so the title of this post is inspired by rm's artists sometimes have feelings articles.  except it's about me.  and how two of the last three artists I've had meetings with have offered me cheesy or buttery things, and I have said yes and eaten them to be polite, and have gotten sick afterwards.  though that really isn't the point.  the point is ( Read more... )

so the last week or so has been filled with a number of kind of irrational freak outs.  though of course their being irrational has no bearing on how they feel.  for some reason, I feel like all of a sudden I'm expected to have a clue of what the hell is going on with the things I like to talk about, mostly with my dissertation, and I really am ( Read more... )

so I've been in a ridiculous string of luck and happy recently and I guess it's time I outline it all.  today is the apogee of amazingness ( Read more... )

no call.  and I'm not upset.  detachment achieved!  now I'm going to sleep...

 I was on the east coast for two weeks, visiting colleen and having meetings in new york for one and then seeing my dad and my highschool best friend, eva, for the other.  it was really cold.  and the airline broke my bike.  but it was fun.  and I got to see my grandmother on my dad's side, which is good.  not necessarily fun, but good.  one of my ( Read more... )

wow it's been a long time since I've used this thing!  probably less important now that I see you all regularly and don't need to assuage any fears of my death by mugging in new york.  I seriously fear that sometimes ( Read more... )

so I think about this time last year I wrote about how disillusioned I was after attending high holiday services at the temple I grew up in.  and here I find myself coming around to the high holidays again and being awfully thankful for the opportunity for a fresh page.  many things about the past year have been amazing, but it also has been pretty ( Read more... )

it exists to remind you of all your faults and to enthusiastically point out all of your failures.  I was gone just long enough to have forgotten.  here's to shittastic days.  and to the crappiness that is grant application-ing. 

while I was looking forward to it more, Hamlet 2, though funny, is NOWHERE close to as good as Tropic Thunder.  go figure.  

fyi ( Read more... )