shorthand sightseer

and then she said she can't believe
genius only comes along
in storms of fabled foreign tongues
tripping eyes, and flooded lungs
the northern downpour sends its love.

it is hailing today. in jordan. there are icicles forming on the roof. there is thunder, and lightning, and dark skies, and such. and the city is just covered in this white haze, that is made of dust and mist and light reflecting off of tiny drops of water.

the traffic is worse than usual. which means better for us, because they have to go so slow that if they hit us we wont die. unless we're on our way to school and late (like this morning), in which case the snail's-pace traffic is less than ideal. also, i notices today that there are no lanes here. i mean the roads are about 3 lanes wide, and i assumed that they actually existed, and were painted on, and people just ignored them? not the case. they actually do not exist here. dear god this country.

also do you know what's really weird? drunk driving is a joke here. like, people think it's funny. they do it all the time. at a party the other night one of our jordanian friends was laughing about how the rule in amman is "always drive drunk". which in itself was funny because the driving here is so bad, until we realized that he wasnt joking at all. and that he's only one of like 6 of our friends to talk about how he does it on the reg, like once a week or twice? i mean i know i grew up in the thick of the anti-drunk-driving campaign, and it may be viewed differently here, but i was shocked at how normal it is. i think drunk driving is one of the most disgusting, stupid, short-sighted things i've ever heard of. it's RIDICULOUS to me to get so drunk you can barely stand and then climb into your own personal rocket and zip home at 75 mph. so grossly inconsiderate of yours and anyone else's safety. so many people do it here, and no one takes it seriously. i mean, so many people die here because of cars accidents. it's really, really, really not funny. i guess i just don't get the joke.

anyway. i gotta go pick up my passport from the office. wow im a ridiculous human being, in this 4 paragraph entry i talk about the weather, quote the song that's been stuck in my head since it started raining, and rant about drunk driving. i am so strange. love me? (please? haha)

love.



the ink is running toward the page
it's chasin' off the days
look back at both feet
and that winding knee
i missed your skin when you were east-
you clicked your heels and wished for me.