i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
10:07 PM: belated gorey birthday
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yesterday was gorey's birthday today (or would have been, if he was still alive)! and to celebrate, i am now fully able to partake in all the media i wish. riding the bus to work and returning home on the max w/ the ipod made the trip much more enjoyable, and i'm able to use itunes sharing at work to great effect! but i've been noticing i've been keeping the music off at home for now, and am not inclined to fill every waking moment with reading whatever's close to hand.
yesterday michaelmas & i went to the new elephant's deli location (the place that used to host il fornaio, and if anyone was going to take over that space i'm glad it was them). they still have crowd control issues even though the space is a lot bigger, and their stuff is still pricy, but man is it tasty. and i got to watch a buffy episode as my first post-media fast tv. :) but both of us woke unwell today, suffering from intestinal distress and wooziness.
today sven & i went to a "journaling as journey" workshop where we made a "map" of our lives. i drew everything out on different colored papers and then pieced them together; sven had enough time to draw elaborate and stylish inner and outer lives. then we went to see "a hundred dollars and a tshirt" at the hollywood, a documentary about zines in the portland presented as a benefit to the iprc. i always think i ought to be doing zines, but one of my great fears as an artist is that i might have it in me to do one very cool one, but... then what? i'm afraid i don't have enough ideas/energy/motivation to do more than that. now rob ought to be a zinester. he could totally do a wicked academic music zine. :)
and on monday i forgot to mention i ran into mph & alison right after picking up some stuff from art media (which is notable in part because they have me on file as a teacher now, which qualifies me for a 10% -- sometimes 20% -- discount!). they had just seen "house of the flying daggers." and how could i forget mentioning going to the trinity episcopal labyrinth?