novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- looking over my shoulder at the calendar year thirty-two links to the last year i moved into the downstairs apartment, waxing nostalgic a little about upstairs. the green chair began its movie career before finally disappearing for good. an old friend died unexpectedly. this broke my heart once in the car, twice in my respective home towns, and once inexplicably, while cleaning out my wallet. i tried to explain. i couldn't protect a small friend. i was exceptionally proud of my bigger small friends on their graduation day. i left my proud job and got a new one in a stale office, which led me to discover casual fridays. i walked around the lake i live by countless times. and when i say countless, i mean countless. i sang karaoke for the first time. i was a weeklong nanny. i worked on christmas eve the first time i didn't spend it in ventura. i was lots of other things in other times but this year i explored the writerly midwest during the fourth of july and the castro during halloween. one of the most treasured songbirds died. over the course of the year, i worked on applications to grad schools, studied for and eventually bit my nails through the GRE, and lost a bunch of weight. during last year's new year, i resolved that i'd do a few of these things the year i turned 25 and felt strangely, undeniably, adult. but in a childlike way. 11:44 am - 12.31.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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