Archive for February, 2009

The Fear of Falling: Why it Matters

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

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I orig­i­nally wrote this back in Sep­tem­ber, after hear­ing the news of David Fos­ter Wallace’s sui­cide. Recent events have caused me to rethink why I was sit­ting on this post…
Make no mis­take about peo­ple who leap from burn­ing win­dows. Their ter­ror of falling from a great height is still just as […]

A place to level out

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

When panic grips your body and your heart is a hum­ming­bird
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you’re breath­ing in reverse
All your friends and seda­tives mean well but make it worse
Every reas­sur­ance just mag­ni­fies the doubt
Bet­ter find your­self a place to level out
Bright Eyes — If The Brake­man Turns My Way
I couldn’t stop lis­ten­ing to the album this […]

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