the sound of the courtyard fountain ( Read more... )

I don’t know if it was the soft light from the giant cactus chandelier, the candle warming the fajitas, or a new glow from within, but as I looked across the table at him, his eyes were glassy and he was looking at me like he’s never looked at me before. Like I was the prize he adored that just slipped away.

What a fun surprise! Gretchen just called from Jerry's Deli on Ventura!! Need to thow on some clothes, grab my camera and go!

I hate it when you are in a room of your peers and your words are falling on deaf ears and someone is looking at you like you don't know what you are talking about and that she KNOWS more than you so why are you wasting her time on this and you wonder if the thought in her head isn't why wasn't I part of this and how dare you for doing this and ( Read more... )

Unexpected pop-over for dinner on Friday night at neighbor Peter's. Talked art, politics (the coming civil war that will happen if GWB stays in office) and the Kabbalah. Invited him and his guitar-lesson friend to barbecue with me, Bunny and Flowers on Sunday. Sat on the front porch for a bit, enjoying the night and then said goodnight (so sleepy, ( Read more... )

just because i felt spiteful, i dumped a whole boxful of styrofoam peanuts in my trashcan and left it in the middle of my cube for everyone to see, and then just so nobody could rescue the little foamy critters, I poured a half-drank soda (with can) and the lid off a yogurt on top

Apparently a pint is a lot of blood. And it wasn't the pint that got me. It was the (how many?) little vials they filled at the end that got me. Tommy B had already fished donating and hanging out for the requisite 10 minutes and was headed back to work when I asked why he was leaving me there alone. He told me I was fine and I said OK and he left ( Read more... )

LIBRA: Theories count for nothing. Any fool can develop a philosophy. Any idiot can have an idea. To find out whether something is real and worthwhile, you have to put it to the test. Usually, in the process of doing so, you have to take a leap of faith. You have to put yourself in a vulnerable position and then see what happens when you really try ( Read more... )

The glitter on a paint and plaster face
Is covering desire and disgrace
We could be lovers
But no one suspects at all
Once you're inside that costume ball

And now I'm sitting here before the mirror
I have the skill to disguise my tears
Then as the magic starts to fade
I find myself abandoning the masquerade

Even though you're suffering ( Read more... )

you led me away from home
just to save you from being alone
you stole my heart
and that's what really hurt