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Monthly Archives: March 2006
horses are very very big
DSCN1877 Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Moomin and my mom feeding Cactus, a horse in the Houston stables where my parents take riding lessons. I know how nervous he must have been to feed this huge strange horse. Their mouths … finish reading horses are very very big
red hot motormouths in the red velvet buick
Breakfast again you-know-where on 3rd and Congress. Today they brought me coffee right away, with cream, without my asking. I watched the people behind the counter in their complicated dance, admiring how they worked together so smoothly… using just the … finish reading red hot motormouths in the red velvet buick
memory of a place
Yesterday and today, on the bus passing Waterloo Park I realized it was the place where Richard used to walk with me down the creek pathway and we’d end up on the swings there. I think. I never went there … finish reading memory of a place
libraries, turitellae, punk!
I sneaked out of the conference this morning, ate at Las Manitas again, talked to a kid and dad who were on spring break vacation from El Paso and told them about where to find fossils, figuring I wouldn’t get … finish reading libraries, turitellae, punk!
Henry Rollins talk
I can’t get in to the Henry Rollins talk. But I did once try to rip his shorts off in 1984 or so, at a Black Flag concert in Houston – he was wearing nothing but these little jogging shorts … finish reading Henry Rollins talk
bikinis and banks
good conversation really quick with David Swedlow who was on the folksonomy panel. he said something so great about different identities, authentication. Swedlow: you go to the beach and you go to the bank, and you know not to wear … finish reading bikinis and banks
Road trip with Dad to SXSWi
Highway 290 has this grungy smalltown beauty… the little towns are great. I wish I’d gotten a shot of the “hot rods” junk shop. Lots of cow fields, scraggly-pine scrubland, aging gas stations, tiny downtowns trying to have comebacks as … finish reading Road trip with Dad to SXSWi
dinner, plane flight, parents’ house
Moomin almost puked during the plane landing! It was horrible! The rest of the flight I read a Mrs. Pollifax novel about being in Sicily and … “art” or something. It was one of the lamest books ever written. I … finish reading dinner, plane flight, parents’ house
correlations
As I get busier and more irritable, Moomin behaves worse to get attention. This should not be news to anyone but let it be a lesson to me in the obvious… pay real attention to my kid… it’s good for … finish reading correlations
Uh, Happy International Women’s Day?
Online News Hour discussion in which Sen. Bill Napoli says the only exception for rape to anti-abortion laws should be: A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was … finish reading Uh, Happy International Women’s Day?
in a minute
Moomin: Do you know how to make a minute out of coins? Rook: How? Moomin: Three nickels, and one penny. Rook: that’s… Moomin: 16, and 16 seconds makes a minute. (this explains a LOT about his concept of what “just … finish reading in a minute
Moon and Sun
I started to read The Moon and Sun last night, and hardly came up for air. At 6am I woke up and finished it. Ignobly… I snapped at Moomin because he was dawdling and I had to stop reading to … finish reading Moon and Sun
upcoming
Holy tamales… thanks to upcoming.org and the SXSWi party rsvp-ing I just came across a lovely ex-girlfriend…Yay, I heard from her a few years ago but didn’t know she was going to the conference. We used to write propaganda and … finish reading upcoming
portman rulez; ten bucks
I wish I could find a link to the Natalie Portman rap video from SNL… it’s the best thing! Rook told me this, and I didn’t believe him. It turns out to be true. Portman bitching and cussing and telling … finish reading portman rulez; ten bucks
ninjas are like that
Leaving z-amber’s pirate/ninja party last night at around 10… someone in a wonderful ninja suit with tinfoil throwing stars tucked into the sleeves sneaked past us on the stairs. “I’m a ninja, you can’t see me, I’m so sneaky.” Me: … finish reading ninjas are like that
i get my back up
It’s funny how Rook’s mum sometimes put my back up with her new-yorky assumptions about Texas. I’m bristling all over at her comments about the scaryiness, hickness, Bush, etc. And snapped “Austin is lovely and cosmopolitan and liberal and full … finish reading i get my back up
Moomin explains his animals
Moomin explained some of his animals tonight. I love these stories. If you think of the animals as personality-fragments that get split off from the self as a sort of personal-narrative reality-processing experiment, it’s very comforting that he knows how … finish reading Moomin explains his animals
games day at the library
I had a really nice game day at the library. I played Upwords with Eliz and Moomin (Eliz won; score 83-82-75). Then was going to play Terra, but this kind of annoying guy in a beret came to join us, … finish reading games day at the library
Biotech comix
Another note on “Biotech comix”, a comic book from 1983. From the art and from the storyline and the writing style… it really looks like Roberta Gregory! It’s about a biotech worker who gets fed up with her job and … finish reading Biotech comix
thoughts on abortion rights
I enjoyed yellowjellybean’s thoughts on Molly Saves the Day’s post on how to do abortions. I went to a menstrual extraction workshop years ago when abortion rights in TX were seriously threatened. It’s probably time to start looking into that … finish reading thoughts on abortion rights