Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along together... for a time.

The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, .. The question is, in a one- game setting, can Utah compete, can Utah get the market share, sell the tickets of one of those more familiar institutions. Nobody knows that answer.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Edward Said talks about Orientalism in very negative terms because it reflects the prejudices of the west towards the exotic east. But I was also having fun thinking of Orientalism as a genre like Cowboys and Indians is a genre – they’re not an accurate representation of the American west, they’re like a fairy tale genre.

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".

At night, lying on your back and staring at the falling snow, it's easy to imagine oneself soaring through the stars.