hello! right this minute, I am supposed to be working frantically on two things, both of which are due friday and in total will require me to produce about 3000 words. I can convince myself that this is a much more productive procrastination tool than facebook spying, because I'm A)writing something, B)getting potentially distracting thoughts out of my head so i can *really* focus. and, i'm at busboys and poets, and just got a call from Annie that she will be here in anywhere from 15-30 minutes, so how much work can I really get done from here out?
so maybe some rough resolutions (the first time I think about them will be appr. 10 seconds from now, so, well... take them with that in mind)
1. start putting lemon in my tea in the mornings instead of milk. im drinking tea with lemon and honey right now, and its delicious and feels healthy and cleansing. This is easy (must remember to buy lemons on the way home) and beneficial.
2. yoga with sincerity at least 3xweek
3. eat more. i'm pretty good about fruits/vegs/protein. so, maybe, i need carb-y things? rice, bread, mac and cheese...
4. drop my skirt off at the dry cleaners (this may seem like an "errand" to most people, but i've been putting it off for 4 months.)
5. answer my phone when it rings unless I'm truly unavailable. (i'm getting better at this now that I live in a home with multiple rooms for chatting, but still much room for improvement).
6. acknowledge that my being in a bad mood as a result of not taking care of myself properly has a negative effect on my outlook and opinion of the outside world -- so take care of myself! and then I can be filled with generousity of spirit.
7. start mending clothes instead of buying new clothes (got to go buy a needle).
annie's here!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, December 5, 2008
back
good morning! a quick life update. For the past 4 months, I have been teaching in greater quantities than ever before. It's been some parts lovely (yoga!) and some parts stressful (i will practice my grace and abstain from naming names), but overall pretty good, and certainly nice to have a salary that inches closer to a living wage. But on the downside, I haven't been able to publish anything, not since the summer, so my ability to turn thoughts into complete sentences with appropriate punctuation has been limited to The New Yorker Caption Contest Game and high school report cards. So... here I am again, just getting some practice. hopefully I can post life highlights with some regularity.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
inspirational
some known, some mind blowing to me -- maybe I'm just in the mood to take life changing advice, or just need a reminder. 27 proves to be a major year...
Bruce Mau : incomplete manifesto for growth.
Bruce Mau : incomplete manifesto for growth.
Monday, September 8, 2008
i may never leave again
I'm holed up safely on my old couch in my new living room, with star trek: the next generation on as gentle, nostalgic, safe tv, trying to process and and regain my footing. immediately after finding out some sad news (which came with the advice that I need to be extra careful, a delicate time for the family, extra vigilance required against the world) I looked in my rearview mirror and saw flashing light, *siren*, and was pulled over for talking on the phone while driving. I obediently took my lecture from the cop (who looked suspiciously like the cop who pulled me over on my bike last month) about the "laws". i made it home, well, to the driveway, took careful dark steps onto our porch, and was almost run over by a giant pitbull who had been napping on our doormat. We had a mini faceoff, where he backed off and ran to the yard, and then looked back at me to see just how serious I was about this entering my home thing (and to discern how powerful I was). I could see him calculating, and could feel that he was very close to putting up a fight that he would almost certainly win, so I tried my best to look powerful and very possessive of this home and to get my damn key in the door as fast as possible. I made it, and now have been home alone, trying to allow my emotions to flood through in the way that they need to in response to the news, and to be extra safe and careful...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
fall back
Hello! ive been waiting to develop photos from katya's shower before putting up a new post, but i think its time - im starting to forget things.
I'll put up a completely non sequitur photo set instead:
just some fresh fleurs from the 'hood.
last weekend, I was home and not working for the first time all month - so lovely! on friday, we went to see Daniel Hart and his newest iteration of the physics of meaning at the velvet lounge. his violining was completely literally breathtaking, and he got to experience what i think would be thrilling - would be for me. so, he was playing on the 2nd floor of a lounge/bar, with a pretty happening packed 1st floor and about 20 people sparsely distributed upstairs. he started playing, and by the end of the first song it was packed! people were actually so drawn to his music they stopped what they were doing and walked themselves up to the show - thrilling. i was very proud, and full of nostalgia and gratefulness at having been a tiny part of the music once upon a time. made me want to pick it up and practice away until i got control of it again. so, maybe, on thanksgiving ill bring the violin back here with me.
saturday, i finally got to see ben play some athletics -- after all these years of hearing about it and having some vague sense that he was a talent -- didnt seem real to me. except -- i was bad luck, and his very excellent flag football team lost their first game in a while. whoops. i don't think i was such a great cheerleader, being terribly distracted by the adorable family with the Kite, and my book, and the bugs, and the wind... but i had a lovely time anyways. no photos, but imagine blue sky and adorable family - two tiny kids: older boy, little girl, glassed dad, kite that looks like a lady bug. and some dudes in black shirts, dudes in yellow shirts, flags around their waists, throwing, catching and running with a football. sometimes huddling up for chats.
before that, memorable things ----training it up to nyc for baby showers and tea parties. taking advantage of the last bits of perfect weather -- its now too cold to want to leave the house, and im winterizing. i need to properly organize my netflix list and get on it. stock up with teas and cocoa. also, i have started doing yoga through yoga podcasts -- amazing! its like a class, but its free, and in your home. i feel like everyone should know. (there is some chance that ill be teaching yoga this winter to the Field kids. i need to get knowledgeable, and strong...). other than that, my mental world is totally preoccupied with dreaming about my trip to india in feb, for cousins wedding. the amount of thought and imagining that i will likely be doing will be about 50X the actual time spent there (10 days). still, im at it with vigor. worrying about outfits and cameras...
onto winter ---
I'll put up a completely non sequitur photo set instead:
just some fresh fleurs from the 'hood.
last weekend, I was home and not working for the first time all month - so lovely! on friday, we went to see Daniel Hart and his newest iteration of the physics of meaning at the velvet lounge. his violining was completely literally breathtaking, and he got to experience what i think would be thrilling - would be for me. so, he was playing on the 2nd floor of a lounge/bar, with a pretty happening packed 1st floor and about 20 people sparsely distributed upstairs. he started playing, and by the end of the first song it was packed! people were actually so drawn to his music they stopped what they were doing and walked themselves up to the show - thrilling. i was very proud, and full of nostalgia and gratefulness at having been a tiny part of the music once upon a time. made me want to pick it up and practice away until i got control of it again. so, maybe, on thanksgiving ill bring the violin back here with me.
saturday, i finally got to see ben play some athletics -- after all these years of hearing about it and having some vague sense that he was a talent -- didnt seem real to me. except -- i was bad luck, and his very excellent flag football team lost their first game in a while. whoops. i don't think i was such a great cheerleader, being terribly distracted by the adorable family with the Kite, and my book, and the bugs, and the wind... but i had a lovely time anyways. no photos, but imagine blue sky and adorable family - two tiny kids: older boy, little girl, glassed dad, kite that looks like a lady bug. and some dudes in black shirts, dudes in yellow shirts, flags around their waists, throwing, catching and running with a football. sometimes huddling up for chats.
before that, memorable things ----training it up to nyc for baby showers and tea parties. taking advantage of the last bits of perfect weather -- its now too cold to want to leave the house, and im winterizing. i need to properly organize my netflix list and get on it. stock up with teas and cocoa. also, i have started doing yoga through yoga podcasts -- amazing! its like a class, but its free, and in your home. i feel like everyone should know. (there is some chance that ill be teaching yoga this winter to the Field kids. i need to get knowledgeable, and strong...). other than that, my mental world is totally preoccupied with dreaming about my trip to india in feb, for cousins wedding. the amount of thought and imagining that i will likely be doing will be about 50X the actual time spent there (10 days). still, im at it with vigor. worrying about outfits and cameras...
onto winter ---
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