Archive for September, 2003

He says, “Several stories have been lost in the media frenzy over President Bush’s noble and controversial stand against the sexual enslavement of children…”

I love noisemakers; siren whistles are my favorite. They make a happy noise that sounds a little like… a siren, WHOOOOOOPPWEEEEEENNUUUUuuuuuuuuu! I ordered some for the wedding, and was giddy when they arrived. I opened the box and ran my (thoroughly washed) hands through the wealth of siren whistles at my disposal. Then I grabbed […]

Walking past a head shop on the Haight, I notice a
Maneki Neko (Chinese lucky cat) in the window. This one is made of plastic and is battery operated, so the raised arm moves up and down. As I pass, the cat’s arm movement is perfectly timed to the music blaring out of the shop’s door. […]

Public pipe smoking has always seemed like a misguided pretension to me, one that’s especially odd in a younger man. A pipe-smoker in his twenties may as well stand on a corner shouting, “Look at me everyone. Observe my young yet thought-worn brow. I thoroughly enjoy Yeats!”
That said, yesterday I saw a guy in […]

manque–unfulfilled or frustrated in the realization of one’s ambitions or capabilities
somatize–to express psychological conflict through bodily symptoms

Had three seemingly innocent cocktails at the hotel. Noticed I was having trouble balancing. Turns out Vodka, Tequila, and Watermelon Schnapps (with a twist of lime) are pinkly delicious.
Almost climbed into a Toyota–occupied by a family of four–because I was under the mistaken impression that it was our cab.
Climbed into an actual […]

Scenario: A 13-year-old girl in a thrift store holds up a trucker cap, showing it to her approximately 20-year-old shopping companions.
Girl: What do you think?
Guy: Of that?
Girl: Yeah!
Woman: For what?
Girl: For, like, wearing.
Woman: Are you serious?
Girl: Yeah. (Puts cap on.)
Guy: It’s ugly.
Girl: You don’t like it?
Guy: […]

How to figure out when it’s your dream. From O Magazine’s interview with Salma Hayek:
Salma Hayek: …This is one thing I learned: How do you recognize what is your true dream and what is the dream that you are dreaming for other people to love you?
Oprah: How?
SH: The difference is very easy to understand. If […]

Jish put together a sandcastle-building party last weekend. Heather, who is a very inspiring person to have around, set up her pinhole camera and took a lovely photo of me.

Whenever I change from TiVo back to live TV, the station is invariably tuned to “RV Today” or a Cantonese news program. I’m pretty sure our TiVo is a 75-year-old Asian man.