bussed out of andorra en masse to the southern french countryside, destination carcassonne, 12th century medieval city. as tempting as it may be to wax nostalgic about the french countryside, that wouldn´t be my style. highlight of the journey: eating cassoulet in the vicinity of castelnaudary, the birthplace of cassoulet. and how could i not ( Read more... )

"in French it is easier to write without style ( Read more... )

fell face first yesterday into cruddy snow and came up with shoulder pain, which kept me up at night and persisted through this morning, resulting in my first health care experience outside the usa. la sala de emergencias. spanish served well enough to get my point across, along with gesticulating at the shoulder in question while wincing for ( Read more... )

after enduring a 30+ hour travel marathon, here i am in the heart of the pyrenees. overslept this morning and had to hitch a ride to go snowboarding, which i managed in my faltering spanish and nonexistent catalan. beautiful scenery and architecture, stone masonry with slate roofs, in many cases built right into the precarious rock outcroppings ( Read more... )

"your dance began at dusk and still goes on
in corridors of memory while I sleep."

and here i sit, listening to her song on repeat 1. "you could fall in love with that one," he said, without fully realizing how true it was. now only a thin veneer holds me back.

jasmine grey died this week in an auto accident at the tender age of 21.

read excerpts from her glamourcon interview here. my favorite part is her closing comment, "Even though I am comfortable with my own nudity, at the shows, I like to picture every one around me naked. It kind of levels the playing field." i vividly recall her admiring ( Read more... )

fitful sleep after failing to find anything fun at "top of the radisson" after-snoozefest. all the girls had gone to bed early. morning, after hearty breakfast, back for round two. spotted cynthia on the way in, waylayed her, and we're off to the parking lot presumably to check up on her car -- instead, sat with her while she smoked, sharing wry ( Read more... )

it would have been easy to suffer sensory overload had i not already had some practice at this ( Read more... )

castro theatre: the screening of the expected feature, "amu," failing due to half of the reels being lost in transit, we were treated to khamosh pani (silent waters) instead. a tale of the pakistani-indian partition. but really a universal tale of boy chooses politics and religion over love and family. mom's prayer to "grant him his heart's ( Read more... )

muse, tell me, of your treasures, which shall save ( Read more... )