*Going to the MFA with Anji and Michelle ( Read more... )

Enclosed: A FriendshipThe patient mailbox swallowed my letter ( Read more... )

*Working out with Sharlene ( Read more... )

More to update ( Read more... )

*DeCarol's visit: Punjabi Dwaba and the rabid pekora and DeCarol's savoring. A talk in the common room about childhood agression. DeCarol falling asleep. Our conversation in the T ( Read more... )

I've had the desire to update since...oh, say, November. Much has happened; I've done enough introspection to light up California during Christmas. So much learning has happened and so much change. And this year has been tough, no doubt, in many respects, but I'm more resilient than I've ever been before in my life. Thank you, Merrill, my ( Read more... )

Plugged in old music at 11 am today: Radiohead, Cursive, Deathcab, Braid.

Man, did that kick in withdrawals.

Something that made me laugh more than it should ( Read more... )

Well, I'm on pain-killers for my wisdom teeth, with time to kill in this empty house, so here I go with an update...wee!

Last Few Months at Harvard: Events in hazy chronological order ( Read more... )

Walking back from a student-written play on Abu Ghraib, I thought about the hug I gave Gaby, one of the dancers, how our hands clasped each other with such ease. How it was so easy for me to watch Eloise give her flowers and talk to her in Spanish, explaining why she chose the ones she did--an orange mum and a pink rose--and to stand so close to ( Read more... )