So. Jury Duty.
I get off the metro at Judiciary Square and immediately start walking towards the courthouse. It annoys me somewhat that I know where it is already. In the past four years I have mde this trip at least once a year.
You’re supposed to get a two year break, [...]
I have a wind up alarm clock that I really like. It’s simple.
Black metal body. White clock face with black hands and numbers. Tiny metal hammer that oscillates back and forth between two shiny metal bells.
It’s a wind up clock, so every night the clockwork gets five or [...]
I saw the Episode III film to comic book translation in Borders the other day. I read it all in about half an hour.
This was the most efficient manner in which to steal money from George Lucas and a large soulless corporation at the same time. It was also the most [...]
Julie and Dan came over the other day to install a clock and a shelf for me in my condo. The clock is this iron monstrosity that hangs relatively freely from the wall, and has a clock face on both sides.
Dan came over with a gyroscopic laser level, which is a very [...]
It’s midway through the The Debut with morgan when I realize that I’m losing it.
All the memories from the neighborhood.
All of the knowledge, names of dishes, names of dances, names of people.
The language, which, arguably, I never had.
My family, thousands of miles away, my brother on the other side of the continent.
It’s all escaping like [...]
My skin is brown.
It’s basically a non-issue, and one I don’t really think about on a day to day basis because I don’t have to. However, sometimes there are situations where I’m reminded that I have just a touch more melanin than the fairer folk.
I had stromboli for lunch. [...]
I didn’t even realize it was Friday already.