Monthly Archives: May 2009

The O Word

Sometimes I get obsessed with things. There are the actual things, like zambonis, accordions, and yurts, but there are also the behavioral and conceptual things. I was just explaining this tonight, and realized that it was the first time I had put words to how this part of my brain works. I can spend weeks, [...]
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Foot Fic.

In the car on the way home today, I had this little narrative rattling around in my head: Denny never had much of a foot fetish, yet he was captivated by Heather’s perfectly painted, bright red toenails. He tried to meet her eyes as they talked at the service desk, but his gaze invariably got tangled [...]
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Travels IV: Misc.

I had this exchange with my father this morning: Me: I had a list of things I wanted to to before I turned thirty, and I did all of them except for learning to ride a unicycle. Now it’s on my list for thirty-five. So, I need to get hold of  a unicycle in the next [...]
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Travels III: Walking

The walk this morning was punctuated by the sounds of roosters crowing, dogs barking, and planes flying overhead.
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Travels II: Excess

First mission this morning: get to the basement and take a picture of the refrigerator. This is the auxiliary fridge in my father’s house, and it contains more food than the only fridge in my house. Were I single or in college, this would not be interesting, however, I eat three meals a day in my [...]
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Travels I

We didn’t want to say anything as we cruised past the exits for the Christiana Mall in Delaware, or when the traffic jam at the entrance to the blue route parted after just a minute or two. In fact, the eerie lack of traffic on 95, the blue route, and NE extension (aka the NE.F. [...]
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Chanel Surfing

A word form Coco Chanel: I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny. It is hard to [...]
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It’s On.

The garden was planted on Sunday. Of course, I didn’t notice the big hole in the center until after I took the picture. Apparently some one with an appetite for the underground parts of a pepper plant had a feast in our garden. I replanted it – we’ll see how that goes. In the garden this year: [...]
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Nuggets

I pulled the files off my rapidly declining iBook in haste last fall. It wasn’t until last night that I started going through them in any detail, mostly in hopes of sparking some creative mojo. So, following is some of the more interesting (to me, at least) nuggets from iBook 2004-2008. Some genuinely entertaining, some [...]
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To Do List.

It is already starting. The web classes officially ended four days ago, and I just obligated myself to fill in for another yoga teacher twice this week. Then, we’re off to see my dad in wherever the hell he lives for the weekend. Why do I do this? As my grandmother just said to me, [...]
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