come again another day

it rained on tuesday. bizarre. not that it was because it was tuesday but because the rain seemed to come out of nowhere. monday night, around 1-ish, i saw lightning and felt a few fat drops of rain while i was sitting on the outside step of my apartment but i thought nothing of it. the next morning, i awake to the calming drippy droppy sound of rain. i love the rain, the way it smells, the crispness of the air, the light sprinkle on your face when the wind blows, and especially sploshing in puddles... is sploshing even a word?

unexpected rain
falling upon the pavement
becomes my playground.

oh it's such a perfect day

i love l.a. because most of the time, the weather is perfect. like today for example. there was a little overcast in the morning but it cleared up by mid-morning. it's sunny, but not too hot. breezy but not too chilly... just the perfect crisp day. you can almost tell that fall is approaching. i had my peanut butter and jelly sandwich and gala apple in the courtyard behind powell library today. i like sitting in the sun on days like these. as for the haiku, i know it's not quite autumn yet but it's only a week away.

seventy seven --
the perfect temperature
for an autumn lunch.

not-so-magic school bus

i take the santa monica big blue bus to school every morning. and every morning, i seem to pick the exact time to leave the apartment and find the exact walking speed miss the bus by seconds! i mean seconds! i see it pull away as i scurry across the gas station with my bag and bus ticket in hand. that means i sit around the bus stop for 10-20 minutes applying lipstick.

the bus gods hate me --
i missed big blue once again...
i wait like a fool.

sick of being sick

for the past 2-3 days now, i've been sick. i must have started wednesday night when i didn't sleep because i was working on a paper and studying for a midterm i had the next morning. hot face, cold fingers and toes, chills every now and again, stuffed up ears, sore throat... ugh, at least the day-quil and tylenol cold helps. i miss being healthy.

feeling feverish,
smelling of cherry cough drops,
i wait for my death.