http://www.aedmark.com Writer, Photographer, Filmmaker, Artist. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I'm alone At work Or where I stay, I think of you. Every second Of every day. You shape the dust Into clay. You paint the sky A brighter shade Of gray. You make the lights Come out to play. http://www.aedmark.com/2008/08/idle/ So after a week of being in my new house, I think I'm finally settled in. I've been on the job at the hospital for four days, and I seem to fit in quite nicely. It's not too hard, but there is a lot to learn. So far I haven't ... http://www.aedmark.com/2008/08/sunday-afternoon/ I thought I would commemorate the moving into of my new house with a picture of Dolan, my housemate who lives below me, rocking out on the air guitar in his living room. Next to him is Abby, smoking a cigar. Next to her is Henry, looking dumb. http://www.aedmark.com/2008/08/the-new-house/ I'll keep this short... As you can see, I've been making some changes around here. All for the better. I promise that from now on this site will be updated more than once a year. And you can hold me to that. If I don't make an update within the next ... http://www.aedmark.com/2008/07/were-back/ There's something about time that you realize when you get older: it tends to go faster. Of course, it really doesn't go faster. A minute is still a minute, an hour is still an hour. It still takes exactly one second to say "Mississippi" or three if you spell it ... http://www.aedmark.com/2007/04/more-than-i-could-swallow/ Sari Polakow didn't like people. When she was seven years old her parents quickly learned this fact the day they get a call from the principal's office. For the entire school year Sari had said only six words; all of them at once. And it was the day the principle ... http://www.aedmark.com/2007/03/creative-writing-studio-workshop-excerpt/ So... Here I am, sitting at my computer desk at 2 o'clock in the morning, watching some flicks on the site and avoiding last-minute homework, and I can't help but entertain the thought that keeps bouncing through my mind like a ping-pong ball gone astray: What if I make it? This ... http://www.aedmark.com/2007/03/delusions-of-grandeur-from-on-the-lot-blog/ When I looked up "the concept of love" in the German to English dictionary, the only match that came up was "the concept of the enemy." Take it for what it's worth. http://www.aedmark.com/2007/02/concept-of-love/ Alright, so I was in the mall today with my dad and we walked past a booth in the middle aisle where a woman was trying to sell beauty products to people. Now, as I walked past, my dad and I noticed she was up real close to a guy, ... http://www.aedmark.com/2006/12/being-duped-by-the-sexy-saleswoman/ Patient: ANDREW. Eliza : HEY ANDREW, I AM YOUR COMPUTERIZED CONSULTANT, TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS AND I'LL TRY TO CHEER YOU UP! Andrew: Hello Eliza Eliza : YES, ANDREW? Andrew: I can't seem to write my speech. Eliza : SO WHAT IF YOU CAN'T SEEM TO WRITE YOUR SPEECH? Andrew: Well, it is due tomorrow and ... http://www.aedmark.com/2006/12/computerized-therapy/