Florals & Stripes

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1. I've the urge to place a hole in a proverbial ant hill just to see the ants scramble to repair the destruction. It would be my fortune to kick an empty mound wide open.

2. I grilled ribs for July 4th, prepped them the night before with a rub and everything. When I decided it was time to eat, I had no desire to eat any of it. I hope I'm not losing my affinity for animal protein, its one of the only primitive connections to manhood that remain once you dismiss all things patriarchal (I'm still working on that) .

3. There remains nothing more annoying that unfinished business, especially when it is of a personal matter and readily resolvable. No sense in attempting to bring proper closure to the matter, an ending is an ending regardless of its lack of finesse.

4. I was brought to a place of accepting the obvious this morning. I took on too many projects with my ego convincing me that I would be able to do it all, each venture becoming all it could be as I moved around in a furry induced haze. The reality was that I had more than enough before me. Its best that I focus my energies elsewhere and live in the moment. I've become overly sensitive to planning for the future and it's not proving to be as beneficial as I have convinced myself it would be.

5. I need to fix my bike and ride again on a regular basis. Actually, I may need to replace my bike, either way, I need to burn some energy.

6. It's disappointing when you come to a juncture and find that your regular travel companions are no longer fun to have along for the ride.

7. I want my next tattoo soon but soon is relative and wants are finicky foreigners. They show up without warning and rarely have kind words for the space where they land. Often their complaining gets them into fist fights with needs, the locals who don't take kindly to less than kind words.

8. The closest I get to a happy ending is shaving my head. I want my long hair though, it takes what seems like forever to grow. The methodical removal of these curly follicles leaves my scalp smooth as a baby's bottom and affords me a space in the continuum void of constant demands on my offerings.

9. Its been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. It's also been argued that such is complete nonsense. I've stood on both sides of the argument, proudly. This time however, I find my space is on the sideline. It's absence and what it does will be assessed by what it gives birth to once it passes.

10. I despise the name of the group, mainly because I'm tired of blackness in America being framed by drugs, violence, oppression, etc. That aside,  Cocaine 80s - The Pursuit EP is pretty damn good.

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