I saw Leonard Cohen perform at TPAC on Thursday night. It was even more beautiful than I had imagined—what a treat! The old man was wiggling his knees and skipping of stage, and he sang famous blue raincoat. It was an incredible night.
Also, pecan pie is delicious.
Leonard Cohen In My Secret Life
ditching facebook was a positive life-move. what a drain. what a strange thing.
reading Rumi.
thinking of carving a pumpkin.
rabbit chewed shoelaces of two pair of sneakers
this is a small problem
GRE this is a big problem
The GRE Literature in English test was humbling and awful.
Sexes and Genealogies by Luce Irigaray is really a crazy mind-blow. I am really enjoying it.
Shantaram is a novel my brother recommended but Gregory David Roberts and I am only 200 pages in, but the excitement has begun! After escaping from prison in Australia, the main character (who has a very similar story to the author’s own life) moves to Bombay where the opium, gun, counterfeiting adventure begins!
I thoroughly enjoyed Richard Dawkins new book the Greatest Show on Earth. It was really exciting and fascinating. I was glad to get through all the scientific reading.
I watched the special on ARDI the 4 million year old homo sapiens fossil that did not walk on its knuckles like our friend the ape/chimpanzee. It was mind blowing and cool.
Broken dishwasher=uncool.
my rabbit is currently obsessed with walking right under my feet.
she likes to grab my shoelaces and untie them.
this is a problem, but a cute problem.
it might get loud was awesome. although the three had very little chemistry, Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White singing “The Weight” was amazing. Jack White was wailing, “Take a load off…”
Family dinners are not so bad.
Mary Oliver was really great. I especially enjoyed her Percy Poems. This is Percy 2:
I have a little dog who likes to nap with me.
He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck.
He is sweeter than soap.
He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace,
which can’t even bark.
I would like to take him to Kashmir and the Ukraine,
and Jerusalem and Palestine and Iraq and Darfur,
that the sorrowing thousands might see his laughing mouth.
I would like to take him to Washington, right into
the oval office
where Donald Rumsfeld would crawl out of the president’s
armpit
and kneel down on the carpet, and romp like a boy.
For once, for a moment, a rational man.
~ Mary Oliver ~
wicked. a little long. great seats.
the city club is a great place. it is up high and the people are nice. it is WAY cooler than country club.
also, waffles are good.
penelope is working hard at tearing up a Bloomingdale’s catalog.
Apparently, my new job as a chauffeur brings in great money.
Mary Oliver next Thursday. Wild Geese!
rabbits shed. good thing Penelope likes to play beauty salon and lets me brush her.
I would like to go to Fort Lauderdale. Soon.
I would like to go Scuba Diving. Soon.
it is as if my rabbit did not even realize she changed locations.
she seems to like my wood floors.
i saw a red-tailed hawk having a feast in my side yard. he captured, killed, ripped apart, and devoured 3 moles. i saw and heard.
then, i saw a whole rainbow.
comcast is as frustrating as cox.
my dog died, and it is sad.
Took a greyhound bus to Knoxville. I met an old lady who takes the greyhound every Sunday night to Nashville from Knoxville to babysit her grandchildren while her daughter works, and then takes the bus back to Knoxville every Friday night. I asked her why she didn’t move to Nashville, and she said FOOTBALL. She has not missed a home UT football game in 10 years. Talk about dedication.
Also, the dolphin dasher is a very necessary bike to have unlocked in Mario Kart for Wii.
Spray paint is fun. New apartments are fun. Rabbits are fun.
Writing a poem about vultures, because they are cool and must have badass digestive systems.
the tickets are purchased. Leonard Cohen at TPAC November 5 and I am SO EXCITED.
my rabbit tucks me in at night.
the ritual begins with her jumping on the bed and running around in circles and then she finds a spot between my arm and side and starts chewing on the edge of my book until I pet her. this is a very cute process.
I am nerdily reading through the Best American Essays of 2008. I have 5 to go, but Atul Gawande’s essay on Geriatric Medicine was very insightful.
I am working my way through a second read of the Prelude, and I have to say, I might be a Wordsworth fan. Officially.
I need an apartment.
Also, I am an official card carrying member of the YMCA and now, the Nashville City Club. Too. Cool.
