Oct
20
2009
Something bad is happening to my skin. It’s getting thinner. Things that didn’t used to bother me have started to bring me down. A couple weeks ago things were rolling off me. Now it’s part of my daily rhythm to feel picked on or ignored or misunderstood. Like what happened yesterday. I’d spent a week [...]
Sep
22
2009
Linhong Zhou just e-mailed me a photo she took on our bowling night. I love it so much I want you to see it, even though it’s old news. Frying one’s computer is not only expensive but taxing on time and spirit. Critical files have gone missing: passwords, financial records, four years’ worth of e-mails… [...]
Aug
06
2009
This post is belated by about ten days. The day before I left for Vermont, Molly and I went to circus school to learn how to do the flying trapeze. It’s not something I ever would have thought to do, but my sister, in her infinite inspiration, gave me the class for my birthday. I [...]