Here it is. I’m leaving town for a couple of days, and all the preparation has somehow left me unable to wrap my head around the end of the year/decade/etc. Let me just wish you the very best. It feels like so many of us have been crawling over the roughest of terrain. I pray… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Not with a bang…
Got to work today to be greeted by a cordoned off Times Square, due to a mysterious van that had been parked there for a couple of days. Police were ushering people away, but providing no information. It was only hours later that I found out through CNN what had happened. I also found out… Continue Reading
Whither Whether Wither Weather…
Buzzing distractions once again. And it’s gone back to cold, which tends to make me pensive. I did have a lovely Monday shopping trip with Lolita, after an initial communication breakdown. Twitter saved us from missing each other entirely. I’ve been making my way through Thomas Mallon’s A Book of One’s Own, which offers the… Continue Reading
Dan
Just received the news of Dan Simmonds’ (danbearnyc) unexpected death this morning. People have already begun to testify to his great capacity for friendship and humor. I loved that he was also the guardian of the sort of glorious fey erudition that few attempt any more. He could be overwhelming, but never small minded. In… Continue Reading
Just before the Roast Beast…
We were a cozy quartet for Christmas feast this year. My sister did an amazing job with the cooking. The present exchange was modest, and while we didn’t get much, we got things we wanted. It feels wonderful to have connected with family and friends, as well as to have the largest expectations and pressures… Continue Reading
Holiday blab…
And I could use some serious decompression. I need to crawl into a bed and spend a couple of days there, soup inclusive. MMMMmmmm soup. I took a quick jaunt over to Chelsea today to make sure I caught a couple of shows before they closed. Now to finish up a couple of things in… Continue Reading
Polybloggering, or an open letter to my livejournal account…
LiveJournal, it’s time for me to come clean: I’ve been cheating on you. Well not exactly cheating, but I have been seeing other sites. You know I’ve got a wandering eye, and just like it was with AOL chatrooms, and Yahoo! groups, and my Earthlink homepage, it couldn’t be just you and me for ever… Continue Reading
Still coming down…
Yes It’s snowing here in Brooklyn, and blowing. It’s piling up in the street because plowing doesn’t happen so much in the minor boroughs and certainly even less in our little particular back water. It’s not bad news. I’ve had a good day all in all, sleeping off the bad vibes of a brutal work… Continue Reading
Flash your frustration Friday…
Ready to kill him, really. Tags: daily photo, emotions… Continue Reading
Splat…
All a sputter. So much to do. It’sbeen so oddly emotional the past couple of days. I’m being offered chances to think about myself in expanded ways, and the prospects are frightening. So much so that I am neglecting things on the ground. Abandoning habit, turning distraction after distraction loose in my mind. I know… Continue Reading