Today I finished reading "1984" and Itay - who is leaving tonight to go home to Israel for 6 weeks - gave me a few books (including one by John Le Carre) to read ( Read more... )

For the past three weeks I´ve been used to internet cafes where there´s hustle and bustle and cigarettes, (and in Barcelona subway sandwiches) but here at ESCANDA, things are different. There are a few cigarettes, mostly hand rolled, but none in this closet-of-a room with a pretty lantern and triangular shelves where the slow connection can´t load ( Read more... )

"the cat's pajamas"
by m. pena

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( photos by A. Brown (except the one he is in, which is by A. Roberts )

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Oh, my Mom's college roommate, Vivian, and her family had a day-after-christmas open house brunch today and (as if there had been any doubt) I reaffirmed my inability to mingle, and confirmed the fact that since the age of 14 my capacity for interaction has steadily decreased. I tried to quell my anxiety with a mimosa and about 8 cups of coffee, ( Read more... )

"Alcohol is GOOD!"
-- My Mother