The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

We’re all just fumbling in the dark — for a heart of hearts

Month: May, 2009

Ridgefield, Secaucus, Cliffside Park

We did end up going to Paramus Park. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find anything, despite hitting three or four stores. Now, I’m not one to speak ill of our glorious globalized economy, but I’ve come to this point where I realize that after a certain point if big label retailers don’t stock something, I’m [...]

begone new jersey

Reading my own okcupid profile makes me feel like a tourist in my own life. Reddit was down for five hours today. Major panic. Death. Destruction. Doom. But mostly boredom. I couldn’t get to sleep tonight. So I’m drinking coffee out of my grandma’s percolator. I have no idea how to make it work, thankfully [...]

park life

I got up at 11 today and walked up to the park. It was supposed to rain, but it was a beautiful day. I wandered around empty stadiums and soccer fields, taking pictures and listening to music. My new neighborhood: I was going to go into the city today, but I have to work on [...]

contact with the medical establishment

I’m pretty tired today, I’m not sure why. I went to the doctor’s today. My mom was able to put me on her insurance since I moved here. I had to get a meningitis vaccine to move into the dorms. They didn’t have it, nor did the pharmacy up the road. I’m going to have [...]

windows into the past

Today’s post is some of the old photos I scanned in today. I spent most of the night touching up my (deceased) Aunt Bella’s wedding photo. The original was all torn, bent, and dusty. She looks beautiful, doesn’t she? Here’s my mom and her boyfriend kissing somewhere in Germany, 1976. This is me playing with [...]