not sure what i'm doing back here at this journal thing, when it's pretty much a lost cause given my own negligence and a fast diminishing community. past the undergrad years, lj has a hard line to tow ( Read more... )

going to the restaurant again tonight to greet diners at door, take to tables, wrap up to-go orders, smile pleasantly and help snobby rich women with their horrendous and vile fur coats.

i'd much rather be checking out the neighborhood ceramic studio on boston.

It came through! ...and just when I was resigning myself to what would surely have been several more weeks, if not months, of truffle hunting. Beginning next Thursday, I will assume the role of assistant to the director of the Newton History Museum. http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/ ( Read more... )

Looking for a job in a museum, archive, or library these past few weeks is more difficult than I had anticipated. Boston appears to be swelling with opportunities for young arts professionals, but with so many universities graduating literally thousands every year, the pool is crazily competitive. And the application process is so dehumanizing ( Read more... )

I love being home this time of year. Everytime I come back there are so many unexpected changes to take account of; some I like, others not so good. Really, coming home makes me aware of how much (or how little) I've changed, above everything else. Things are so much more different this time around. Unlike the past four or five visits here, ( Read more... )

have already given my dog a bath and been to the farmers market ( Read more... )

in the heat of the moment, can you imagine anything worse than finding a deer tick attached to your thigh? well, of all the things that might ruin it for the both of you, let me say there's nothing quite like discovering a blood-sucking, disease-harboring parasite.

think its creepy? gross? funny? just wait until it happens to you...

today i walked around the square eating a peanut butter ice cream cone.

hit snooze button until wakeful ( Read more... )

today i am amelia earhart.