Sunday, January 29, 2006
Oekaki desu
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
All good things...
Back at school. First day of classes and already, some odd things:
- Eva, a hyperinvolved girl of Chinese/Canadian origin (I think??), spent her time in the jungle of Laos over break. And she plans to go the Philippines, Angkor Wat and all these other exotic Asian locales in the coming year (Why not Europe? Because she DID Europe). She also wants to produce small films and make a website featuring a few of my talents (and George's) including, maybe, a new webcomic, during her remaining time in college. This conversation rattled my cage, reminding me just how modest, mousy, wimpy and American I am. Jungles? Tiki huts? Asia? But... where will I plug in my PS2? =(
- I read Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami on the bus. My winter coat still on, my scarf wrapped around my neck and trailing down the length of my upper body. My legs were crossed in that relaxed gentlemanly way, not the "I'm hiding my wang" way. My hair unwashed and stringy, a layer of scruff on my face. Out of the corner of my right eye I notice the guy three seats away from me holding something to his face, something silvery then suddenly a small flash. For some reason someone wanted a picture of me, a somewhat literate hobo on a bus. I didn't say anything to him.
- I bought two boxes of orange juice. The cashier was a nice black woman. I noticed the book she had bookmarked on the counter: Blacks in Bondage. ... =(
