January 2012
When does my life start feeling like it’s mine, instead of some coat I keep putting on?
This stuff with the symphony. And wine. And Beethoven on vinyl and expensive bicycles and walks around downtown.
When do they become me, and not just someone I’m working toward becoming?
okay i’m watching downton abbey now guyyyys
Vignette
It’s 6pm and I’m making scrambled eggs because nothing dinner-y sounded right. He’s barefoot but I’m breaking in new rain boots. He flips a piece of sausage but stops when I hold out my arms— this is a good part of this song, maybe the best part, and he dances with me for a couple of measures.
Bad Romance
DAN: [picks up the check] ME: [coyly] Was this a date? DAN: January ninth.
Corroboration
ME: Is that a dog? Looks bigger than a dog. I think it was a coyote! What if it was a coyote! I’m going to go ahead and say it was a coyote. DAN: Okay. We saw a coyote.
“Despite warnings from the media and other agencies in South Korea, it seems it...”
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what the hell is this
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Inherited
From my father:
Round face
Fair skin
Blonde hair, curls, cowlick
Love of spaghetti, ice cream
From my mother:
Every mannerism ever (nurture? nature?)
Bipolar tendencies
Ability to give great gifts
Love of reading/words
Sarcasm
Perception
One of our musicians had been posting on Facebook for months about how her neighbor keeps banging on the wall when she practices her flute. (We’re talking about reasonable times like 11am.)
Last week she gave the neighbor one of her CDs, and not only has the wall-slamming stopped, but they’ve delivered her flowers.
I can’t help but be reminded of the story of Joshua Bell in...
I have one extra postcard from the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. If you’d like it, just email your address to redrabbit at gmail and I’ll be happy to send it your way.
December 2011
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She of the Mighty Calves
Okay, you just have to read this.
I wrote an email to Zappos asking them for the best way to search for extended-calf boots. (I live in a 4th floor walkup. Leave me alone.) I innocuously signed it “She of the Mighty Calves.”
Read the response I received:
Hello She of the Mighty Calves! Thank you for contacting the Zappos.com Customer Loyalty Team. My name is Paul and it would be...
