10.31.2002
pain
in my knee, ankle, shoulder...
I suppose falling down the last two stairs in the dark, spraying candy everywhere, embarassing myself in front of my landlord/neighbor and the trick or treaters, candy spiralling all over the floor, is god's way of getting back at me for wearing the devil horns all day long.
But damn, I looked cute. :) I flustered the gentleman who came in to interview for a position I have open. He couldn't look me in the eyes. Ha!
After I was smote down, Joe was the perfect nurse, helping me ice it all up, bringing me drugs and being sweet.
I did see the cutest little trick or treater today...a baby in a little white winter jumpsuit, except that it had a single golden spiraled horn off the top of the hood. Who would make a better unicorn than a pure innocent little child?
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10.29.2002
i am
in constant amazement looking out my office window at the view. A beautiful three masted clipper ship sits at the long grassy pier outside. The tide is out and seagulls are gathered on the muddy rocks. Thousands of silver fishes flit and flicker under the water below my window--it looks like rain on the surface of the water. If I open my window, I can hear the sounds of the "ghost ship" down near the bridge. Ghosts moaning and cackling at Salem tourists. Yesterday I saw a man with a bear's head wandering around looking at the boats.
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10.27.2002
my friend
lauren came to stay with me last night. We went to see Punch-Drunk Love, which was a really sweet, darkly comedic movie. I thought it was definitely Adam Sandler at his best. Quirky and funny but not silly-goofy such as he is known for. Definite recommend. It's made by the same guy who did Magnolia so the cinematography is excellent. I was really stunned by the sound effects in the movie...the way he used sound to manipulate the audience. I can't explain...just go see it.
So many congratulations came my way this week...promotion, engagement, saw the family, seeing the future in-laws today, new red leather couch, kitty happy to see me. All in all, a good week. Except the fact that I'm completely and utterly behind in my homework.
Lately I have been thinking about self-fulfilling prophecies...and Lauren and I talked about that last night. I think it goes hand-in-hand with positive thinking, but in a real sideways sort of way. I am becoming a much more firm believer in how attitude shapes your life for better or for worse. How you percieve yourself and act upon those perceptions affects people around you. The change in my life since starting the Artist's Way has been so significant and I am constantly seeing the direct results in my life.
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10.19.2002
le bois
and here we are, visiting the family in good ol' Boise Idaho. Where the pre-requisite to going bowling is having a pickup truck (at least as far as we could determine from the parking lot), where jacking up your vehicles is standard, where mullets still reign king (you should see my brother), where strip malls, tract housing and Mormons pollute the landscape. Where the politicians running for office have television ads with their guns--and point out that their opponents that don't have hunting licenses aren't (ain't) worth voting for. Oh wait, those are huntin' licenses...there is no "g" on the end of that word. Again, talk to my brother--he'll set you straight.
But it's not all for naught. There are some new brewpubs that are worthwhile. We went go-kart racing and mini-golfing today. Walked around downtown yesterday and realized how much things have changed. It makes me feel old, makes me feel sort of surreal. Did I really use to live here? The coffee shop that we used to hang out in as new wave teenagers (Moxie Java) is a chain now, with 32 locations. Amazing.
And my father is terribly disappointed that Joe asked me to marry him--because now he can't give us a bad time about when we are going to get married. Hehehe.
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10.14.2002
bah!
i had a long blog about the wonderful weekend I had and blogger messed it up, sigh. Basically it went like this (this is the highly abbreviated version):
Ran into Rosie O'Donnell on the street in Provincetown.
Ate amazing food at Esther's but never saw a ghost.
Went to the Truro Vineyards for a tasting. Wandered Provincetown, Wellfleet, Chatham and Hyannis shops.
Had an even more amazing dinner at Chester. Probably one of the best meals I have ever had.
And it was all topped off by an evening on the beach, warm and windless, with candles in the sand, bottle of champagne and a boy asking if I wanted to be married to him.
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10.11.2002
life is good
just plain good.
Random good things (to coin a Martha):
They Might Be Giants "They Got Lost"
A fire in the fireplace with the "fresh romantic smell" of peat straight from Ireland.
Hmmm can you say promotion and raise?
Good friends like Paulette who will take care of my cat while we're in Boise.
That I have written every single morning--3 pages--for four weeks straight now.
Joe when he's just barely scruffy and then clean shaven.
Seeing Dogma again.
Heading to the Cape, even if it's going to be rainy--to hear the ocean and fall asleep.
Enchanters get illusion froglok (wait, is that a good thing??!!)
Lauren is going to come see me the weekend after we get back.
We get to see my nephews and Joe's nephew all in the same week!!
Joe's mom sent me this and I think Romeo really does deserve one.
Oh, and Crystal is but Crystallyn is and even better is my Everquest character name, Nyxa.
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10.6.2002
long time no entry!
such has my life has been. Every day I look at the site and think I need to write, but every day the opportunity to do so escapes me. My time just doesn't seem to be my own anymore. And selfish me, when I DO get a spare moment I usually spend it with Joe. I'm counting down the days now (five!) till I have vacation and I can relax a bit and just be with him.
In my past I have always looked at my weeks differently--anxiously awaiting the weekend so I wouldn't be working. Now, for the first time, I truly think, I look at my weekends not as a way to not be working (i.e. an escape), but rather as a moment to breathe. And even then, I'm barely able to do so. Still, the time to be able to sleep in is precious and the chance to spend a little time with Joe and do fun things is more welcome than ever.
This weekend I took some time for myself, as a part of the Artist's Way--one of my artist's dates. It was wonderful. I went to the Fogg Museum two years and a week after I was there last, meeting Joe for the first time on the steps. They had a wonderful exhibit of Lois Orswell's collection of modern European and American art. I was so delighted to be able to see works I hadn't seen before by some of the most famous modern artists: Picasso, Klee, David Smith, Gorky, Matisse, Seraut, Cezanne. Anselm Kiefer also had an exhibit there--different than the other works that I have seen by him. This exhibit contained several very large works created with lead, shellac, ash and eerie black and white photographic images. I really loved this exhibit--better than the straw paintings that I saw recently at the MFA.
I also spent some time doing goofy things, buying new pens, notepads, and two books to read on my trip. The other little silly thing that I picked up was a deck of knowledge cards--Forgotton English II~ Intoxicants and Potions. In it, I have discovered the following two drinks:
penitentiary highball ~ a mixture of strained shellac and milk. The shellac is run through cheesecloth or through the pithy part of a loaf of bread; the denatured alcohol is thus almost freed of gums and resins. Milk is added as an antidote. --Hyman Goldin's Dictionary of Underworld Lingo, 1950 (this is before mouthwash became far more popular)
verter-water ~ water found in the hollows of tombstones, a charm for warts. --Alexander Warrack's Scots Dialect Dictionary, 1911
Now if only Joe and I had had some warts...we might have thought about looking for water when we were wandering Mt. Auburn Cemetery this morning.
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