2002-06-25 & 5:56 a.m. : everybody needs a little sanctuary.

it's almost six am. things are so still, and the only things i can hear are the fan and the birds.

i keep taking pictures right before i go to sleep. i take them of my room, in the basement, of my things in boxes, the small twin mattress i sleep on, the sheets all twisted.

i am losing energry swiftly. everyday i wake up with less. i am not sure what's wrong, but all i know is i never want to leave the house because it's so thick outside, i feel as if i can't breathe.

i have an interview tomorrow. i was told that they are going to ask "personality based questions".

i am terrified.

i want a job badly, though. i want so much to have my own place, so i can unpack, so i can finally feel at home somewhere.

i keep taking pictures of my life in the basement, of the shadows on the brick wall, and the way the windows glow at six am.

if you stay up longer, and wait for the sun to break the horizon, you can see patches on the walls that are golden.