http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:13:52 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss how tenuous, these tethers wrapped around our wrists and ankles, and yet how unforgiving-- the strands that have bound us loosely have kept us from entirely floating away, but we have chosen to body them, name them books and borders. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/09/tether.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/09/tether.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:13:52 -0800 i got lost somewhere between your jawline and your ear-- that curve your fingers brush past every time you tuck your hair behind your ear-- but only for a moment; normally i tiptoe into eye contact, silently padding from your shoulder to your chin, carefully avoiding any downward glances to ease into your eyes. but sometimes, like this time, that one curve catches me and i'm sure you notice my momentary hesitation because you drop your eyes a little to find mine, a smile hedging at one corner of your mouth- i can't help but see that smile, it's right next to the jawline that caught me- and i hope you haven't noticed. but i so hope that you have. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/08/tiptoe.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/08/tiptoe.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:22 -0800 my head is spinning at the number of beginnings, so many ships leaving harbour, setting sail. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/08/beginnings_1.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/08/beginnings_1.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:54:52 -0800 i'm okay. i distrust this feeling. when did stability get to be so wrong? http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/07/everyday_ordinary_13_coasting.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/07/everyday_ordinary_13_coasting.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:23:07 -0800 our linear obsession with the one lane race toward death saps life from limb, it's only rewards guilt's bitter aftertaste and a memory of something akin to regret. we run trip tumble and throw ourselves at immortality only to gasp, baffled when it splits and swallows us like the softest gauze. i watched another sun sink into the haze of the delhi horizon, warmed my hands on its glow and prayed for one more day in the depths of its heat. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/07/time.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/07/time.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:19:55 -0800 because we always think that somehow this time it'll be different. and sometimes it is. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/06/the_little_disappointments.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/06/the_little_disappointments.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:27:34 -0800 we are memories, pearls strung on sinew draped and woven over someone else's hands. we finger each bead in passionate fits of nostalgia, catching only our reflections in their shining whiteness and hoping our teeth are strong enough to tear the tarnished from the lines. look, if you pause long enough you can see which ones i've polished. i've polished them for you. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/small_gifts.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/small_gifts.html Sat, 31 May 2008 05:39:35 -0800 give me to the storm feet buried arms wide like i could hold it all like i could stand against the ocean's dregs that ply at my calves and let the wind suck the howl from my chest. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/untitled_1.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/untitled_1.html Wed, 28 May 2008 09:36:26 -0800 i will wash these dusty feet - tired from steps and missteps - and when they're clean enough, i'll put them to bed. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/feet.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/05/feet.html Sat, 17 May 2008 10:57:43 -0800 because i so rarely see you cry. and i can't say how proud i am of all you've become without sounding like a greeting card. here's to your beginning and to mine; there is no length i won't go to to find you if you call. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/beginnings.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/beginnings.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:05:46 -0800 i left the ocean a love note in the sand, told her i'd be back but i'm a liar and she knows it, turned her back on me as i walked away but she let her children suck away my footprints. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/leaving.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/leaving.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:14:25 -0800 when did this map get so difficult? where is my guidebook? directions please? http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/everyday_ordinary_11_life.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/everyday_ordinary_11_life.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:09:11 -0800 i had forgotten how much the sun brings them out of their hidey holes. oh, the trials and tribulations of the 21st century try-hard, how the world we've created must look to you from those high heels and popped collars. i don't know if i can stand another sun-glassed day, or another beer-stained evening where men get drunk and ogle women and women get drunk and judge each other. i just don't know if i can stand it. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/to_be_in.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/to_be_in.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:35:20 -0800 a face an all day all night broadcast of a back running headlong into the promise of an earlier sunset. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/finish_line.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/finish_line.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:25:51 -0800 i was close enough to see the sweat on the singer's spine, but not close enough to see up her dress; she held the stage so long even the keyboardist got drunk enough to smile. you danced next to me and i tried to forget that once i wished we were fucking. http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/the_night_i_was_reminded_that.html http://www.negativespace.net/nice-work/2008/04/the_night_i_was_reminded_that.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:54:05 -0800