You Are At The Archives for November, 2001

November 30th, 2001

you just gotta lick it

lane and i have this odd flirty thing going on. lane’s been married for roughly 100 years and he’s so in love with his wife it’s an amazing thing to see. lane’s one of my most favorite friday night bowlers. he calls bud light’s “Tasty’s,” he wears an old skool minnesota north stars hat and [...]

November 30th, 2001

i give such good paradigm

it was a bad day at work. ten percent of my company was laid off today. it sounds much more stunning that way and i want it to sound amazingly shocking, because i am dazed and shaken still. . . 12 hours after i heard the news. for a company of 118, 11 people is [...]

November 30th, 2001

surviving the storm

i am bruised, battered, sad and shaken. but i’ll be ok. sadly, that is all i am at liberty to say at the moment. expect more later.

November 30th, 2001

a george harrison tribute list

when i first read of harrison’s death my mind immediately flashed to that scene in High Fidelity when they learn that Laura’s dad has died. Barry immediately goes into his schtick about the Top Five songs about death, a laura’s father tribute list. he starts listing off songs like “leader of the pack,” and “tell [...]

November 30th, 2001

in my life

so the world has lost another beatle:George Harrison dies at age 58. it’s sad when our artistic heroes die. i fell deeply and hopelessly in love with the beatles when i was a freshman. i remember living with my family in that old house on Court Street. I had a teeny, tiny room that was [...]

November 29th, 2001

it’s an honor just to be nominated

i’d like to nominate as the best invention of the 20th century: Louis Rich Turkey Cheese Dogs.

November 28th, 2001

the mirrored room

i’m currently in love with Look at Me by Jennifer Egan. It’s this wonderful, beautiful, imperfect book that i can’t seem to put down. i’m giving up sleep to read just a few more pages. today, at work, ella asked me what the book was about. i hate that question. what’s it about? it’s so [...]

November 28th, 2001

oh-hoo-hoo

apparently i am feeling better, both physically and mentally. i dunno why, it just happened. it dawned on me as i was watching dawson’s creek. i really am hopelessy, totally, completely enthralled by that silly show. maybe it’s part of me trying to recapture some sort of high school thing that i missed. i never [...]

November 28th, 2001

the unwashed mass

after much debate, i decided to forgo the morning shower before heading to work. i’ve been “working from home” this morning. which really meant reading the wretched work i did yesterday, eating scrambled eggs with salsa and deleteing thats, nows and justs from the aforementioned wretched work. i decided to boycott the shower because i [...]

November 28th, 2001

a comic strip after my own heart

Heart of the City this week is all about bowling. hehe.

November 28th, 2001

disconnected

my phone rings so infrequently that i pick it up every few weeks just to make sure it still works. i am always oddly disappointed when i hear the dial tone. i need someone to take the book away from me so i can go back to sleeping and trying to get better.

November 27th, 2001

we are what we see

we are all alone. we are what we see. that’s what the book i am reading keeps telling me. i am in love with this book. it’s breaking my heart all over the place. it’s everything i wanted from “smart vs. pretty” and “stick figure: a diary of my former self” and so much more. [...]

November 26th, 2001

grown up fairytales

25-Nov-01 11:15 PM Again, I am up when I should be sleeping. I am not sure what the problem is; I have ceased looking for an answer. It’s just something that’s going to happen for a while, this compulsion to pour out random bits of nonsense when I should be asleep, or trying to sleep. [...]

November 25th, 2001

a portrait of love

here’s my favorite picture of thanksgiving taken by max, 3.

November 25th, 2001

a reality smack in the face

you know, i knew it was entirely too good to last. i knew the rain yesterday was some sort of aberration. apparently we are under a winter storm watch. it’s going to last at least two days. i should be thankful that we’ve gotten out of nearly a month of winter. but you know, i [...]