october in april.

[notes from a compulsive list-maker.]

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

techno + slo-mo dogs.


please go here and click on the dogs on the upper left.
[like courtesy of morescotch]

yum:
- swiss cheese broccoli.
- pan-seared salmon.

read:
- sexton (still not a fan).
- anderson's winesburg, ohio.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

When it rained cream, and the walls fell in.


strangers tripping all over, today.

read:
- pynchon's the crying of lot 49.

cooked:
- hungarian mushroom soup.
- scalloped tomatoes.

chugchugchug.

Monday, March 20, 2006

Be a Hypnotist and make Fun and Money.


many thanks to all who were able to trek to brooklyn.

weekend de-compression:
- onion soup-making.
- ted hughes' crow.
- marilynne robinson's housekeeping (masterful, marvelous).
- lots of arrested development.
- v for vendetta.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

more slightly shameless, coinciding with holiday.


i am reading in brooklyn on friday for the burning chair reading series.

The Fall Café
307 Smith Street
Between Union & President
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
F or G to Carroll Street
Friday, March 17, at 7:30

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

keeping the weird.


fun in austin:

- swam.
- listened to people.
- ate tortilla soup twice.
- book fair.
- listened to people read poems.
- bridge bats.
- bought a blue terrycloth skirt.
- saw friends from chicago.
- a new little bottle of shampoo and conditioner every day.
- a trio of Good Things.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

jet-setting, jettisoning.


off to texas tomorrow morning.

yes, texas.

for you: the Maltreated Mechanical Mule.
[courtesy of father.]

Monday, March 06, 2006

a veritable "Hotel on Wheels" with clean Motive Power.


i winged up to rochester for the weekend:
- played instruments.
- ate curry soup and smoked gouda and bread pudding.
- drank good red wine.
- watched mrs. henderson presents.
- typed on a typewriter.
- focused and clicked.
- finished bellows' humboldt's gift, finally.

it was all serious circus and lovely.