I’ve never been a tomboy exactly, but there are some things girls do that I never picked up on somehow, like wearing makeup and nice shoes and such. I grew up having my hair cut by my mother’s friends, who invariably couldn’t cut straight lines at gunpoint, but we went to them anyway because they [...]
Just finished Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. I’d been meaning to read it ever since I saw him speak last semester, but haven’t gotten around to it till now. It’s a fast read and only took me two days, but it’s fantastic. Not too long ago, my roomie brought up a [...]
I’ve been somewhat knitzophrenic that school is off and obligations have been suspended for another week. I haven’t quite finished anything, and I probably should be working on my honors thesis (my advisor wants me to write a story a day, and I am two days behind). But that’s okay because I have such pretty [...]
My dinner last night, click for big Last night, Belligerent Dan came home from grad school in St. Louis to take us out for sushi. He’s not so belligerent these days, so maybe I ought to start calling him Generous Dan. Anyways, he’d saved up money to pay for his taxes and found he’d be [...]
