I’m a Magpie
“Facts” I dreamed were true this week: 1. George Harrison and John Lennon are still alive, but share a body and don’t go out much. 2. William Hershel was one of a set of triplets, but ate the other two soon after birth (in my dream, I read it in a book, and thought, “I don’t need to know that.”). 3. If I were to write a novel about high school, it would take me the better part of an afternoon. Things that have reminded me of C.W. Bayly recently 1. A pair of orange tennis shoes and a tasteful plaid scarf. 2. At Freddies by Penelope Fitzgerald. 3. Seeing St. Etienne at the Fillmore, and ordering a greyhound at the bar. Things I like about making lists 1. No need for follow through (you list things, you stop) 2. Numbers 3. Using the “bold” tag (it makes me feel like I know html) 4. Items in a list feel kind of like a paneled comic strip, which gives the last item a certain weight, regardless of merit. |
I'm a librarian. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset's reflection in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and live on a boat in Sausalito, CA.
Trixie
February 19th, 2006 at 4:40 am
i miss you.
cait
March 7th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Remember when we stayed at Colin’s house for a weekend while he was away? The couch was an island that could only be left in order to get Sour Cream and Onion Ruffles.
Nora
March 11th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Cait — Oh my god, yes. And who knew that someday I would be housesitting professionally, and would be just as goddamn lazy.
Mmm…ruffles.