asynchronous
jami and i had an overdue after-work drink tonight and discussed burnout, boys, bands at nancy whiskey/nasty whiskey/skanky nancy's, and big bar's asynchronous small booths and exorbitant prices ($9 for a dirty martini on 7th street in the afterglow of a recession, shame on you). oh, and i lavished on the most recent installment of retail photography.
thank you, a list apart, for writing "how to write a better weblog" better than i could have. a few months back, i started compiling our thoughts on new year's resolutions for others, but mine were getting so bitchy that i couldn't stand it. this article actually makes me want to write, which hasn't happened so much recently.</violins>
just returned from la republica dominicana. some ups and downs, but it was a great vacation and great meeting the boyfiend's familia. i was so good about not essentializing when i was a politically correct college student, but i'll say it: i think latin american culture encourages dramatic, argumentative life and interaction. or maybe my new england wasp father/ chinese american mother/southern location discouraged it; all i know is that every member of his family is a character, and this i got through mostly sitting quietly and smiling as they went back and forth in español. got to see the beautiful altos de chavon school of design where he studied, as well as plenty of phat beach time. now i'm back at my newish job, which pleasantly allows me to bump into shang shang and ultrasparky every now and then.
every time i get on the L train i see someone else reading the book i'm reading: the adventures of kavalier and klay, michael chabon. it's good, but at page 200, i'm not swooning yet. during my week of job liminality, i went to the trouble of getting my first new york public library card, and the freaking holds i placed still haven't come through. listening to static. wondering if the fact that that factors into an anti-bloggie means that listening to radiohead while writing online is like writing poetry about smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee.
posted February 22, 2002 in delivery