rainy monday

she put on her new clothes,
and her broken-in chucks.
tamed her freshly cut hair,
looked like a millions bucks.

walked a different way to work,
and it started to rain.
she felt out of her element,
aboard the stranger-filled train.

she'd been spoiled by the sun,
the rays of laughter and cheer.
now the clouds have taken over,
and the sky has shed a tear.

but she knew that it would pass,
and the sadness would not last.
but the moment swept her away,
like a whirlpool in the bay.

once she pulled herself together,
and took her mind off the gloomy weather,
she knew it would all be ok,
and began to embrace the rainy day.

pennies for thoughts

Meg:  the stars can't dance if we don't sleep

sweeeet dreams

until we meet in Italy tomorrow

 me:  at the trevi fountain please

see you then!

 Sent at 11:01 PM on Wednesday

 Meg:  we will throw pennies together to ensure our imaginations will last a lifetime

good night

 me:  good night

sometimes all it takes is a little green book

me:  dude what can i do to erase this giant pimple from my poor face

hahah

 Sent at 10:28 PM on Wednesday

 Meg:  awwww

i always ask you that

and

 Meg:  you say

toothpaste

 me:  true true

 Meg:  also DON"T touch it

 me:  i guess thats the plan then

hahaha i know

i do always say that

its so hard not to touch it htough!

 Meg:  i know!!!

i always do it

im like if i could just squeeze this off my face

life will be good

but

ALAS

me:  hahaha

 Meg:  no

haaha

gross

but

true

 me:  hahah yepyep...oh welllll

 Meg:  you know what's hidden in there

all your hopes and dreams

they feel trapped

beneath the surface

and if you overthink them

disaster & scarring strikes

just let them be

naturally

& waaaaaLAhhhh

magic

 me:  its true..they will find their way eventually

 Meg:  they will

: )

 me:  haha

 Meg:  all it takes is a little daydreaming and night swimming

me:  thanks meg for making a pimple seem so magical

 Meg:  hahahaahahaha

that is

amazing

 me:  daydreaming and night swimming....you left out the afternoon

afternoon _________ing

 Meg:  floating

life is but a lazy river

 me:  dream, float, swim

i like it

 Meg:  the hard part is remembering that we are the current

not the tube

 me:  woah!

did you just come up with that???

enlightening!

 Meg:  yea dude

haha

 me:  that was great

 Meg:  it's this green book

 me:  i think you're right

 Meg:  if we all had green books

me:  it so badly wants you to fill its pages with wonderful thoughts

 Meg:  the world would be itself

 me:  i like that

im going to get a green book tomorrow

i think i need one

and i think im going to get jen one for graduation

but

 Meg:  beautiful

beautiful

 me:  do you think green brings creativity out of everyone

perhaps some people are more enlightened by yellow

or orange

 Meg:  i think green brings out the creative in the creative

 me:  ahhhh

 Meg:  because it's so common

 Sent at 10:37 PM on Wednesday

 Meg:  where as purple with yellow spots is Bound to make an casual normal fruit turn their melon

 me:  haha!

 Meg:  the gift of noticing the usual

is the greatest gift of all

it's what children have

that simplistic

eye

 me:  wow meg...you're so right

 Meg:  to notice as shoe lace

 me:  they can see the beauty in anything

even a plain green notebook

 Meg:  or a dented car

exactly

it's all about the green notebook

just like it's all about the t-shirt

it says

IT ALL

and it doesn't even have to try very hard

 me:  hahah

its true

 Meg:  do you know how much there is to think about

and something like twitter lets the world release it

their thoughts dreams comments reactions

it's amazing

perhaps the world will become a better place and that little blue bird will be our therapist

me:  there is so much...but i think i just learned this minute..that...in order to get the most out of life, you need to be careful of what you think about...because you can get lost in a trap of thinking about things that really mess you up, or you could get swept away into an oasis of candy coated thoughts

i do love twitter

some people dont get it

but i think its wonderful

 Sent at 10:43 PM on Wednesday

 Meg:  your thoughts could be your closest enemy

how about that?

wild

 me:  crazy

 Meg:  closest enemy and your deepest love

 me:  an addiction, even

Meg:  exactly!

my thoughts are my addiction and horizon is the cure

 me:  this little green book is really doing wonders

its uncovering a creativity that has been hibernating

 Sent at 10:47 PM on Wednesday

 Meg:  it is

sometimes all  it takes is one little green book

i erase the magic

i erase the mark

in the daylight

it all seems so dark

wine for you

and wine for me

if you put us together

plus one equals three

if tomorrow is tomorrow 

and today is off and gone

will the sun set on my dreams

will the record end my song

i have nothing.

if you eat a lot of chocolate

and you dream a lot of dreams

you can close your eyes real slowly

and your life becomes a scheme