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...