when I got stung at 3am.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as 3am, baking soda, car, door, ground, hornet, hornets, kerfuffle, life, mamba, mamba jamba, moment, pain, pain medication, Philly, prehistoric beast, reason, Shane, spine
I would love to say that I’m on pain medication, but alas, I am not.
The reason I would love to say this is because I was just stung by one of those huge, mamba jamba hornets. The kind that looks like a prehistoric beast with wings. The kind that’s thick.
We were just getting back from Philly, having played there tonight. And Shane was carrying his guitars and stuff from my car to his when I noticed something fly into my car. I was outside of the car at the moment, though, so no big deal. Until I needed to get back into it, that is. So I opened the door to let the thing out, and what does he do to repay me?
STING THE LIFE OUT OF ME.
And not just any part of me, either. Like, the middle of my spine. Ew. It felt like I was getting an unexpected shot, so I dropped to the ground and also managed to scrape up my knees and shoulder in the kerfuffle.
Shane drove me the remaining 100 or so feet to my parents’ house and then Darby applied huge amounts of baking soda. That’s supposed to really help make it feel better…
…And I’m still waiting for the ‘better’ part.
Cause right now it hurts.
A lot.
And I can’t believe a huge hornet stung me at 3am.
After I got over the shock of it, and even though it still hurt, I started laughing. Because–how weird.
And kind of interesting, I mentioned to Shane. And he agreed.
Life is a lot of things, but boring is never one of them.
sucks to suck.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as car, car thief, deep breath, door, dream world, favorite phrase, home, house, key ring, kid, kind, kind of sentence, nobody, purse, sentence, Shane, sister, sister jenna, starbursts
Last night was a tough one. And then I finally got home at 2:00 am and was all ready to trade the real world for the dream world, but before that could happen, I had to open up a door to my parents’ house to, you know, get inside. deep breath. Cause that was the [...]
staring at the world tonight.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as adrenaline, door, forehead, forts, girl, glow, hush, little girl, moment, nighttime, orange fire, sense of security, SHALL, show, Staring, tonight, tv light, wasp, wonderful place
Tonight I got to sing some songs for some fine and listening people. The Paper Janes played a show, and I have to admit that I love it, I really do. I am not sure what I would do without music. Tonight I sat really close to a big orange fire. Staring at a fire [...]
stormy weather.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as affirmations, circle, door, kind, lemon curd, loud voices, naysayer, nods, person, run, storm, stormy weather, straw, suitable partner, tea, tiny sandwiches, tonight, triangular, triangular block, wedding dresses
Tonight is a storm outside and a storm inside. I am not sure which one to fear more. I guess the one from which I cannot run away. Cannot just duck into a building, shut the door nice and tight and pretend that this–a warm, dry room–is the only thing happening in the world. Tonight [...]
have a…?
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as airport, black hair, car, course, door, famous last words, girl, joke, jokes, kind, parting, parting words, ride, roots, salon, sarcasm, thanksgiving, today
Oh shoot–my hair. It’s dark. Like, really dark. See, I went to a salon. I told them to please try to match my roots, that I’m trying to go with a more natural color. And apparently they thought I was Snow White, cause now I basically have black hair. Oh well. At least I have hair. [...]
trying.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as afternoon, anxiety, bench, blank spots, book store, bookstore, Colt, door, hole in the wall, home, horse, horse race, horses, house, husband, marriage, morning, park bench, post, race, race horses, restaurant, show, signs, stage, store, tee shirts, today
I had to go back to the house today. I knocked on the door, because even though it’s my house, it’s not my house. Not anymore. And it’s strange, because it still looks the same. Except for a few blank spots on the walls, I mean. And now there’s that hole in the wall, punched [...]
fly.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, photography
as Auto, bit, blue sky, boring life, corner, door, Draft, fly, Guy, hummingbird, kitchen, life, little guy, right, sky, wonder
It’s not boring. Life, I mean; it really never is. Not when you walk into your kitchen to find this little guy. And he thinks he’s in a corner. Just in a corner. Like, end-of-story, in a corner. But what he doesn’t yet realize is that the door is right there, too. And that I’m [...]
medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as academic class, Auto, balanchine, ballerinas, ballet training, body, dance, dance history, door, Draft, everything, exclamation point, flat surface, kind, Line, reading, russian ballet, school professor, Thebes, University, way, zelda fitzgerald
There was one class, especially, that I loved at the University of Arts. Dance History. It was the most difficult academic class that a dancer could take. Everybody knew the buzz around the school: Professor Ninotchka Bennahum was hard on her students. And she was hard on us, true. Oh, but it was the kind [...]
