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October 26, 2006
my head hurts. my headaches seem to cycle in and out of my life, and i think i’m in a cycling in phase. they’re not migraines or anything that severe, but they’re strong enough to make me whine about it. not that it takes much to make me whine…
tonight i thought i was going out with work people, but that fell through so i’m cooking. it’s been an ethnic food kind of week (caribbean and then indian) so i thought we should try for mexican! i sent a some links from epicurious and was personally leaning towards a quesadilla (no, you don’t really need a recipe for that but whatever. i’m a recipe kind of girl. actually, epicurious has some great mexican recipes that are not suitable for weeknight cooking but i’m totally going to take a look soon and maybe make a mole or something very time consuming). a, predictably, chose this which sounds very yummy to me too so i’m not too sad about nixing the quesadilla idea. i’ll post pictures once it’s done if it looks pretty.
i’ve been lazy with the knitting, though i’ve started the decreases on my clapotis which means the end is in sight! my deadline was originally to be next thursday which is when i travel home to visit my moms and pops. i don’t think i’m going to make the deadline…
part of the reason my knitting is moving slowly (aside from the lazy part that is. crusty shorts, where are you? you’d be so proud right now!) is that i’m very into this book i’m reading right now. on beauty by zadie smith. lately i’ve been VERY into novels about the intricacies of relationships (family, romantic, or otherwise), and this fits that category perfectly. in fact, smith says she owes a great deal to e.m. forster for providing a model, which made sooo much sense as soon as i read it. i had been thinking jane austen but that wasn’t quite right. for some reason i had resisted reading any of smith’s books, and i had actually picked this up a few months ago and just hadn’t gotten around to reading it until now. she’s incredibly creative with her descriptions of people and how they look and talk. now i’ll have to go get white teeth. for a while i was a little obsessed with alice munro, another good “intricacies of relationships” writer…
October 27, 2006 at 3:05 pm
damn- crusty shorts got a call out. I’m jealous.
I gave someone ‘on beauty’ as a gift. i couldn’t get into white teeth, but maybe i’ll give ‘on beauty’ a try.
it’s funny that you wrote about books today b/c i was going to make a special request that you start talking about the books you read also (it may not go with the whole girlie girl image you have acquired, but it would make one of your most special readers very happy.)
SAY IT!
October 27, 2006 at 3:35 pm
first of all, thank you for keeping the “say it” alive.
second of all, i’m so happy i am meeting your needs. as a devoted reader of mine, i cannot emphasize the importance i place on meeting your needs.
seriously though, i’m thinking of keeping a list of books i like
October 27, 2006 at 4:12 pm
a list of books would be soooo awesome. DO IT!
October 30, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Hey hobie! good work on the slackin! I was gettin a little worried. Slackers do not! keep a list of the books they like. I’ve thought of doing that and it is so against our nature I advise you give up on that little tidbit of advice from foodface before you even try. I read white teeth..great novel. My advice to you from one slacker to another is to keep a random pile of books you like around and use it to clutter a portion of your living space and every now and again you pick up one of them and think “that was a killer book” and then return it to the clutter of already read books. occasionaly you can “lend” them out never to see them again. Only blog about books you are currently reading. remember I taught you that we slackers need to stay in the now, its are strongest attribute and its what makes us tick.