creep. fowl stalker. it’s awesome.
JUST KIDDING.
(it is not awesome)
(it is a little bit majestic, though)
i just was hit hard with a wave of very intense yearning for summer. i’m not looking forward to almost fainting in the heat, but i am looking forward to so, so many other things about it, like: no school, working, hanging hard, getting real freckled again, reading beautiful books (i used to keep a list of things i wanted to read, but i seriously think i plowed my way through it last fall when i didn’t have a computer and had lots of time), going to the beach — which i have never done before, or, like, seen the ocean for real –my 23rd birthday on friday the 13th of june, drinking soco & sweet tea on as many porches as possible. going places! i get defeated sometimes, unbearably upset and nervous, but the reality is that i have a whole lot to look forward to yet. there is nothing in the world to be so sad about.
