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| 12:13 a.m. Sunday, November 11, 2001 mreow. how insanely cute is this?
i have a soft spot for kitties anyway, but this is just so cute, you want to squish them. 9:12 p.m. Sunday, November 11, 2001 buck up, baby, it's okay. the sunlight on the floor will always fall... ambience courtesy of Sarah Harmer... poetry is not really my bag. there are very few poets (Frank O'Hara being an exception, as well as Rumi via Coleman Barks) that i like. i don't write poetry often, because i do it badly, as do most who try their hand at it. my experience in school was limited to dissecting Shakespeare's sonnets and the gift of a Rod McKuen book from a teacher. :P and Blake, by and large, is too dense and philosophical for my taste. so i groaned when i saw the topic this time around. poetry? free interpretation? extract a meaningful idea out of this? and Blake? ergh. i thought i was a dead woman. so i walked away from it, for a good long time. i twiddled my thumbs, i hemmed and hawed, i flat out ignored it. then i thought, well, this is silly. writing only the easy stuff doesn't help me learn anything. so i pulled up my socks, took a deep breath, and sat down to look at those four little lines again. and now i have a somewhat respectable entry. 1:49 p.m. Sunday, November 11, 2001 proof that i *am* an alien pod child.
just in case you had any questions about that. :) 1:55 a.m. Sunday, November 11, 2001 it's not easy being Green. ol·i·gar·chy· n. pl. -chies 1. A form of government in which power is restricted to the few; also, a state so governed. 2. The ruling oligarchies. [ < Gk. < oligos few + archien to rule ] i heard Ralph Nader speak tonight. you know, the man is a far funnier and involving speaker than you would guess from the sound bites the media feeds us, when they deign to cover Nader at all. despite the fact that the two hour show ran nearly 5 hours (par for the course when no one person is coordinating things), it was well worth the wait. 12:41 a.m. Sunday, November 11, 2001 judgemental, much? one of my brain candy magazines showed up today, with a cover article about stars getting down to fighting weight. besides just pissing me off in general, it got me to thinking about a recent interview with Gwyneth Paltrow. they asked her how it felt to play an overweight person. she said, and i quote, 'Every pretty girl should try it.' *blink* i'm sorry. did you just say what i think you said? unless you're a 110 pound waif, you're not pretty? damn. i think there might be a few of us more well-nourished women who would like to have a word with you about your myopic view of beauty. 12:14 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2001 far too local news. the news lately has been very unsettling recently. i've been following a story down on the Cape. a body was found buried in the dunes at the park where i used to work. turns out it's the niece of a friend of mine. today, i'm listening to NPR as i mess around on the computer. a story comes on about New Bedford is suing the Steamship Authority, because they don't get a boat. i sat bolt upright and started yelling at the radio, because the odds are pretty good that one of the sue-ees is a relative of mine. and then they started interviewing Ralph Nader, talking about the rally at the Orpheum... which is where i'm working tonight. this last wasn't so bad, just odd to hear part of your plans for the day on the news. 4:51 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001 Friday Five courtesy of smattering, the Friday Five. on time, this week. ;) 1. What toothpaste do you use? spearmint with propolis and myrhh, from Tom's of Maine. i used the gingermint one for a while, but the appeal wore off and i went back to the familiar minty goodness. amazing how early training stays with you. 2. What color/brand is your toothbrush? purple. brand? oh, geez. um... Colgate, maybe? i don't spend a lot on toothbrushes (toothbrushi?). i just get a sensible, inexpensive one. 3. Do you use mouthwash? before an important date. other than that, i can't be bothered. i feel vaguely guilty about it, thinking i really should. right up there with thinking i should floss more often. 4. What gum/breath mints/breath spray do you use? i've taken to carrying that Dentyne Ice recently. it's a nice compact little package, and the gum works crazy mad well. i used to carry Altoids all the time, and before that, Ricola, which doubled as cough drop/breath mints. in high school, i always had a pack of Luden's and a roll of Life Savers. 5. How do you plan to spend your weekend? writing, some. going to a Whole Health Expo, if i can. working a Ralph Nader/Patti Smith show. (sleeping, natch.) 4:49 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001 hey, you. fix that. i've had the urge to straighten up other peoples' stuff lately (and stifled it). it's a sign of the need for control in the face of chaos, i think. 4:47 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001 Ants in the Pants i was wondering about how my childhood memories differ from my brother's and sister's; some specific story about our first house spurred that. and i have the urge to call up my brother and ask him if he remembers playing Ants in the Pants, flipping little blue ants into red overalls, in the hall outside the downstairs bathroom. 4:46 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001 overheard 'every cheek has been planted.' offered as commentary by the woman next to me, who had found a seat at the bar. 3:23 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001 presentation *this* one of my pet peeves struck again this week. one of the worst public speakers i've heard in a while said she'd pared down the number of slides because (get this) she didn't want to 'presentation people to death'. grrr. |
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