http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog equal parts faith and voodoo Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en it seems sometimes everything exists so i can go out walking with my camera. http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/23/three-lights/ the idea, albeit it a very abstract one, of knowing where you're going, yet having never been there, excites me to no end. call it foreshadowing, deja vu, transcendental tourism, or just good ol' fashioned out of body experience. whatever it is, sign me up. of course, for the ticket to ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/12/familiar-steps-uncertain-destinations/ regarding the last post. i went with the safe choice. i didn't throw the tantrum or play the dictatorial card. i hope i'm proven wrong. thanks to all for the advice. http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/08/decision/ not nearly as destructive as some other influences, but right now, the passion and it's grip on what i think is right and what others think is right, hence the conflict, is doing it's fair share of damage. the vessel in which this conflict exists is mine, i dreamt it, built ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/06/conflict-operating-under-the-influence-of-passion/ not only is the title of this post a pretty good song by the damned, it's also a pretty cool verb. as the solstice break comes to an end, it's time to put that verb into play. to quote beavis, butthead, jimi hendrix, and that one idiot in a crowded theater, ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/03/ignite/ i like roaring fires, down comforters, wool sweaters, beanies, and hot coffee as much as the next, but there's something to be said about bitter, sharp-type exhalation, holy shit cold. the way it tends to cut through everything, even the filters of your mind and focus you in on the ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2010/01/02/14%c2%ba/ remember the one we all inhabited 10 years ago? the one rife with paranoia or wonder, depending on your proclivity for mass hysteria or your ability to take Prince's words to heart. they slip by so easily, these years. and it's just as effortless, it seems, our ability to forget, ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2009/12/31/we-live-in-so-many-worlds/ it's winter; things, people, dreams, resolutions... they all die. why then do i feel so alive? is it this pink enemy remix? my children's maniacal laughter from downstairs as they play with their christmas toys? the freedom solitude brings at 2 in the morning, ensconced in headphones? whatever it is, i'm not ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-graves-are-cold/ i find myself here. 20 years ago, i'd have laughed right in your pretty face had you told me i'd be living in iowa. the fact something like that could have happened 20 years ago, and i'd have the retrospect 20 years later is just as mind boggling. but that's ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2009/12/29/des-moines-iowa/ As I come through the death of my father, I see the other side is still as beautiful as it ever was. Nothing's changed except for the fact that he's no longer part of my day to day life. No phone calls, no card on my birthday, no more handshakes ... http://garrisonbeauscott.com/blog/2008/12/05/i-dont-give-a-fuck-but-i-care-so-damned-much/