snippetsthe people i work with have names like trintje (rhymes w/ ninja) and matney and ruhama and windy and orion ( Read more... )

saturday: bumbershoot. saw charlie hunter trio, mavis staples and TREY. also had a picnic at kerry park and sat in the grass and ate veggie sushi and drank peach green tea. spent the night at lindsey's ( Read more... )

lindsey's friend nicole is in from l.a. and so yesterday lindsey took her on the ultimate tour of seattle and i tagged along for the ride ( Read more... )

it's been a slightly rough weekend - the cancelled festival caused me to think about the friends i left behind, to question what i'm doing in washington. friday night was the hardest and i felt frustrated and angry ( Read more... )

i returned home from seven hours at work to find a package in my mailbox from MY BESTEST SISTER aka perfectcolorme.

and inside i found...

three mikwright coasters:

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okay. the motorcycle diaries is an amazing movie. but i am VERY VERY WARY of this next endeavor. i think on the road is a book that is only meant to be read, not seen. honestly tell me. what actor could even BEGIN to capture the spark of dean moriarty? neal cassady was out of control in the most amazing neurotic way and i personally DO NOT want to ( Read more... )

today is the first time it's been seattle-esque since i've moved. as in it's cloudy and grey and this morning as i was sleeping rain was pelting the windows. i like it a lot. maybe because it justifies my desire to stay inside but it's a perfect day for tea and cozying up with a book ( Read more... )

it's true. the food here is just better. yesterday for lunch i had a burrito filled with yams and pinto beans and brown rice and spinach. and the best chunky guacamole ever. and for dinner it was tofu fries and world-famous green beans and water chestnuts with spinach and broccoli w/ a little soy sauce. and wine. and every morning it's a ( Read more... )

my first morning alone in washington and minutes after waking up my phone rings and it's my uncle kevin in SWEDEN, just calling to say hello and to see how i was doing. while we've sporadically e-mailed each other i haven't talked to him over the phone in ... years and he told me about DIVING IN EGYPT and SKIING IN THE ALPS and DRINKING IN PUBS IN ( Read more... )

i am done with college FOREVER. i just got home from hanging out with people from my advanced fiction writing class, including our professor c.j. hribal (he has a book coming out on may 24, the company car. it will be in places like barnes and noble my friends.), for five and a half hours. we started out at a bar on campus but ended up going to ( Read more... )