life on the obverse

i’ve realized something about life in general, i don’t know why this has come about now but it has. put simply, even though the epiphany was complex: you can do a lot of favors to people in life, but most of them will never be reciprocated. in fact, a good deal of them [...]

Mr. Brightside

I’m coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now [...]

i just realized that berkeley is my home. I think i realized it somewhere in between reading about the photoelectric effect and a biography of Albert Einstein in my Chemistry book. why, you ask? well, i think it’s pretty clear.

i heard a siren outside, and thought to myself, there an awful lot [...]