Lara the Catholic brought a photo album into work, and there was an old, old picture of her father standing in a field-- her crack addict father, absent for forever now-- and there were mountains in the background, and I thought that you and I move on the earth. Slowly, jubilantly-- ultimately, with impunity.

I'm working on sending out Christmas cards. My problem is that I have, like, no one's address. have Cheryl of New Mexico's and Joey Fatone's and my parents', and that's about it. oh, and Lise's. but the rest of you! Help me out, yo.

This Christmas card business is hard. When I decided to do Christmas cards, I forgot that I have nothing to say to people. I take them to work and I stare at these blank cards. thinking, "yeah, so, merry. Christmas."

bah. human communication.

I gotta go shower. Love you.

--Al
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"He had his hands in his pockets, too. It seemed to JC like if they could just stay like this, quietly moving forward, they would be okay. Together. They would be okay together."
~ Synchronik, "Fairy Tale"