words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Monday, September 29, 2003
I learned to play Go yesterday, down at the Commonspace for the first time. It's a strategy game that's simultaneously simple and complex. I felt stupid again, or just boggled with so many possibilities. but i loved the friendliness of the small group who plays there on Sunday afternoons. They were perfectly willing to teach me, give me hints, let me play with their pieces, etc., happy that a newcomer was trying it out. I've been meaning to stop by there for months, since i found out about it, but when two people began playing go at the cafe i work at, I decided I would try the next day. It's nice to learn something new, even if you feel incompetent. As much as i love to teach, it's good to get practice at learning, too, something completely new and frustratingly difficult. There at the cafe, i ran into a social justice group who meet once a month after reading a book on the subject. can i fill my life with one more thing? I think perhaps I would be accomplishing more if i worked at social justice while volunteering to help people in my community instead of reading and talking about it. but again, all the options both excite and frustrate me. I can't do them all, no matter how hard I try. especially when my sleep and my cooking is so important to me. I have lists and lists of things to do, important things, fun things, hectic things. Nobody can say I'm not living, but i just don't want to be gasping for air underneath a ton of life.
3:58 PM
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