i drove a toyota corolla that isn’t mine into the texas state capital and before thirty hours were up I managed to slip in four films with my future roommate, combine that with a shot of guy talk and suddenly you know exactly how a well put together mise-en-scene can make 103 degrees outside seem [...]
Archive for June, 2009
figures eight.
Posted in historyish, tagged 1960s, audrey hepburn, à boute de souffle, emmanuelle béart, french film, godard, hunter s. thompson, jean seberg, jeremy, paris, summer, texas, toyota on June 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Rob from the shop downstairs.
Posted in short shorts, tagged awkward, baths, beer, cole porter, pickles, store, tomato on June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I read today that there is an environmental group in my town trying to make it illegal to take baths on even numbered days and if that isn’t reason enough to get out of town, I don’t know what is. Maybe I’m just looking for excuses. Rob from the shop downstairs came by last night [...]
Off to Texas.
Posted in my life, video, tagged texas on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I’ve got a redeye to Texas.
Triple Shot. (Fun Town Edition)
Posted in places, Triple Shots, tagged FDA, FUNTOWN, president, Vanity plate on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In FUNTOWN, all the toilets are made out of solid gold… Government regulation. ——- In FUNTOWN, FDA stands for Fun Days Always. ——- The president of the FDA says, “We approve candy.”
The Sweetest of Sweet Potatoes.
Posted in short shorts, tagged car, Carolina, cooking, kiss, love, New York, Richmond, roommate, train on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I visited Gen in her half asleep Carolina town and as many times as I could flick her ear while she cooked some down home sweet potatoes for me, or woke up to tea already made and house slippers she let me borrow lined up next to the bed, as many times as I half [...]
reading nook.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
few things in life are as sacred as a reading nook. and no one is ever discontent in a hammock.
Reasons.
Posted in short shorts, tagged car, love, metro, paris, texas, TV, y'all on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Talking with a friend in Paris before I left, he said, “TEXAS?!? You’re moving from PARIS to TEXAS!?!” And I said Yes. And he said But why?! “There are the reasons that I tell and then there’s a girl.” “Some girl?” And I said that no, not just some girl and he said that he [...]
Had nothing but a day.
Posted in my life, tagged blueberries, broccoli, egg plants, Emerson, gardens, nursing homes, socks, spoon, taffy apples, tomatoes, weeds on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s what’s happened today. I took off my shoes when I got home and saw that my socks were on inside out all day and it felt like the whole day was a complete waste. Earlier, I found myself repeating the word “spoon” to myself until it lost all meaning. Spoon spoon spoon spoon [...]
Tragedy.
Posted in places, tagged suggestion box, tragedy on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
