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December 21. Day 174. Three quick thoughts. 1. I am so happy I moved to California. 2. I hope and pray I am never twice-removed from fame or infamy, like this woman: “Bristol Palin’s boyfriend’s mom arrested in drug case.” There’s something so depressing about that double possessive. 3. What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die young? This article [...] December 20. Day 173. When I was a wee thing, my parents had a pair of friends who lived in San Francisco. He was a mouth wateringly hot bisexual South African hairdresser, and for a while his paramour was my parents’ cougary college friend. Every few years, this couple drove down to visit us for a [...] haggling |
December 19. Day 172. For years, I’ve wanted a pair of diamond earrings. I’ve debated with myself, argued with all the arguments, hashed it out in every possible way. I know they present a complicated set of opportunities and horrific abuses for mine workers and their communities (e.g. this 2006 Times piece on the subject). I [...] December 18. Day 171. A few months ago, I went to the Living Room, asked to sample their cheesecake, and got rejected. So what did I do last night, when I happened to end up at the Living Room? Ask to sample their cheesecake, again, and get rejected. This time, it seemed like the perfect opportunity: they had [...] December 17. Day 170. Wrapped in the snuggliest scarf I have, a soft pink cloud on loan from my grandmother, I stepped outside for the first time around 9 pm. Mr. A and I decided to get dessert and coffee at Cream, a hotspot in our future neighborhood. He was getting over laryngitis and exhausted from sleeping two [...] |
    
  
 
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