—RABBIT, RABBIT

  

…“Everyone tries to bury their mistakes. I write mine down.” Jameela Jamil

 

…Hey, Jethro, when do you think you’ll finally get your shit together? You’re looking a little rough, though I know no one’s going to tell you that.

 

…I mean, Who else cries in their office by themselves when it’s the most beautiful day of the year?

 

…No mas is a pretty good mantra to repeat over and over when you’re not sure of anything.

 

…Listen children, all is not lost.

 

…My son looks at sunsets with the awe most men reserve for the body of a naked woman.

 

…“Aight, this bouta be my MOST autistic take to date, but hear me out; the worst part about sex is that it requires another person.” Said Shaiye

 

…When I’m lonely, stuff can feel more dangerous than it should. And I have never been a fan of danger.

 

…“It all begins with listening.” Jacob Collier

 

--“You get better if you play before a live audience, because they boo you if you suck.

--It was kind of like, ‘I’m doing well,’ so let me screw this up somehow.

--I was never really comfortable with the rest of the world.

--I said what I needed to and so he whacked me, and I thought, ‘Well, at least that finally got his attention.’

--I was struggling with something really hard and that’s how I learned life is always a struggle.” 

     –Billy Joel

 

… My son teaches me a lot and is often profound without even realizing it. For instance, during dinner before the Jacob Collier concert we attended on Wednesday night, as I was bitching about the current state of affairs, he said, “I know there’s so much despair in the world, but there’s still music, like really, really incredible music everywhere, and that keeps me feeling hopeful.”

 

…“I’ll just assume everyone is excited about a waterfall.” Sonia Greenfield

 

…Oh, God, what am I doing?

 

…I only have one left.

 

…I can be really clever when I’m feeling better.

 

…It’s kind of funny, or perverse, or ingenious, when you log onto FBK and there’s a message there that says—Len, we care about you and your Facebook memories. We thought you’d like to look back to this post from__ years ago. So, really? Like Facebook cares about me?

 

…I think I’m genuinely a nice person, but how do you really know when it’s you thinking that?

 

…“Wake up on a stranger side of bed now. Walk the streets before dawn in relative safety. Find a comfortable aesthetic." Jay Halsey 

 

…I could really use a wakeup call right now.

 

…Maybe I should try for a nap.

 

…We’re never going to get it perfect, but it seems important to keep trying. 

 

…“The main thing is curiosity. A lot of times, as a scientist, you have to remember to be like a beginner. Becoming an expert kind of narrows your vision, but a beginner’s perspective is always open to things you didn’t quite realize before.” Lorenz Bartolucci, PhD

 

…Road, road, roadways, move along.

 

…It’s impossible to make everyone happy. Sometimes that’s even yourself.

 

…“I’m just a traveler eating up my traveling time.” The Bear

 

…Unless you’re on the moon, or in Vegas, there’s always a clock somewhere.

 

…“Worrying about people, and people worrying about you, is really all we’ve got.” The Bear

 

…Let’s get through this. Let’s push again. Push.

 

…You look good. Are you good?

 

…I feel like a stranger in most places, but I never feel like one here, even when people call me out.

 

…You have to be careful with excuses.

 

…I’m sorry. I wish I could say something other than I’m sorry every other sentence in my head. 

 

…Maybe I scared a few people off. Maybe that’s okay. I think so. It’s not about them, if they don’t want it to be.

 

…Are you hiding out in there? Yeah? Well, scoot over, please. Leave me a warm spot.

 

…“So you thought you didn’t deserve it, is that what you’re saying?” --Someone

 

…“God, you were always such a prick.” –Someone else

 

…When did that happen? Really, I don’t remember.

 

…Hook me up if you think I’m worth the trouble.

  

…When you’re a parent, you have a role to play and uphold. It’s easy to forget that when everyone’s older. And, yeah, there’s some pressure under all of it.

 

…Dear LLYNN, We found 6 violent crimes in your area this week:

 

…It’s really hard for me not to laugh when someone writes the word “kerfuffle.”

 

…“Men often wanted Joni Mitchell to be a wife, a muse, a siren, or a star. Instead, they got a genius." The New York Times

 

…The things that hold true are rare, and they’re the ones that cling to you, as you should to them.

 

…It’s your life, right?

 

…Okay, hands off.

 

…When you remember we’re all just that kid, still that nine-year-old in our head, it changes your perspective about how you see and hear and view things. It makes it a lot easier to commiserate or forgive others. We’re all just that kid inside our head.

 

…I honestly don’t know how not to be appalled. It feels like a test, or something.

 

…“I don’t deserve what you have and I want to keep it that way.” Charles Bukowski

 

…I’m just trying to hang around and make the end somehow interesting.

 

…It’s pretty easy to just say, “Don’t be afraid of the dark.”

 

…I’ll get back to you on that.

 

…Hey, Sparky, be careful.

 

…Little Blue, I love you, but I wish you’d leave me alone. I mean, like, for good. Like forever.

 

…Good luck with that.

 

…I think things would be different if people really paid attention. I really do.

 

…“I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.” Frank O'Hara,

 

…You can only wait at the stoplight for so many hours before you have to drive on through.

 

…It feels like I’ve spent the second half of my life glomming onto other’s good fortune, but really I‘ve just been trying to survive and give back more love than I’ve received.

 

…Maybe I need to get a restraining order against myself.

 

…I only get like this on Fridays, or maybe Wednesdays, definitely not Mondays, because that day doesn’t like me very much.

 

…You can’t expect everyone to understand. It doesn’t work that way.

 

… “Growth is scary, because you’re a seed and you’re in the dark and you don’t know which way is up, and down might take you down further into a darker place.”  Tom Waits

 

 …Do you really not care? Because it seems like you do. It seems like you care a lot.

 

...“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated and promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.” Sylvia Plath

 

…It’s good to be alive. It’s a privilege, but sometimes what’s happening here doesn’t make any sense at all, and so being alive feels a lot less-than it should.

 

…I wish I had a Sylvia Plath, a busted tooth and a smile. 

 

…I think I know what you’re thinking.

 

…I’m afraid I could live this way forever.

 

…The good news, or bad news, depending upon how you view it, is it’s going to play again. 

 

…Picking berries the other day, the neighbor was using his backhoe, moving dirt and stumps and whatnot, and I kept remembering when the neighbor one door over from him, did he same thing, which sent an ancient cedar tree toppling all the way into our yard, taking down phone and power lines, trashing blueberry bushes and setting the rain-soaked lawn on fire. I kept waiting for a tree to fall and crush me. It made me really think about if I’m ready to die or not.

 

…I don’t know how Stevie Nicks can bark so much, for as long as she does, but I admire her stamina.

 

…I started a joke...