I just spent some time reading back over my journal. It started with boredom, then became curiosity, then research. I guess this is what journals are supposed to be for. You look back through your life, day by day in reverse, and see what's changed ( Read more... )

I think this may be a reflection of the fact that I haven't had the money, of late, to eat the way I like to, but i've been thinking about food a lot. A LOT. I've been reading about food. I've been dreaming about food. Most of you who know me know that i've always fancied myself something of a cook, but it's been getting out of control in ( Read more... )

"Because here's something else that's weird but true: in the day-to day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship -- be ( Read more... )

The smell of ozone and the thickening of the air before it rains, reminds me of the smell of blood, reminds me of the smell of melting metal, the taste of carbon, the taste of dirt ( Read more... )

I would get in my car and go to Nussbaum & Wu on the way out of town to get smoked salmon bagel sandwiches (best bagels ever). I'd cruise up the thruway as fast as I could with the windows open, since I don't have any AC) to Gardiner. I'd go to the Rivendell Winery and spend a little while tasting everything and walking around the grounds. I'd ( Read more... )

So, when would be a good time to visit? I think I have a block of time free next month.

...because without education public broadcasting and NPR I doubt I ever would have gotten out of the white trash ghetto I was born into, so you should read this ( Read more... )

+Hawk is back, and looks bitchin.

-Hangover came with it, I don't want to work today.

I love the taste of fresh sweat. I like sitting in a hot bath on a hot night with the door closed, watching water hemmorhage from my skin, bead up and run down into the bathwater. I like feeling a little bit dizzy, imagining that I could pass out and drown at any moment.

Is that all there is?