Minneapolis

I've been waiting for you to come back
Since you left Minneapolis
Snow covers the streetlamps
and the windowsills
The buildings and the brittle crooked trees
Dead leaves of December
Thin skinned and splintered
Never gotten used to this bitter winter

I've been wasted, angry and sad
Since you left Minneapolis
I wish my thoughts were pure
like the ( Read more... )

Well, where do I begin? The Fates prescribed a dinner at Whole Foods tonight for danielakristina and me. After some scrumptilicious Indian goodness, assorted pasta salads, sushi, and a berry lime Jamba Juice--all in record time I might add--we headed to the West Village to check out a room I had discovered on Craigslist.

272 Bleecker Street between Morton and ( Read more... )

. . .is speaking at Princeton tonight. Boo, I have to miss it. I haven't read Kavalier & Clay yet, but The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is incredible. And who knew he was writing the next Spiderman screenplay?

There are a lot of Aussies walking around school today. Part of some exchange program. They are an orchestra or something.

I am now on Cipro, which my boss gave me today along with other assorted medicines, since I have found it impossible to obtain prescription drugs through legal means. I have drunk more water in the last 24 hours than I thought ( Read more... )

Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with
Kirbylicious' DisorderCause:spread by ratsSymptoms:frequent déjà vu, walking like a zombie, rotten teeth, vague constipationCure:fire

( The BIG LOVE TEST )

1. grab the nearest book.
2. open the book to page 23.
3. find the fifth sentence.
4. post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions

"Joan. I'll call it. . .Joan."

Yeah, that's two sentences I guess.

Ok people, I'm going to Princeton. And yeah, I'm taking the expensive train, and it's raining. But I wanna go down and see the pretty trees that bloom this time of year. And my friends asked me down tonight, and I've got tomorrow off, so what the hell--or should i say hayell? I turned in my thesis exactly one year ago today. Might as well be back ( Read more... )

My old English prof, Lee Mitchell, was suspended for stealing from the department!

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/04/08/news/10190.shtml

I think he's married to my old music prof, Carolyn Abbate. Wild stuff. . .