February 2008
51 posts
the sex pinata never materialized. sad, i know. i have already made improvements on this concept and perhaps one will come to be soon. of course my doing anything is entirely contingent on my recovery from this unpleasant mystery virus. i’ve been calling it a cold, but really that is entirely inappropriate. the cold is a rhinovirus, rhino implying nose. this would more properly be called a...
January 2008
75 posts
for future reference:
one way to get me to go to a party… say “sex pinata” and then refuse to explain.
“you really have the worst luck out of anyone i’ve met.”
– Claire
sometimes i think that practicing the life philosophy of “do unto others as you wish they’d do unto you” is an experiment in masochism.
“don’t steal,” said the adulterer to the thief.
“Ice Age” by Joy Division, from the...
“Mercyfuck (version 1)” by Mary...
“Fall on Me” by R.E.M., Life’s...
“your every breath is a gift.”
– margot and the nuclear so and so’s, “on a freezing chicago street”
amazing how short conversations can bring on phenomenal headaches. agony in my left temple. migraine spot. reeling like a drunk, nauseous, hunting for the aspirin. * there was an article a while back that said that migraine sufferers are less likely to get alzheimer’s. that would be nice, at least. i guess. yay? * overly sensitive light green eyes. [edit 16 Jan 08: light and light...
yet another note:
everyone needs a punching bag. literally, not figuratively. don’t hit people.
“I cannot count the days I found myself driving abruptly blinded by tears.”
– Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking, p. 117.
albuquerque...
i can certainly spell it now. it used to be an at least twelve minute weird al song that my first boyfriend taunted me with… he played it over and over on a car trip to dc. without a license, i wasn’t allowed a vote on music choice. now it’s become the place — only 60 miles away — that i drive to rather frequently. concerts, the airport, and once a doctor when i was...
sara: jessica thought he was cute -- until he put real sex on the tv.
vodkoffee: ha!
sara: i thought it was fine, but whatever.
vodkoffee: i think that show is funny.
sara: me too. i guess she thought it was weird watching it with guys.
vodkoffee: odd. heh. i watched it with my mom once. now that was weird.
sidenote
there is one kind of bird i don’t despise: ravens. watching one do some sort of strange, mocking dance to keep a pigeon away from a trash can has been the high point of my day so far… but it is still early.
today's commandment:
thou shalt not wallow in existential angst.
“In Your Wake” by Matt Skiba (of...
middle english
i am reverting… myne is a better spelling. don’t forget to pronounce the final e!
and those are my photos from las vegas, nv to santa fe, nm… unfortunately it got dark really quickly, so there wasn’t too much light. thank you, winter.
contemplation of wine...
vodkoffee: kendall jackson 03 merlot -- let's see how this goes.
deflinequeana: oooo. i'll have to google the brand, i'm not really familiar with wines; the questions i usually ask are 'hi, what's your cheapest red?' or 'hi, what's your cheapest white?'
vodkoffee: kendall jackson is pretty good.
deflinequeana: i should go in and be like 'so i'm looking for a wine to go good with a meal; what's the meal? oh, a lunch meat sandwich. canned soup, some doritos. so like, red or wine you think? dry, sweet?'
vodkoffee: lmao
deflinequeana: haha yay
vodkoffee: this wine doesn't have meal suggestions, some actually do.
deflinequeana: making you laugh is a personal victory. i don't understand why wines need meal suggestions... but.. apparently someone does.
vodkoffee: this is supposed to taste sort of like black cherry and plum. we had one once that claimed to have a hint of chocolate and tobacco... and we were like, "um... wtf? no."
deflinequeana: lmao
vodkoffee: this one actually does have the cherry/plumness. go, kendall, go!
deflinequeana: 'and over here we have our most expensive, cherished wine - flavored after used condoms and fiberglass, vintage 1986'
vodkoffee: *just dies*
the best thing about santa fe, nm
we don’t have any mosquitos. * though we do have bubonic plague… and hantavirus.
driving through christmas lights in vegas...
shiny shiny silliness…
as i try to understand finance...
Russ: There's this millionaire I work with, REALLY smart guy, Tiffany dealer, biggest on the east coast. He once told me "Anytime someone offers you money, you take it. Unless you think you should be getting more money, in which case you ask for it."
vodkoffee: that is a rather awesome quote, i must admit.
Russ: He once offered me 50 dollars because I had helped out with something and I told him "don't worry about it" and he gave me a huge lecture that boiled down to that.
Caparone Winery →
a friend of mine used to work for this winery (he’s a caparone), and i highly recommend this wine to those who enjoy red wines (like me!). though apparently an “acquired taste”, according to my friend, i found the nebbiolo to be amazing… and the most beautiful color you’ve ever seen in a wine.
just so you know...
i have a closet well stocked with wine, fireworks, and coats. in preparation for the end of the world, of course.
expand your vocabulary
colin: I've got baldness on both sides, Alzheimer's on both sides, colon cancer on one side and lethal acid reflux on the other.
vodkoffee: aw.
colin: I'm mechafucked.
vodkoffee: i don't wanna laugh... but that's a great word.
colin: Thanks. I think mecha- should be used as a prefix more often, especially for non-mechanical uses. It's a great superlative prefix. It sounds just close enough to mega-.