Bota Boxed wine is pretty okay. Thanks to BevMo, I haven't had to restock in a while. Most recently, my sporadic booze choices have involved Bota Box's Pinto Grigio, Jeremiah Weed bourbon, and a beer from Maui Brewing Company involving coconut. The latter was okay, but too subtle in the coconut vein ( Read more... )

Today, The Hub and I went to a local Himalayan/Nepali/Indian restaurant. Tara's sports a big yellow banner reading "The Best Yak Chili in Town", so we've been teasing each other for years. He had the yak chili, which was more of a stir fry of onions and peppers with lean slices of yak meat, in spices. Very good. I had a mango lassi, vegetable momo ( Read more... )

It's been awhile, hasn't it ( Read more... )

I'm not quite doing NaNoWriMo, but I started writing something this morning. I thought about putting together a poetry chapbook this month, too. I'm a little concerned about this level of activity, since it tends to mean migraines are coming, along with a mood crash. I sometimes try, I don't know, not want to do anything? I think I was trying to ( Read more... )

Made some calls, looking for therapy. Wait times are long: 1 to 2 months. I could put myself on a list for one place, but not the other place I called. I can call back Tuesday at 8 am, to put myself on an 8-week waiting list ( Read more... )

The Hub and I wandered around tourist-filled Santa Monica and ate tolerable Korean tacos from a fair food truck, decent gelato from a gelateria just off the 3rd Street Promenade, and got library books. He's on a Stephen Fry kick--at LAST--and I'm still trying to find some career or other. I got a book that lists occupations and am carefully poring ( Read more... )

Stuff on my mind ( Read more... )

I have a recurring conversation with a co-worker. He has a keen mind and was raised Christian. He's a genuinely kind person, which is a nice change. He's guy-aged. The faith of his childhood left him. I think he still has a good relationship with his parents, who are devout. We talk about truth and Truth. I decided to wander through faith, just to ( Read more... )

I have a boatload (buttload?) of entries I never posted because I have a horrible perfectionist/procrastination thing in addition to depression. I haven't had the nerve to check to see who's dropped me from their FL ( Read more... )

Reading:

Analog
Vogue
Elle
Lapham's Quarterly
Marshall McLuhan
Bertrand Russell
Alfred North Whitehead
Loveless (Manga)
Oishinbo (Manga)

Digital
Style Rookie (She's my favorite fashion blogger, a smart young woman, and knowledgeably enthusiastic)
JRocknyc (Guy lives in NYC, used to live in Japan, will talk smack about VK)
MetaFilter
Axe Cop ( ( Read more... )