Entries from August 2008
August 6, 2008
One Thing’s For Certain
I love a good mixed tape. Yes, that’s right: a good mixed tape. I no longer have the apparatus necessary for creating one, but I miss the attention and care that went into making them. Now you just dump songs into a list on your computer. It tells you when you’ve [...]
August 5, 2008
Thrown
So I got my first completed ceramic piece back last night. It’s, um, kind of hideous. I’m not going to post photos here. Sorry.
I have this devious idea to save all of my failings up until Christmas, and then give them away as “heartfelt,” “handmade” gifts just to see how people react [...]
August 3, 2008
On the Smallness of the World
Yesterday approximately 6% of my high school class was at the Denver Underground Music Showcase. Granted, there weren’t very many of us in the class, and I knew one of them was going to be there. Still.
Last weekend I went to a couple of bars with Christopher — we had the same bartender [...]
August 2, 2008
Lemon Tree Update
Shortly after I posted about my lemon tree, what leaves were hanging on fell off. It’s just a bunch of green branches (green being the key word here, the word of hope). Today it has a blossom! I think it’s a good sign, but I’m a little paranoid that this little blossom might be something [...]
August 1, 2008
How We Got Myopic
I don’t feel like writing; only reading. Sorry. I finished Anna Karenina, the book that took me forever to finish, in late June. Since then I’ve been an insatiable reader. Tonight or tomorrow I’ll finish Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies. This week I’ve also finished After the Quake by [...]
