Friday, May 29, 2009

saturn still orbiting

it's been so long, I'm thinking I need to get on and ramble for a minute, in lieu of the nap that I don't have time to take. so, what's happened... turned 28, feel drastically different for a variety of reasons (only minorly related to the age). different, but also kind of the same, or more similar to the olden days, the old shilpi, in temperament and in activity. walking, smiling, dancing, letting things happen (or allowing the unexpected to happen). have been trying to dance as much as possible so as to feel joyful. yesterday joined a group of quite awesome "basement desis" for some bhangra-ish (hipster bhangra?) release at bossa lounge - limbs flailing all around me, innocent (so thankful for the lack of grinding) and smiley. felt young, dancing into the night and then waking up to go to work with a slight sleep deficit. (young b/c im abusing my body, I guess? good thing I'm old enough to be taking massive amounts of vitamins and supplements). last friday, saw Daniel play with St. Vincent, some very lovely music, and then dancing to "hot 99.5" type hits with my coworkers. (pop "hits" + some truly bizarre 80's choices (michael bolton? seriously?)).
more animals trying to encroach on this lovely house. Actually, these ones are actually succesful (the end of the Cedric story, which i wrote about in the fall -- quite sad for Cedric. animal control had their way with him. it had to happen - you can't come back from life in the wild). so, now, birds - living, i think, in the wall of my bedroom. i hear them flapping about and chirping all the time, right now in fact, and Divya and Gautam showed me the hole they use to get in, outside the house. landlord doesn't seem too concerned, so perhaps it's all very live and let live - built in bird house?
time for weekend activity #1...