I'm having one of those days where I slept enough and drank too much coffee but not enough food and I have spare time on my hands because I stayed home from work to wait for the oil guys to come and deliver us heat again but they haven't come yet so I'm just sitting in my space-heated room reading and thinking and writing and becoming over ( Read more... )

i was really hoping that I could move to a new city... into a new house.. with a whole new set of people in my life.... and become a new person ( Read more... )

In retrospect last year's theme ended up being "2007: The Post Graduation Epic Identity Crisis". I'm going to name this year. But I wonder how much it will end up actually relating the what happens in the next 12 months ( Read more... )

My mother is nuts... but somewhat entertaining ( Read more... )

I think maybe this morning's pensive brooding might have been due to last night's erstwhile excursion. Jenna and I took a late night dumpster trip out to the Odwalla distributer (which was, sadly, almost empty) and then we tried to find the Jenkintown Trader Joe's ( Read more... )

There was this commercial on television when I was a kid where this mother was bundling up her kid. Like y'do... warm pants, socks, mittens, winter coat... but instead of heading out doors for a fun romp in the snow, she tucks the child into bed, kisses her goodnight and turns off the light. The screen faded to black and the voice over said: " ( Read more... )

this weekend i got so drunk i fell off a roof. No joke. Fell off a roof. Also sundry other embarrassing things.

Remember: Please don't let me drank whiskeys on weekdays.

nicknames I have accrued since moving to philly:

noraborealis
norasaur (also norasaurus-rex)
nora-gabor (via jaja gabor)
noradamus
bffme (best friends forever middle earth)

.... I've always wanted a nick name. (heart.)

In other news... i feel like crap today. Maybe, if I pass out at my sewing machine, they'll let me go home early.

the sun never rose today
and neither did I.
Like the sky I just lightened
little by little
by and by
'till both I and the sky
were daylight slate grey.
And there we stayed
in stubborn stalemate
waiting to see you would blink first.
Nobody won.
We just sat and stared
as muted day returned to muted dark
little by little
by and by.

So... I know you're not supposed to get into a stranger's car... it's like the first thing they teach you when you're a kid. But... what about getting into a strangers AMBULANCE? There are always a bunch of ambulances park in the lot outside my work (?) and this morning on my way inside the studio (awkwardly toting large coffe and my bike) a man ( Read more... )