Archive for April, 2002

4.30.02 SMALL TRUTH
Caterina says:
“I’ve always been amazed that in the first moments of getting to know someone you see very clearly who they are, and then spend the rest of your relationship learning all over again what you knew in those first moments.”

4.29.02 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME
This email from my high school sweetheart says something complex about my teen years:
“Saw this and for some inexplicable reason, thought of you.”

4.26.02 ALL THE LADIES
I wrote a very long Ladies Night excerpt for The Morning News. It’s a doozy.

4.25.02 APPETIZING
Yesterday, I bought a grape nuts knockoff cereal called �Crunchy Nuggets.�

SAY CHEESE
Say, where would a girl go if she needed a pair of quality gold fangs for her next hot date?

Let’s just pray, baby…
Let’s just pray about it.
Do you want to pray on the phone, or do you want me to come over, sugar?…
No, no. I’m right here, baby. I just got on the bus, I’m headed up Market. I’m right near you, baby…
On the train…
Yes, sugar…
Do you want me to bring you some food […]

4.19.02 RENTING MOVIES IN THE CASTRO
Store Clerk: � The white tags are DVD, the black tags are VHS. If you call at noon, we�ll do same-day reservations of all our Hollywood titles.�
Me: Great, thanks.
(A few minutes later, on the street.)
Me: What do they mean, they�ll let you reserve �the Hollywood titles?�
Him: Didn�t you see […]

4.17.02 SYNCHRONICITY
I like Dave Eggers. As I�ve mentioned before, I subscribed to Might and McSweeny�s, I was among the hordes of subway riders who carried A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius on the commute, and I even attended a reading or two. When I heard he was starting 826 Valencia–a non-profit writing center for […]

4.15.02 THINKY
We did a bunch of interviews about the future of technology for an upcoming issue. A few interviewees were talking about how data acquisition is changing. We�re coming up with the technology and storage capacity to record the infinite details of everyday interactions. I�m curious about how this will affect mourning. Right now, […]

4.12.02 ACCOMPLISHMENT
Heather says:
“Of all my accomplishments, of this I’m the most proud: #1 Google rank for penis envy.”

4.11.02 BITTER FRUIT
A few days ago, the Home Depot nursery seduced me. I purchased many blooming, good-smelling things and the terra cotta pots to go with them. I hummed all the way home, changed into some grubby clothes, and planted three pots of basil, some sage, thyme, red and yellow ranunculus, a happy red […]