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- December 30th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
we’re all wildebeests dying on the river bank. -greg house
i think its silly how just because people don’t hear about things ending means they assume things haven’t ended.
- December 29th, 2009
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fake plastic trees full
first, some sylvia plath and in truth it is terrible, multiplied in the eyes of the flies. -totem, 28 january 1963 is there no great love, only tenderness? does the sea remember the walker upon it? me…
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The Impossible Project
I mentioned The Impossible Project back in May when I first saw the photographs of the factory at Enschede. With the last batch of original Polaroid film being repackaged and sold as well as the immin…
- December 28th, 2009
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change
Mom’s got a new place. Still thinking about how to decorate. I have a book report and a short novel to read and essays to think about and a lab to do. Break feels shorter and shorter.…
- December 24th, 2009
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- December 23rd, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
my timestamp hates me.
i always hated the idea of a role model. i think girls should be taught by their parents, and learn what’s right, not be a little copycat. everyone makes mistakes. and to tell a little girl th…
- December 22nd, 2009
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boo!
I’ve been working on a surprise for you guys. It’s the best Christmas (or other winter celebration) EVER.
- December 21st, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
deadlines
on second thought, the purple might be a little hard to read. arabian nights, featuring annie.
- December 19th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
closer
almost there. just a couple more days and it’ll be winter break – sadly that means two more days of math quizzes, chemistry tests, essays and other such spirit-murdering confections of t…
- December 17th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
921 – Dickinson Impersonation
My Silence and my Solitude – Life – daily – takes from me – By shaking hand or shoe of rice – Or clockwork iron Key – As Death has walked His block – So further will he crawl – In simp…
- December 15th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
are you going to scarborough fair?
Tutoring. School. Theater. Homework. Sleep. Wake. School. Theater. Essay. Sleep. Need I say more? It’ll be Christmas soon, though, and I’m very excited. Sylvia and I t…
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- December 13th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
steel shifted like butter
I could feel a hot one taking me down For a moment, I could feel the force Invade me to the point of tears And you were holding on to make a point I am but a clean man, stable and alone man Make it…
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Coffee
this is my guitar, taylor, taking a nap. This past Friday was our local teen center’s Coffeehouse event. The rest of the show (and by that, I mean the rest of Heatherbird’s set) can be…
- December 11th, 2009
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No Title
I want to go back in time so badly. Back to the days of Donnie Darko and before certain people moved to Ohio; back to comforters on the lawn and no couples and being invited and honest friendship be…
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how does it feel?
pancakes they just don’t seem right they were supposed to be a well-kept secret, a blossoming tradition, promising; just for you four well, now it’s become a group affair consider it their…
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when and where does this “real world” occur?
“They don’t even know what it is to be a fan. Y’know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts.” -Sapphire, Almost Famous…
- December 9th, 2009
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mr. tambourine man
bob dylan though i know that evening’s empire has returned into sand, vanished from my hand, left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping. my weariness amazes me, i’m branded on m…
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smoke-rings of my mind
The first snow that stuck, so unlike the slush of yesterday, crystalized in my mind those June days that haunted my summer like raftered swallows, or theater crickets. Little beads of water raced do…
- December 8th, 2009
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if ever i wanted it
my white whale unfair as i am, there is a time when all little girls stop kissing their parents on the lips if ever they had and all i can find behind your scarlet letter is more of a cynosure than ev…
- December 7th, 2009
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ancient empty streets too dead for dreaming
let me forget about today until tomorrow the first time we visited mother’s grave my heels stamped tiny crescents into the dirt the ship sighed into its momentary reprieve of ballast and wood ev…
- December 6th, 2009
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- December 4th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
the more commonplace sobriquet
poetry clothing coat, charlotte russe tights, american eagle by payless riley slouch boots, linen sailcloth dress, dad’s cashmere scarf
- December 3rd, 2009
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closer to the ground
i have finally seen o to be witness object of ‘i love you’ upon a stage no matter the sentiment in its shadow for it seems i have so oft heard it whispered but never proclaimed indeed you…
- December 2nd, 2009
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when i was young and knew everything
I’ve had the Verve Pipe’s The Freshmen stuck in my head all day. Brian Vander Ark has an incredible voice. I think I’ve finalized the Arabian Nights road sign design, although we…
- November 28th, 2009
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review
My excursion to the mall (with my dad!) included Forever 21, Maybee, Charlotte Russe, and Macy’s. I only ended up getting two things, but I had a lot of fun. I got a purple felt coat like t…
- November 26th, 2009
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lift me up
I hope you all had, or are having, or will have a great Thanksgiving! My dad and I drove up to Sturbridge to have lunch with my sister and her husband. I got back around five thirty and scarcely kn…
- November 25th, 2009
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- November 22nd, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
jules verne
The clouds looked sketched into the sky. We discussed literature over iced water and lobster risotto.
- November 21st, 2009
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our rice will blot out the sun
“Pulling into the driveway she watched the wind further twist the brittle stems of the potted plants flanking the garage doors, wilted and broken and overturned, like their marriage.” R…
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planet earth moves slowly
I’ve been frightfully boring, haven’t I? I know. I have to reiterate that my schedule has kept me everywhere but here. I would apologize, but truthfully I love being busy. It makes me…
- November 19th, 2009
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verve pipe
When I was young I knew everything And she a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of…
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wheels go round and round on my mind
— restless hearts i’ll sleep alone tonight sending all my love along the wire they say that the road ain’t no place to start a family; right down the line it’s been you and m…
- November 18th, 2009
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No Title
‘uh, dude? the lady said she’s fine.’ ‘dude? i’m chuck bass. even europeans must know what that means.’
- November 17th, 2009
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38 Special – Hold on Loosely
‘why’d you never mention it before?’ ‘have you ever heard the song, hold on loosely? well, the title’s pretty much the gist of it.’ — You see it all around…
- November 15th, 2009
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one day, you will be cool.
she reminds me of ‘is this mary ann with the pot?’ girl… and she reminds me of zooey deschanel in almost famous. —
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elm and drag drawing you into the main room
I was watching Gossip Girl and in boredom Googled Prada Marfa (as in the sign in the Van der Woodsen entryway). The funniest thing I find about this art installation in the middle of the desert is…
- November 14th, 2009
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- November 13th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
where’s my birthday girl?
Did I ever introduce you to my children? That’s Katherine on the left, then Simon, and Abby with the medal. That’s one of their friends on the right, whose name I don’t know. I…
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we barely even knew each other
I Remember I remember the day we first met You lured me in with this band Soon I fell in love with them But most of all, I fell in love with you I remember our special song We used to hold each other…
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from a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war
Yesterday I went to see a play at the Westport Country Playhouse called Letters Home. The show was alright (‘Brianna’s the best thing we’ve ever done, Michelle!’) but the que…
- November 10th, 2009
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all the stars are laughing at our wonder
Calm is the night, O Lord, as we wait for you. All the stars are laughing at our wonder. Wait not in vain, for the Lord shall come. You will feel within you God’s ever-stirring presence. -David Gray…
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
No Title
My, my… how boring I have been as of late. Last Thursday I saw the Derek Trucks Band in New London and I’m only just now getting around to putting up the pictures. Notes: - I still have…
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half their lives they say goodnight to wives they’ll never know
i’ll find my way, i’m sure it’s just a matter of time, really but sometimes in my wandering i wish you’d let well enough alone it’s gone as quickly as it comes or quicke…
- November 8th, 2009
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- November 7th, 2009
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paperthinbuilding has posted a new entry on: Concentration of Secrets
papa, let’s go away somewhere
‘Don’t you remember that you used to say, all the time, you used to say, all the time: that I was your girl! There must be lots of places we can go to. I’ll work for you. I could keep hou…
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brooke waggoner
young friend there are unspoiled sides of country those hills make you moon and make you swooney and they have wiped away the bloom from your strawberry brow with their wispy clutch and wispy gown I…
- November 6th, 2009
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everyone has a right to their problems
we’re in the midst of Our Town! Tonight was our second show (and I missed opening night on account of the DTB concert) and the audience was very attentive (as far as I could see from my fool-t…
