Author: dannasweidan

There are certain things I want to do with my life. Simple things, really, when looked at in retrospect. I’m not a complicated person. Sometimes I do complicated things but I don’t think I’m a complicated person. I want simple things. I want to learn how to change my own oil, I want to go… Continue reading August 2008 →

What’s awkward about Facebook is it confronts you with your patterns of interaction. Every time I glance at the people I have met throughout my life, I am just reminded of how quickly I run through my friends. Because, of these 500-ish people, I talk to, maybe three in real life. I am not a… Continue reading midnight on the beach in the mediterranean, and i miss you.. even here taking it all in →

you cannot aspire to Wordsmith if you do not have any words left. Someone find me my mouth, quick

you held my hand like gentle fingers on piano keys, tentative touch because you cannot predict the elicited reaction. this is physics, this is sonic sense but only in an ironic sense, speak loud, speak clear, teach me your technology

If i could bottle up that feeling in my chest when you tell me stories, I could probably market it as the fountain of youth, elixir of life, liquid laughter with a hint of honey and expression. I want to be the story teller of my time, I want to decode the mumbles and stutters… Continue reading Fumble your Mumbles →

it’s been a long time since i’ve written anything narrative, with direction and reminiscence. it’s been a long time since anything made enough sense to write in coherent sentences for. the house is quiet here at night. when i wake up in the middle of the night there’s light everywhere. i feel like it never… Continue reading i have finally started to spill, lover →