No maps for these territories

There is something particularly sad about being in one’s twenties and not being a hedonist. She was surrounded by a mass of young, attractive humanity; the clubs page covered two sheets of the free paper, and the events pages two more. The clicking of spike heels and the smoothing on of heavy eyeliner and scented [...]

“You nearly had a sister,” her mother tells her casually, as they’re peeling the potatoes. It’s late afternoon; the time, it seems, when revelations are always given between women. “A sister?” she looks up blankly, uncomprehending, one corner of her mind still daydreaming about the cover model on this month’s Teen Idol. “I had an [...]

I cannot believe that Wonderbra is on the front page of Wikipedia right now. Oh community of mine,* what the hell? I love the site and all, but: “Persepolis” is an unreferenced mess, “Roman Forum” is stubby (and also unreferenced), and “Belgrade” is up for removal as a featured article, and Wonderbra makes the cut [...]

It is time for my occasional obsessing about food and/or diet, part infinity. * I had a sudden and severe craving for anchovies today. Actually, for any sort of fish in a can (tuna, sardines, smoked oysters) but I settled on anchovies, packed in olive oil and imported from Italy. Mmm, salty goodness. Anchovies on [...]

Are they late high-school students? Young college men? I don’t know; all I know is it’s been a damn fine summer watching these boys play roller hockey in the street right outside my house. They are fast and hot and one has a tattoo on his upper arm. Hello, unintentional athletic voyeurism! I think I’ll [...]

Happy Summer!

I’ve been reading a lot lately. read: * Foundation — Isaac Asimov; I’m a bit ashamed that I hadn’t read it before esp. considering the whole Encyclopedia Galactica thing * Fun House — Alison Bechdel; ZOMG, pure genius. * One Night at the Call Center — Chetan Bhagat; odd piece of post-post-post-colonial Indian fiction – [...]