Alexander Hamilton

"Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred."
Alexander Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 20, December 11, 1787

Three Sets

Monday, June 22

I'd like to think I'm a three-setter.

(this is a tennis analogy)

Maria Sharapova has been a three-set player since she's been back from her ten-month hiatus from the sport recovering from shoulder surgery.

She went from being unseeded at the French to seeded 24th here at Wimbledon. Her pattern in this time has been to lose the first set, and then remember that she's Maria Sharapova and starts playing like it. Then, her opponent remembers she's Maria Sharapova and gets intimidated and starts playing like it.

Then the grunts get louder.

Then come the fist pumps and the

"COME ON"s.

Maybe I'm a three-setter. Life, you're about to remember that I'm Haylee Slaughter and I'm going to start playing to my ability and win the match in three.

Friday, June 26

Well, um, Maria lost in the second round to some no-name.

At least it took three sets.

Bait

I am bait on a hook,
hanging out to die.
To be consumed
by another,
bigger creature,
who will in turn
be consumed,
by another,
bigger creature.
The one who devours me,
alive or dead,
is doomed
For thinking I'm for real,
no strings attached,
Not counting the
consequences.
But
each is blessed with
ignorance.
It's not about the fish;
It's about the worm.

June

The first June post! Oooooohhhhh!

Save it.

Going to Atlanta tomorrow. Riding with Gage. I love that guy so much. I hope when we're old we can still hang out and sit on the couch and watch tv and eat cereal out of the box together. I hope his wife won't mind.

Oh, life.

Look around. Are you satisfied? I'm not.

So what? Do something? Hmmm, interesting concept. You read about it in Oprah magazine all the time (in someone else's bathroom of course).

Let me start by going to sleep.