Tonight, my lovely former coworkers gathered to send me into the world of self-employment on a wave of cocktails. All week I’ve been feeling a bit lost because I no longer see them every day. I don’t miss running those reports but I do miss running into certain people in the break room. I think [...]

Today I’ve hit the brick wall called Everything I’ve Put Off Dealing With Lately. This includes motivations I’ve kept hidden from myself, reactions I’ve checked in favor of finishing this or that, restrictions on my movement that don’t need to be there but must be carefully dismantled before they’ll give way, scenarios I need to [...]

I went to the farmer’s market with Joye and Jasper and Tim and now Steve is playing the mandolin and so far this kind of rhymes I guess and we love Jasper cuz he is the best. Etc. Yay for not working!

I am scattered right now, like a drunken chickadee, wind and dust in my eyes and chunks of something unidentifiable in my mouth. It’s disorientation, that’s what it is. I’m completely distracted and I can’t possibly write right now. This picture of Paichan (my cat housemate) was taken by either Sera or Dave (my human housemates): Even [...]

Here are some photos from a week ago. The first one was taken by Joye, and the rest by me. Click photos to enlarge. Jasper recognizes a familiar face in the lion hat: When Joye washes the creases in his fat little palms with a wet cloth, Jasper laughs. And keeps on laughing while she goes for [...]