Carb Free Nation

“We could be the Bards, ” i told her. “NeoBards for this New World.”

i think i meant it then.  i was still being romanced by my education.  By New York City.  And by the potential in the air i breathed every morning.

Then. The word itself symbolizes things past. Over. Forgotten even.

 After i moved back to Tucson and i realized i could never be a NeoBard. i would never be the wordmonger i wished to be. The saviour manifested in ink on paper. When i fell back into the grind of work and drink and not-enough sleep, i gave up all that romance and licked the sidewalks of my own cerebral past.

 But i feel like i have woken up again.  i feel like i have fallen back into the grind of work, and vicodin and not-enough sleep, but this time yielding results. i am writing again. i am parched for more education. Every day i put myself through the ringer, but now there is waste to work with.

 Words. Thoughts. Dare i even say, hopes.

 Laying in bed with Ari, i told him i could not imagine being anything but a professor. My job now is well paying and even fulfilling, but it is not books. It is not education. It is not Hemingway or Chuck or Camus. And that is all i really want.

 And i will get it. Grad school starts this fall. Life is pain.Pain is creation.

 Creation is saviour. i want to save myself.

Tyler Durden style.

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May 21, 2004

note from a random surfer: go u and grad school! u’ll make cuz u love the written word!

May 21, 2004

I love seeing you with hopes again.. I still have that present from chuck I need to mail to you.. I forget everything =P Soon I promise.. Love you *hugz*

May 22, 2004

i wish you all the best as you enter grad school. you are amazing and i am proud of you for taking a step in the direction of your dream…

May 23, 2004

me too! I’m going to professor school this fall too!! We’re in sync. *bounce* I always get so excited when you write here. Miss ya & love ya.

When I saw the title of this entry, I thought, All right! Emelye’s going to bash her some Atkins! This turned out to be much better. Best of luck with Grad school. You’re a great writer and I, personally, would love to have you teach me the craft. Maybe I’ll take one of your classes someday.