My new room feels strangely correct, as though I’ve been living here forever. Every piece of furniture found its place, and I no longer have a bookshelf facing my bed and cutting into my dreams. I was able to put my disk chair by the window, which was something I wanted to do in the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Thoughts, post-move
June 22, 2009
Moving the “little” things
June 19, 2009
Each time I move to a new apartment, I am reminded (much to my irritation) that my life is made up of small, inconsequential things that, as hard as I try, I can’t seem to live without. Like hair creams and blowdryers and straighteners and lotions and little trinkets and porcelain jewelry holders. Every time [...]
A few thoughts
June 14, 2009
Do I even know how to write anymore? I’m beginning to realize that maybe I never did. As with everything else, writing is an instinct I have, and a skill I never truly developed. I was naïve to think I was good enough not to develop it. Mike Sager told me a long time ago [...]
Don’t worry, be happy
June 14, 2009
This might just be the 3 miles I ran this morning talking, but I feel pretty happy today. I’ve realized – big shocker – that the more pressure I put on myself to get something finished, the less likely I am to actually finish it. So I’m going to try to stop putting so much [...]
