i flew to houston last weekend with nathaniel only to visit some family and friends. thankfully, despite some rather full flights and 2 connections, he was rather well-behaved. the only times he made much of a fuss was in line waiting to board the plane, which makes people scared to sit near us. fine by me, because it's nice when we do get the ( Read more... )

on monday, dan checked asked me whether wednesday night is free. when i said, i believed it was, he announced that we were going on a surprise date. we said we had to leave right after he got home from work and showered. so off we went last night, driving east. through many of the various hamptons. we stopped at a cool mexican takeout place for ( Read more... )

we're back from texas and i've managed to catch up on laundry and uploading photos. just in time for a slew of houseguests (starting yesterday ( Read more... )

it's hard for me to choose a favorite robyn hitchcock song, because i love so damn many of them. but this one means alot to me because it captures all too well how i feel about a few close past relationships that have dissolved into nothingness. it's so strange how, after having someone be such an integral part of my life, it can later be such an ( Read more... )

leital sent me this link the other day. funny how much i can related to this article. funniest line:

I  never liked the album cover for Out of Time. As part of my high school craze to appear different from everyone else on almost every level, I reversed it so the fruit, flowers, and crayon-rendered logo faced out.

because ... yep, i did that too.
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( senior year of high school meme )

i came across this article on leprosy today. it's a relatively dry account, but it's a perfect time for me to expound a little on how utterly fascinating i find the disease. i actually did a little presentation on leprosy once, mostly concentrating on how society of old turned it into a "sinner's disease" with religious judgment, ostracizing and  ( Read more... )

there's a piece in this weekend's edition of studio 360 about a friend from high school's husband. (click on the Thomas Condon story). interesting piece. i knew the basic story, but interesting to hear details. makes me mad though - why the hell didn't the families sue the coroner, if they were upset?  anyway, interesting to hear kelly's voice on ( Read more... )

tonight there will be a total lunar eclipse. in celebration, we're having a little party. dan's band will be playing, at the very least, but i'm sure some people will stop by.  it is, however, a wednesday, so i didn't even bother mentioning it to any non-local friends.

lunar happenings remind me of freshman year in college, and the lunatic parties ( Read more... )