at the AWP in denver, colorado

some things i realized while i was there:

1. more is not always better when it comes to books.

2. more is often better when it comes to rainbows.

3. i have drinking limits

4. language is only and even a material

5. the letter "u" can be really dirty

6. i will probably always be a starbucks yuppy

7. alone-time is underrated

8. expensive hotels can be really nice

9. there are a lot of things i'm not sure about

10. there is something to be said about fake plastic dripping blood

11. books are much heavier than clothes

12. language is everywhere

13. language is everywhere

14. people are very similar in many ways

xmas break reading list - in case you were wondering...

and the final count is

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. John Steinbeck - The Chrysanthemums and Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. Roald Dahl's Skin and other Stories
7. something magical = L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

not bad, eh?  #6 is on my bookshelf as we speak, waiting anxiously to be read, while i admit a slight amount of defeat in that i never even looked for #'s 4 or 5.  perhaps my spring break reading list will reign in completed triumph...

27 grand things i did in 2009

1. participated in a worldwide race.

2. watched It's a Wonderful Life in color.

3. discovered that i really love to dress up.

4. helped teach a parakeet to be fearless.

5. started taking classes at a real university.

6. got a new tattoo.

7. started scanning my own film.

8. rescued a cat.

9. went to a poetry reading that changed things.

10. spent an evening being a pirate...for the second time.

11. discovered the value of list-making.

12. got rid of a bunch of things.

13. saw my favorite comedian, my favorite violinist, and one of my favorite bands live.

14. started drawing again.

15. completed a "happy 10th" one year project.

16. watched a movie in theaters and cried the entire time.

17. had photos published in an online magazine and their 2010 calendar.

18. bought tickets to see one of my favorite authors this spring.

19. moved myself and my boyfriend into a better space.

20. listened to Hedwig's Theme performed by an orchestra and got chills.

21. finally went on a portland road trip with my friends.

22. became intimately acquainted with a photobooth.

23. received a crazy big amount of love from a couple of cats.

24. made and fully completed a winter break goal.

25. danced in public.

26. inspired a painting by a lovely artist.

27. stalked a poet through a dark alley in the rain.

resolutions for the new year

it is 2010 now.  these are the things i am hoping to accomplish:

 take it easy.

step outside the boundaries of what i'm comfortable with in photography.

save enough money to go to korea in may.  or japan.

ride my bike more.

find this window and photograph it again.

give a little bit more love.

eat more fruits and veggies.

find some nice flowers.

happy new year!

xmas break reading list (a work in progress) - update

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. John Steinbeck - The Chrysanthemums and Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. Roald Dahl's Skin and other Stories
7. something magical = L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

xmas break reading list (a work in progress) - update

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. John Steinbeck - The Chrysanthemums and Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. Roald Dahl's Skin and other Stories

xmas break reading list (a work in progress) - update

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. some John Steinbeck short stories or Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. something magical

xmas break reading list (a work in progress)

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. some John Steinbeck short stories or Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. something magical

day one

let's begin at the beginning...