Bacon may be my favorite conversation topic. It really brings people together.

Why do I go to such great lengths to avoid whatever it is that most needs to be done? Oh yeah, because I SUCK.

Do you know that song that Lyle Lovett covers? It's called Bears? Do you know what kind of bears he's singing about? Like the grizzly outdoor kind, the big gay kind, or is the Bear just a metaphor for masculinity. It's weird to have ( Read more... )

American publishers have one of the lowest translation rates in the ( Read more... )

Um, I've been busy?

The books piled in my house that I fantasize about reading:
Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender
Saints and Strangers and The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter ( Read more... )

Do you know www.catandgirl.com? You should!

The Awake Shake from Sweet Occasions. Oh my god it is delicious!!! Your choice of ice cream blended with iced coffee! I had it made with mint chocolate on Monday, but there's like 30 or more flavors at this place. Yes, I think I must try them all. Mmmmmm...bubble gum ice cream and coffee.

I have a few new user pics--thanks to spillshercoffee for taking the ( Read more... )

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Yesterday I got sick. The kind of sick that I would pay great sums of money and do all sorts of unspeakable acts if I could buy my way out of it. My body decided to expunge itself of all fluids, violently. Kids, it was gross. I am now sitting up and sipping at some soup, hoping all goes well. I have a much more fascinating post about my trip ( Read more... )

For some reason I was really into the idea of posting a poem or two here for v-day, but as I was looking through my collection I just got caught up in reading my favorite Mary Oliver poems. These are from a sequence of thirteen poems found in West Wind .

And the speck of my heart, in my shed of flesh ( Read more... )

I don't know why I thought I wouldn't spend all day obsessing about how messy my apartment is when I know that people will be coming over tonight. And it's not like there's just a bit of clutter on the coffee table or something. There is a bowl of BBQ sauce sitting on my stove that is left over from the Super Bowl grilling. That is past gross.