and then he said… October 24, 2009

…”that’s a shame, i was looking for a go-go dancer to go with my austin powers.” O.O

Breathing room October 7, 2009

All I want to do recently is laugh. It’s a manic desire – like a complete necessity – and once I start, I don’t want to stop. I’ll laugh at the way you scratch your head or the way you shift in your seat. Don’t take it personally, it doesn’t have much to do with [...]

A few reflections on the last month August 4, 2009

I hadn’t really thought about it until I started going through pictures, but I’m finding that I actually really miss Salzburg. And the giant square with the weird golden ball with the man on top. And the gelato and kabob on the street. And the clap of horseshoes on cobblestones. My world both shrunk and [...]

Winding Down July 25, 2009

I suppose it’s typical that by the time it’s time to leave some place, all animosity toward it has been extinguished. The last week or so in Salzburg were fairly pleasant. The locals were still grumpy, but at least by the end of the third week of my stay, I could counter their bad mood [...]

The City of QUIET July 14, 2009

I am passing the time at an internet cafe, waiting for the time to hit 17:00. I have a Skype date scheduled with my mom, who I havent talked to now for a record time of two straight weeks. This isnt a rebellion, I just havent been in the United States (and wont be for [...]

love of a city January 16, 2009

i’m about as hazy as the day right now, lazy in thought, slow in action. a whir of thoughts in my head. mostly los angeles and the old buildings that crowd the hills of westwood. i know if i were to go there at this moment and stand beneath the buildings, listening to the cars [...]

A few resolutions January 1, 2009

i haven’t been doing much analyzing recently, except in a bad way. i’ve been finding every flaw within myself, magnifying, and fixating. and it’s been preventing me from getting on with my life. since today is the first day of a new year, and because i fully believe that each new year wipes our life-slates [...]

Sera? December 23, 2008

Writer’s Digest asks: If you had to choose between yesterday and tomorrow, which would you pick and why? Theoretical underpinnings aside (indeed, I would always choose tomorrow), today, I would choose specifically the yesterday that happened yesterday. My reasons do not belong in a public forum, but I will share the theory that envelopes them: [...]

Don’t tell me I don’t got the spirit December 12, 2008

At some point during undergrad, I became the girl who hated Christmas. My last year of college, my roommates put up Christmas decorations in the living room and proceeded to show them off to anyone that came into the apartment. When I came in, they didn’t even bother. I distinctly remember one of them saying, [...]

Love: San Francisco December 7, 2008

Crowds relax me better than a night of sleep, especially crowds on the move. When I have nowhere in particular to go, and nothing in particular to do, I like nothing better than to wander up and down the streets of San Francisco and take in the city. Now that I have my snazzy new [...]