January 2011
35 posts
One afternoon a few months ago, when I came home from work, a guy who was raking the yard across the street yelled to me to ask if I wanted my yard raked too. And so began my relationship with Careen and Robbin, my yard rakers. The first day was a huge success in that they explained their business plan (rake yards to earn money instead of robbing people) and gave some insight into Rosie’s...
Today is my birthday.
Last night I slipped out of my 28th year and into my 29th with my feet in the sand as the sounds of a Costa Rican band mixed with crashing waves under the full moon. For someone whose January birth date has been historically plagued by snow, this felt perfect.
Birthdays are strange though. I’ve never liked their forced attention- and now I’m also not a big fan...
Well, so far I’ve seen Costa Rica for about four seconds when it wasn’t raining, but those four seconds were gorgeous. After that, there’s been quite a bit of rain, which, considering we’re in the rain forest, is probably to be expected. Yesterday was a long day of travel, but ended with us spending the evening swimming in hot spring pools and enjoying local cocktails.
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My dad sent me this email this morning. Always good to know where he stands on the “find lost daughter versus hang on beach” question:
“Have a great time, but do be careful. I would hate to have to come looking for you - a la holiday in Aruba, but at least Costa Rica is a nice place to visit. So, I could probably take a few extra days at the beach to just hang out if I...
I don’t have cable. This has nothing to do with some kind of pretentious “there’s just a bunch of trash on TV and I’d rather read The New Yorker anyway” kind of mindset. It’s mostly to do with the fact that over the summer I had some financial issues that resulted in me pawning worldly possessions to buy azalea bushes and realizing that not having cable would...
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Next week I’m going to Costa Rica with two friends. (Seriously, ridiculously excited about this, by the way.)
In preparation, I’ve been making hotel reservations at a beach town where we’ll be staying for part of the trip. The hotels we’ve been trying to book are tiny so I’ve just been emailing back and forth with the managers. Yesterday, I finally settled on a hotel...
When I was in high school, I took French. And one year I sat behind a guy who, for the purpose of this blog entry, we’ll call Lou. Lou was insufferably annoying. He had a high pitched whiny voice. He complained about everything and he drove me crazy. If you asked Lou a question he would then ask you another totally unrelated question to which he already knew the answer and then say in his...
so-calledwriter asked: Does that chicken thing include Chick-fil- A ?
Happy New Year to All! →
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make art - write or draw or build or sing or live only as you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
Neil Gaiman