Events
It’s Thursday
The trees on campus have suddenly burst forth their offerings of flowers. From nothing yesterday to furry white limbs today. With the same glorious burst of spontaneous beauty, I bring you video update two.
Indefinite Temporality
Things will be changing whenever I have time to mess with them.
In Other News…
A six-paragraph summary of everything you need to know today.
Redemption
It wasn’t really strange for school officials to give me a pink blanket last fall. It accordingly sat next to my desk in its bag for exactly three days while I wondered who might want it.
No more freeloading
I’m not looking for pity. Quite the opposite, in fact. I’m sharing my happiness. It’s been a while since I’ve felt so engaged, and I’ve missed the feeling.
I’m not old enough
We all left, no doubt, with the same thought: Let’s not wait another four months to do this.
Things move fast in China.
Hand-drawn mirror
It’s scary when someone else tells you about your life.
Break Out
Thus begins a series of notes about my recent travels. I didn’t post them earlier because they were mostly written as notes or based on notes scribbled in free moments in cafés, restaurants, train stations or buses. I have tried to modify them only enough to make sense of them, not to make them read-worthy.
I woke [...]
Diggin’ In
It’s about time.
I mean, I’ve had my own place for over a month now—kitchen just sitting there quietly. Patiently waiting.Two things drove me to my madness.
1) May. The person, not the month. She’s really great at gently and not-so-gently teasing to encourage positive behavior. In this case, she teased me at the last couple meetings [...]
Motivation
A metaphysical barrier was broken today. Did you hear it?
Oh, that’s right, I’m thirteen hours ahead of most of you. So, cross-checking the change in time zones against the speed of sound, it may still be on its way. If you hear a small, otherwise-inexplicable pop, it was me.
And just how did I achieve this [...]