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My new socks are amazing. They are pulled up to my knees, and they are warm. On Saturday I hope to test them out at the Icycle ride at Tsali in Lake Fontana, NC. It's supposed to be around 35 degrees and snowing. Yep. S'Gonna be cold. Very cold.
But I deserve nothing less. I'm half-cocked right now. And now is the only time I...
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I am reaching a point where my membership may expire in a week. If SG decides to make another special Valentine's day offer, I will extend my membership. I am really thankful for all the attention I have received on SG, but I don't feel I got as much out of it as I could have. I wish I had more conversations with SG members,...
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I'm back bitches.

Let's try this again.

I just had a 21-year-old girl tell me I was old.

What is this world coming to?

Over The Bridge.

I can hear her bells ring out
chasing down city streets
like deep lightning; flashes of light
embracing alley ways and sidewalks.
Embers run together in the stiff, cold night,
and her bells stop.
See, we've started again, and this time,
we're racing the sound,
through hallways and across cracked flooring,
sad and distressed by the panic that winter brings.
Everything's dying,...
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I suppose I was reminded of this when I walked back over to my apartment from my friend's place, right across the courtyard. I saw an empty High Life bottle in the modified planters that are the outdoor ashtrays. It brought me back to the summers here, where, as long as I've lived downtown, I've been the aspiring rocker with the pretty girlfriend and the...
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I tend to make holidays last longer than they should, or move them around to be more conducive to my own schedule. Valentine's Day? A Thursday? Guess again. In my world, that shit will be this weekend. Sure, I'll go out for a few minutes tonight and say hello to a few people, but I have to be at my work at 12:30 am to...
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