I’m a Magpie
Why, hello there, Wednesday. Where on earth did you come from? Here’s what’s hot and not this week. Inspired, once again, by Loobylu. Hot: 1. Brian! He’s redesigned his website a bit, he’s featured on the Linney Group’s design blog today, and I just found out that the opening for his show at our neighborhood coffeeplatz coincides with December’s Lower Haight Art Walk. I’d better start freezing up some snacks! 2. Moon! The full moon rising over the sparkly Oakland hills Monday night just breathtakingly pretty. It looked almost like a Jean Giraud landscape. 3. Slippers! Hope’s mom was visiting all month, and presented both Brian and I with lovely hand-knit wool booties before she left. They’re super cozy, and I wore them all morning as I padded around the house doing laundry and loafing. It was fun having an octogenarian around the house, and I’m so happy to have a little something to remember her by. Not: 1. School. I got my first ‘B’ this week on a group project, ruining my perfect 100% average for that class. I’m gonna do an extra credit assignment to bolster my grade, but I still feel like things have gotten a bit off-kitler. And it only serves to enforce my… 2. General feelings of ennui. This week I’ve had trouble shaking the sense that I just straight up fail at living. It’s pretty much passed, but Monday thru Tuesday? No fun at all. |
I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected 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 started library school in the fall of 2009.
Momeester
November 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
re the last one. Many of us are finding that pretty much plunging into winter with the end of daylight savings time has been difficult. Not in a big dramatic way, but we feel depressed and oddly off somehow.
Claire
November 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I have been feeling the same way – don’t know why – I don’t even have the plunging into winter excuse. Perhaps it’s the end of another year etc etc. Keep up the good spirits! Slip on those cosy slippers. xx
Nora
November 12th, 2009 at 1:12 am
It’s actually nice to hear it’s not just me. Perhaps it is the ‘dying of the year.’ Slippers all around!