What I did today

1. Bunny's roommate's grandmother was here this morning. Cutest old Taiwanese lady ever.

2. Cal day--an event I NEVER attended as a student but I had fun at the two labs we stopped in on. How to control flying insects and how to program a computer to program itself to fly a helicopter. Makes me wish I studied my sciences harder.

3. Eating and shopping downtown. Bought the most expensive bra I've ever owned--not fancy, but fitting and functional--am I growing up? And more excitingly chocolate. We stopped in pretty much every chocolate shop we saw and I had my first piece of Oriol Balaguer (olive oil flavored=absolutely amazing).

4. Dinner with old friends in which food was the topic, event and object of our dreams. Not to mention the sort of hilarious sight of the civilian safety group in fantastically cheezy military-gay ware.

Perfection.

Feelin' Old

Tired, sitting in a coffee shop whittling away some time in my old college town, being recognized by someone who's face doesn't ring a bell for me... ugh.

But listening to the all to precocious young'uns around me (yes, I was most certainly like them in the not too distant past) I've learned that Pavement is having a reunion tour. How did they know that before me?

walking

Chicago: 3/4 mile, daily, tops
SF: 4-6 miles + average 30 degree incline

I love walking here. I find something about my feet hitting the rolling pavement of this seaside town that is pure serenity. And I seem to know where to naturally walk even if i'm not paying attention (ie. to the yarn store).

Eating too much. Watching movies in musty theaters. Knitting in the park.

I might have also bought a ramen bowl.

The only thing missing was getting my butt in gear on the night I flew in. I could have gone to a Noisepop concert for old times sake. I also miss the careless comfort of a certain somebody's monkey arms.



dB, will I not see you this go around?

Nopalito

I've been eating a lot of mexican pork belly dishes recently. Today was no exception other than the fact that i'm in another state. Full, tired, content. And it's warm. It's never warm when I visit Amy, even in the summer let alone February-March. Plans for the next few days: eat, knit, read, drink tea... outside.

Bright Star

The snow has been getting me down. And I just feel unsettled. But boy did I love this. Achingly beautiful and sad. Maybe its the (silly) upcoming "holiday" and hormones-but I haven't been so haunted and cried so much at a movie since Nobody Knows (and children-really cute Japanese children-die it that).

Am I getting soft or what?

Sidenote: making special pretzels tonight. Maybe will post picture if I can figure out my new phone.

Thanks google

Sometimes you receive helpful nudges from strange places. Like google's tribute to Rockwell today. "Little Spooners" was just the pick-me-up I needed. Hope it is for you too.

Snowed--Again

I feel slightly unhinged recently. I wanted to yell at the fact that there was snow on the ground today.