at my moms house, looking through old journals
some quotes written down last winter and spring that i think are relevant

"being told you are a worthless piece of shit and not believing it is a form of resistance." - kathleen hanna

"towns trap people, thats for sure. the rest of the world might as well not even be out there." - michelle tea

"deconstructing male privilege is your job, not mine" - creosote

"i didn't really feel that queer or gay in the punk scene because its so queer in this sense of 'everybody is.' it is weird because i was mislead. it really pissed me off. there are all these effeminate punk boys running around who are really sleazy dudes hiding behind false queerness." - ash, from identity crisis: punk subculture and community

"for me that feeling of the world deconstructed and mindfully put back together again is the core of my enduring love of punk." - tracy in identity crisis: "

"if they like me, it's cause i'm awesome. so i'm gonna be awesome." - meg

"if we make it out alive, we're getting matching knuckle tats." - ??

"you know you're crusty when you can smell your crotch sitting up." - ??

"we keep up the fight to keep our spirits light" - john darnielle