People seem really eager to dismiss my idiosyncratic behaviors- specifically, those that differ drastically from their own behaviors- as merely symptoms or "excuses" for underlying neuroses and character defects ( Read more... )

On the way there

We're in traffic right now so watching the scenery pass to The Decemberists is not a very inspirational prospect. We're driving to Knox College in Illinois for the Love Your Body Conference (hosted by SASS- Students Against Sexism in Society). We = me, Anat, Rachel, and Julie.

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I have a round head. I have a pretty decent scar.


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I have since Friday been recovering from surgery: 4 wisdom teeth- 2 impacted- removed. The surgery itself went very well- better than I'd expected. As I sat alone, waiting to be injected with whatever's in that so-called "general anesthesia", I said to myself: "Whatever happens, remember feeling like this: normal. This was a normal and there will ( Read more... )

Pierre sometimes works for the theatre and doesn't have a phone or email. Dylan's theory of getting hold of him: "Go to the center of town and yell his name." John laughed patronizingly: "He lives above the hardware store, you only have to yell his name from in front of the hardware store, stop exaggerating." Dylan and I retorted: "The hardware ( Read more... )

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In the display window at the Emporium, the display window which separates me in my infamous window seat from the street, is a sculpture on a mechanically-rotating lazy susan. It is of a nude model and a group of artists painting her ( Read more... )

I was at the Barnes & Noble Cafe and bought a Jones bottled drink. The woman at the counter said, "Is that for here or to go?"

Later I went up to buy a cookie for Rachel and me. The woman at the counter said, "Would you like a fork for that?"

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I really love sitting high up in one of the window seats here. But also, I love sitting on the couch, which is on the other side of the coffeeshop ( Read more... )