The "Sojourn"

Listening to: Suffering and the Hideous Thieves- Believe New track from the upcoming album "Ashamed." Sounds promising. Jeff Suffering, formerly of Ninety Pound Wuss with all his friends.

Last weekend I went on a trip to Toronto. (A "sojourn," if you will. Laura.) I went with Jerry to visit my dad and go shopping. Here is the play by play...

Friday:
7:45 am: leave for Toronto on Greyhound bus
10:30 am: arrive in Toronto, take public transit to Mitchell's Christian Bookstore. Buy things.
Later: Arrive at dad's house, watch Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition DVD.

Saturday:
6:45 am: awaken. Bacon and eggs goodness.
9:00 am: Fun at Starbucks. I finally ordered a Triple-skinny, two-thirds decaf, extra foam, grande mocha. Interesting. Not worth $5 however.
10:00 am: Go shopping. We went to: Sonic Boom Records, HMV, Rotate This, Beguiling, Largest Bookstore, etc.
4:00pm: Return home, have Chicken caesar salad, watch Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers.

Sunday:
10:30 am: Go to Long Branch Baptist Church.
2:00 pm: Go home
4:00 pm: arrive home. Collapse.

Here is a list of the stuff I got.

CDs:
The Blamed- Give Us Barabbas
Johnny Cash- The Legend (Four cd boxed set, present from Dad)
Danielson Famile- "Tri-Danielson!!!" (Alpha)
Fear Before the March of Flames- Odd How People Shake
Mae- Destination: Beautiful
Starflyer 59- Silver (Extended Edition)
Suffering and the Hideous Thieves- Rats in Heaven
Sunny Day Real Estate- How it Feels to Be Something On

Books:
John Donne, Complete English Poetry
Andrew Schwab, It's All Downhill From Here
Jeff Smith, Bone: One Volume Edition
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
William Carlos Williams, Selected Poetry

My dad also gave me a pair of 1980's Doc Marten's that he bought new and only wore twice. Rocks to that!

The trip was fun. I've never stayed at my dad's house before. Crazy emotions. Hard to describe.

Reeling in shock.

Dad's couch uncomfortable.
Dad's cooking good.

A Poem

He said,
"Poetry

is perceived
as words

gradually revealed

line
by
line

by the
poet,

separted
by empty
white

spaces."