January 2009
15 posts
today. contrast with last night: →
drastics
have been thinking of a drastic change of hair color.
disconnecting
ah
sometimes it’s just necessary to disconnect. it’s so easy to get caught up on the internet for hours. and if i’m going to make use of my time, i can’t just be passively reading about the overwhelming amounts of things that are going on….
inauguration stuff
i spent from sunday to wednesday out of the city.
a friend of mine invited a few of us to go down to stay with her family in alexandria, virgina, and go to the inauguration. out of the ten people she invited, i was the only person to follow through.
i’m going to be completely honest: i was shocked that no one else was moved enough to go. the only “inconveniences” would be a day...
went to dc for a couple of days...
melanie: good morning.
me: morning. what's up?
melanie: ah, nothing. what do you want to do today?
me: oh i don't know. what do you want to do?
melanie: i don't know. what about the inauguration?
me: sure, why not.
“how would you describe what a poem is to a seven year old?”
– Lance Phillips, Here Comes Everybody
revolutionary road
two nights ago i finished the book, that the new movie with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio is based on… basically any semi-educated, slightly progressive and/or social critic’s terrifying nightmare of a future. the characters repeatedly settle for convenience’s sake, while attempting to maintain the self-preserving pretensions at bohemian intellectualism (to which they...
the reason i like working less
since having relinquished both of my unpaid positions (at BOMB Magazine and Soft Skull Press), which means giving up my 6 day a week schedule, i remembered that i actually enjoy doing things besides curling up by the heater, even if it is january.
for example:
today i saw waltz with bashir. excellent movie that deserves its own post, but which i don’t have the time for, but really awesome....
day nine.
so day seven was totally the best, reminded me of why i love the cleanse so much… but i think that today will be my last day. the whole not eating thing is kind of monotonous. not to mention that i feel like a baby with my special water bottle with me at all times.
interpreter of maladies →
unfortunately the first two words that pop into my head about lahiri’s collection of short stories are: brilliant and heartbreaking, neither of which represent just how brilliant and heartbreaking her stories are. (i’m cringing. i promise to never use those two words again.)
skipping over the last few weeks
the last few weeks have mostly been work. people are starting to visit the city again, mostly tourists now that come to the restaurant, but at least people are coming. there was of course, westville (the restaurant)’s holiday party, and new years, both fun.
i started the cleanse, the master cleanse on sunday. it’s been awhile since i’ve done the full ten days, a whole year...
December 2008
10 posts
the nation magazine on infrastructure →
I realize that because we live on a semi-rural island, that it might take a little longer to clean the snow up. And also, that because Seattle is not accustomed to snowy weather, that we don’t have the infrastructure to have a quick response. But seriously, it’s been 5 days.
I honestly feel like it’s a sign of failing infrastructure and buget deficits; just as we have been...
cabin fever.
we're so unaccustomed to snow
Snowed in yesterday. There’s something oddly reassuring about the containment: it’s not permanent and it hadn’t been long enough yet for cabin fever. Your world shrinks and there’s less space to fill, less need to control, more easy to maneuver Last night, to celebrate the first night of channukah dad made us take shots of some Turkish liquor that I can’t remember the name of. It was the...
“i wonder if i won lotto!?!?!?”
– my mother, whose sound belief of “falling into money” has caused a lot of tension in family finances
granny's
Been home for a couple days now, the days go by pretty fast, even though I go completely on reserve mode…. I actually just fall asleep every few hours. Yesterday, it didn’t really snow, so I made my ritual visit to granny’s attic. This is quite possibly the best thrift store. Period. Perhaps that might seem like an exaggeration, but I used to go here for dress-up for games of little house on the...
oy home
laying on my bed after dinner and wine — so full, so tired. i somehow always leave ridiculously early in the morning, so my first day back to vashon is sleepy sleepy sleepy
roberta iannamico
is one of my favorite of the younger generation of argentinian poets that i’ve read.
intenté a traducir algunos poemas (abajo)
Arroyo (River) This river that on its surface gleams at the bottom among the stones is littered with ladies. A little leaf finds its way and stations itself on a small beach like a dingy.
Arroyo
Este arroyo que en la superficie resplandece en el fondo entre las...
oy. laundry day. so boring. i always feel so exhausted.
i did get to watch a new telenovela while my clothes were drying, so i guess that was exciting.
life
is awkward. you know, uncomfortable. like a fish out of water. I used to have the annoying habit of pointing out those awkward situations. if i felt like there was even a remote bit of awkwardness, i would immediately point it out. out of consideration of everyone’s feelings, i probably shouldn’t have done this, and have since stopped. but it wasn’t meant to make things worse (as...
whole new woman
um so i finally bought a new computer. after for years being completely technologically struggling, i finally have a nice little computer for myself, a macbook, and now this blog… man oh man.