i love

the rain at night

and driving home.

park happiness

georgia greenery.

i've been meaning to be one of those people

who wake up at 5:30 a.m. to take their dog for a 3 mile run.

no, really, they exist. weird, right?

well, i feel bad for lars. if i don't take him to the park, 

he doesn't get much exercise. 

in fact, he's lately resorted to chasing his tail for minutes on end.

i think he knows its the only way he can burn some energy.

but, until i'm one of those heroic oddly-early-rising people,

we go to the dog park. 

the greenery makes me so happy.

twoating

the twittersphere.

i just think this is hilarious.

i may have a twitter account for a certain class project,

but i'm still skeptical about it.

maybe i would have more fun if there were little birds talking to me.

:)

brain freeze

Popsicle walk.

the nicest thing about where we live now is that

we can walk to the grocery store and coffee shop.

i won't comment on how often that happens,

it's just the fact that we can. 

well, i had a popsicle craving tonight, so

jazz and i took a little evening stroll. 

i love living this close to a store.

when we were first married (and very poor), 

we used to walk to the gas station down the street

for some ice cream treats. 

this is the life:

we may have gotten two boxes of popsicles. 

for variety, you know?

another writing post

freelancing work. 

in one of my classes this quarter, 

we're collaborating with a monthly publication in Atlanta

to produce their july issue....tonight we went to their

office and pitched our story ideas. 

From left: Matt, Krystal, Wendy Binns (owner), Collin Kelley (editor), Osayi.

a writer's life

a writing day. 

do you have melancholy days? days when you can only think

of all the roads not taken? days when it seems like things

weren't mean to be like this, at all? 

today was a little like that.

on such days, i think it's important to take a notebook 

and a really good book (like philip roth's goodbye columbus)

to a favorite marketplace/bakery/cafe (like alon's) 

and have a nice cup of coffee plus some colorful treats.

confession: i may have done this yesterday too.

the weather was incredible. i kind of didn't want to ever leave - 

beloved v-h

osteria.

an italian dinner out in the virginia-highlands. 

yum. 

:)

singing and dancing

glee.

i know i'm really late to the bandwagon, 

but i'm celebrating my recent discovery of glee. 

i'm not a fan of tv, but i have to admit, 

this show is pretty great.

these are my two favorite characters:

world health day

and cheetos.

today is world health day. so i'm celebrating cheetos. 

that's just the kind of rebellious mood i'm in. 

but i did take lars on a walk this afternoon, 

and we probably walked a whole mile!

i wish i could say i've taken up running 

again, already, since i'm sure that's 

on my list of things to do. 

alas, alack, i've just been eating cheetos. 

do you have a guilty snack food?

(arriving) on a jet plane...

papa's home! 

Lars and I were home alone last night, 

as Jazz was on a business trip to Arizona, 

and we sort of missed him. 

and sort of had trouble sleeping. 

so, we're really happy to have him back tonight! 

i wish i were a cartoon character.

reading by Sarah Vowell

aka, the voice of Violet from The Incredibles. 

tonight I attended a reading by Sarah Vowell, 

author of many nonfiction books, including her new one

unfamiliar fishes, about the history of Hawaii.

needless to say, she is very funny and her voice 

really does sound like Violet. 

:)

red, red

vina borgia. 

i'm not a big wine drinker, even though i have many fond

memories of evenings of wine and cards 

at the grandparents' over Thanksgiving.

i can't even really drink much, 

owing to an allergy to alcohol, 

but sometimes, i like to drink some

anyways. usually, i'm disappointed, 

since i can't exactly afford the "really good" 

wines. but this Spanish wine was really nice

and surprisingly so, considering its price tag! ($8)

good surprises are so nice.

one, two, three, four!

pizza!!!!

apparently, we really love pizza. i mean, really love it.

like, love it so much we realized that we actually have four empty pizza boxes 

waiting to be thrown out. from this week alone. it's a little scary. 

to be fair, the thing that happened is...

we ordered pizza last weekend. normal, right?

then, it was $8 pizza day at Whole Foods on tuesday, so...

then on friday, our normal friday night plans fell through, and we 

found ourselves with a night all to ourselves. what did we do? 

Got more pizza at Whole Foods. 

Yesterday, we discovered that after only eating three slices friday night, 

we had accidentally left the whole pizza sitting in the cold oven all night. 

sad! well, we were so sad that we just had to order another pizza. 

and that's the story. 

i have no good explanation for the madness. 

if you could only eat one thing for a week, 

what would it be? 

i choose pizza:)

literary arts

new books.

you've probably heard that Borders is closing.

i find that kind of sad, because even though 

i rarely buy new books, i like having a place to go browse

and drink coffee at the same time. there is no such thing as too many

bookstores, in my opinion.

but, i took advantage of this sad fact by buying several

discounted books today...if you've never experienced

the joy of buying many books all at once, 

instead of - as i usually do - looking around for hours

and not being willing to part with so much money, 

and walking out empty-handed, you must try it.

buying on amazon, while cheaper, is just not as much fun.

on the recommended reading list for twenty great novellas, 

i got five! (plus two for pleasure)

what do you love reading?

a good one.

gelato date.

i have no april fools, but i did get gelato with my love,

and i think that's worth celebrating.

now, back to my love. 

:)