Charles Wheelan writes:
Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.
Oh. This is what I needed to hear, especially because my life seems to have no straight path.
You Won’t Have To
My beautiful friend Tori wrote this song for all of the graduating MFAers here. And considering the fact that I’m leaving town for good tomorrow (cross your fingers—there’s a lot of cleaning that needs to be done), this is a beautiful and sad note to close on.
Is she putting the moves on me? (Taken with instagram)
Loves (Taken with instagram)
Something to Believe In - Aqualung
“You talk too much. Maybe that’s your way of breaking up the silence that fills you up.”
In case you were wondering, this is what it feels like to graduate with your MFA and have no plans. I mean, no concrete plans. How am I here again?
MFA Grads 2012 (Taken with instagram)
Caps and Gowns (Taken with instagram)
Graduating today, baby! (Taken with instagram)
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Maybe I’ll go grade papers this morning, so I’m just infuriated instead of nervous. Sounds like a plan, eh?
I might’ve bought myself a graduation present. And by “might’ve bought” I mean “did buy.”
Mlle Hazelwood
Reader & Writer, Master of Fine Arts, Collaborator on Structure and Style, a new poetry blog.
