last night ian and i were watching "precious". toward the end of the movie there's a brief scene in which a daycare worker is dancing, and ian said, "oh, that's sapphire". [in his teens and 20s, ian was heavily into publishing. he started and ran a small press and that's how he knows the names and faces of many local and small time writers.] i look ( Read more... )

"it's a small world" is an understatement.

[two nights ago] yesterday ian was zesting a lemon for an olive marinade. he never zested citrus before and in his inexperience he scrapped out deep ribbons of lemon skin and bitter pith. i went to cut off a slice of lemon to toss in my tea and touching what's left of it made my skin crawl. i wanted to stomp on it until every little bit of skin ( Read more... )

awkward family photos is full of wonder, but this picture, undoubtedly, takes the cake.

i accidently stumbled across this while googling the plot of a movie i saw forever ago to try to figure out what it was called.

dick rock? addiction to cocaine laced pretzels? i must get my hands on this show.

iowa city public access is closed on fridays. i'm calling tomorrow morning.