Strange. I'm considering the path from the beginning to the end of a love that is at some point disappointed utterly and yet becomes, ultimately, altruistic.

It is amazing that a process as deep, painful, and humanizing as this could start out with such a trivial, pleasant, even giddy, emotion as infatuation. Infatuation seems so ultimately beside ( Read more... )

As I was walking to the subway today, I noticed a couple of puppies (Boston Terriers, if you care) tied by their leashes to a parking meter. And since they were ADORABLE and ALONE and one of them was WAGGING ITS ADORABLE LITTLE TAIL AT ME, I maybe, um, stopped to pet them for like half an hour? I realize that this is somewhat inappropriate, petting ( Read more... )

So I am in love with the movie 'A Room With A View' and right now I am in Florence (or Firenze, like the centaur) and this makes me very happy. (the movie is set in florence, for those of you infidels who haven't seen it ( Read more... )