yesterday, on the train, a homeless man was dozing off, covered in crap from the waist down. it was trickling down his legs onto his white (grey) sneakers. he had a can of dole pineapple chunks and an extra jacket resting on the seat next to him. he smelled horrible and eloise loudly exlaimed "YUCK!". it was thoroughly depressing. this is going to ( Read more... )

why?

school's been out for 3 weeks and i'm still adjusting to having little to do. there's nothing eating away at my brain, no looming deadlines, no stress.

it's been raining for weeks. i've been cooking up a storm with our weekly CSA produce, baking pies, tending to our little vegetable garden, reading tons [mostly non-fiction. odd.], watching dexter, ( Read more... )

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eloise was playing alone in her room for 10 minutes. i could hear shouts of delight coming from her room and i wondered what she could be enjoying that much since she never plays with her toys. i walk in to find her happily digging her fingers into my brand-new, just-bought, never-used skull shadow box and painting herself, her furniture, and her ( Read more... )

i think i need ritalin. instead of writing a response paper which is due in 3 hours, i'm alternating between eavesdropping on inane phone conversations my mom is having with her friends* and answering every question asked in every community i belong to ( Read more... )

*nye was lame. i picked up elly's stomach virus and spent most of the evening/night in the bathroom.

*on friday ian and i went to gobo for dinner. i had an appetizer of spring rolls with a spicy honey dip, and a small plate of vietnamese stir-fry [hot spiced tofu, red onion, bell pepper]. ian had new england rolls and a large plate of soy cutlets ( Read more... )

ian and i played scrabble until 4am last night; eloise woke me up 7:15 AM. i cleaned the apartment, took eloise hat/scarf shopping, met up with agnes for a late lunch and a beer, and now i'm home feeling superbly guilty for wasting a day i should have spent doing school work on doing everything but ( Read more... )

for the zillionth time, today i was reminded of my inability to connect with the majority of the human race. oddly, this reminder was served by 5 different strangers who decided to strike up convesation[s?] with me. trains, streets, stores, parks -- hello! wheredidyougtyourshoes yourbabyisbeautiful doyouhavealight it'sawfullyhotout ( Read more... )

it's really hot in the apartment. i'm hanging around half-naked, making tomato sauce from scratch while elly plays with empty plastic containers at my feet. the smell of fresh basil and oregano saturate the heavy summer air. huxley is lounging in the hallway. ian should be home any moment ( Read more... )