I saw the Shining tonight with Paige and Theon.

Then I found this.

The seat before me on the bus this morning was occupied by a woman with a somewhat David Bowie-esq hairdoo and an elderly black gentleman with a kind mustache and blues brother style glasses. They discussed how society has declined in recent years and each shared their views on how they hold the dissolution of the American family to blame. She was ( Read more... )

I got the oil changed in my brothers car today. The report came back: oil: all new; filter: same deal; water, fluid, some other things: all topped off. The coolant, he said, was two thirds gone. This is a bad thing and I got tisk-tisked but in my defense it's not my car. I told him so. I waited in the cafe in Hawthorn Powell's. The guy seated ( Read more... )

Over at my buddies' house, brewing beer and listening to Screamin Jay Hawkins.

I'm in love with an old Greek man, He owns a falafel-gyro cart downtown that I always end up walking by on my way to Powell's. Once he gave me two chickets of Greek gum that were spicy-sappy, like it just came from the tree. I've seen him help people parallel park, showing them how close to get to the curb with his hands. We always say hello. Today ( Read more... )

A snatch of conversation between a wiley old man and an uninterested bus driver:

Man: "Did you hear about those new cars they've got coming out soon? They run on gas and ... something else ...and... something."
Busdriver: "mmmhmmm"
Man: "Corn...?"

Flying kites: a complete failure.

Things have changed. I have a new aunt. I watch movies related to vampires everyday with a professor who breaks out in a gurgling chuckle every three minutes. I broke up with my boyfriend (the light bit here is, just after he said "I cheated on you" a snatch of music from Theon's Rise of Nations game seeped through the wall and the war drums struck ( Read more... )

Gosh. He makes me happy. I woke up this morning and he was reading one of his philosophy books in bed. I rolled over and in my half-sleep continued making fun of him as I had been doing in my dream.

The metal strips on the stairs of a certain building make the best sounds if you hit them just so with the ball of your foot while descending. I can't say where this is because I was sworn to secrecy; this building also houses the Secret Computer Lab, the second reason why I like the place so much. The secret lab is wonderful because there are ( Read more... )