I am out to dinner with Ray Bradbury. It’s raining hard outside. My entree is gone, and I’m left with coffee, a book in my lap, and my phone in hand. Learning is something I’ve never figured out. I am a laggard, a loafer, and an idiot. I want to be dragged across life like … Continue reading
Of late (Έργα) In the time leading up to my recent graduation, I’ve been doing landscaping work on weekends in order to pay the bills. I took a few weekends off to graduate, but I’ll be picking it back up this weekend to keep myself afloat economically, until something bigger and better comes along. There … Continue reading
It’s been a good day so far. I was sick yesterday, but am better already. I was up early this morning, and participated in social relations. I came home to write a paper this afternoon, while that was underway, got into a duel of haiku with a loved one. your praises are better than nicotine. … Continue reading
This has been a week of library marathons. I’ve been writing papers since Monday, every waking moment, save to eat. So far I’ve written over 30 pages (double-spaced), and I’m nearing completion. I won’t sleep tonight until everything’s finished, and the PDFs are mailed out so the sugarplums can dance in my head. I just … Continue reading
The weather has been abysmal here lately, and I’ve been loving it. It actually is starting to feel like autumn. The temperature is dropping—a relative concept, believe me—and everyone is walking around all bundled up. I don’t have an umbrella (typhoon season saw to that), and I’ve been chastised about that, as Jhongli used to … Continue reading
In sifting through my weekly backup log, I found some directories I haven’t plumbed in a while. I found a fragment of a poem, or perhaps a complete one, which I wrote sometime back while I was in Munich. I believe it was during that intense period of working all the time. The street imagery … Continue reading
An old friend of mine, reunited with me via the wonders of the internet, recently had the marvelous idea of organizing an excuse to be artsy-fartsy. Each week there’s a prompt, which one can respond to in absolutely any way at all. I’ve chosen writing because I can handle that at the moment. I blew … Continue reading
I worked this morning, but had the evening off. I’d planned to spend it indoors, taking it easy, sorting pictures from the trip over the weekend. I showered (after sweating profusely on the tour due to the humidity and sadly no refreshing rain), then sat down at my computer to work on the pictures. First … Continue reading
A few days ago, I resolved to undertake on a project to record the church bells of all the various cathedrals around Munich. Every day, no matter where I am, I hear them ringing all over town, and it never fails to move me. Sometimes I’m grocery shopping, counting out my coins to give to … Continue reading
From the bottom of my heart, I don’t think there’s anything better in the world than this. It’s perfect. Just perfect. I just walked home in a cold spring rain with freshly baked bread warming my hands, crossed glistening cobblestone streets as the tram clattered by, the church bells splashing down the quiet corridors of … Continue reading