January 2011
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Some advice:
Beware what you put down in writing and send through cyberspace. It could pop out through another cyber dimension and roundkick you in the chops.
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After "The Business of Being Born"
“Oxytocin is best known for roles in female reproduction: 1) it is released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, and 2) after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating birth and breastfeeding. Recent studies have begun to investigate oxytocin’s role in various behaviors, including orgasm, social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, and maternal...
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Air Fair. Hittin' the Snoooooze.
Delays delays. I managed to get into Fresno at precisely midnight. What a plane/airport adventure. Houston is a nightmare, L.A. is pretty at night, and the Fresno plane was cozy, since so many people had their flight plans fudged.
On my couch with Sex and the City. Maeve is happy to see me. Indy was lovely, yet hectic. Going to Vegas in a week. My first time. I can go to fake Paris and fake...
"Yes, I can backbend my toes to my nose."
Pulled a groin muscle last night because I can’t bend like I used to. Ouch ouch ouch. I need a blow-up doughnut to sit on during the plane rides. Indianapolis—Houston—Los Angeles—Fresno. Whee.
Last night in Indianapolis. California, here I come.
Cat Calling the Kettle Black
Dad will talk like Oscar music when you’ve gone on too long for his liking. It’s funny to witness all the family mannerisms—how we tell stories and how we recall the past in brief vignettes to remember that we’ve come from somewhere and we’re going toward something.
Sam and Jo talk simultaneously when they’re telling stories and most of the time I can hear what...
Christmas
We definitely opened all of our gifts before bed. I got Apples to Apples. Wheeeee!
Downtown Mulling
Yesterday was a nice break from everything and everyone. I walked all over the city and did quite a bit of writing. Stuff to add to the canon when I get back to California. It was nice spending time with Justin and Dustin and co. We painted last night and watched a French film. Such beauties, mmmm.
Natalie’s baby is the cutest EFFING thing ever. Should have taken a photo. Will post one...
The Half-Point
One more week of Indianapolis time left in stock. Tonight, Grandma, Ma, Ben, and I will be basking in Christmas at the Zoo. I’ve also realized how difficult it truely is to be a visitor—the one who has to do the round-making. With no car and various beds, I’d say it’s been quite the adventure.
Yesterday, after leaving Vicki’s, I took a long, long walk down Broad...
adomania
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the crushing sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all those years with fanciful names like “2011” are bursting from their hypothetical cages into the arena of the present, furiously bucking the grip of your expectations while you lean and slip in your saddle, one hand reaching for reins, the other waving up high like a schoolkid who finally...
Indiana Winter Collage
Winters when Grandma Bev took us to the symphony to see A Christmas Carol, driving through downtown everyday on my way to IUPUI, the city Christmas lights, building ramps in the hill at Braeburn Village and injuring ourselves, hot hot chocolate and chai at Starbucks, watching the snow fall. Walking through that blizzard last year to work, and having my chef come pick me up because he could...
On the Generation X/Y Cusp
Again, where is the line between childhood and adulthood? I’ve reached another mini-theory in this series of mulling: Part of that line is comprised of the family fibers. Once you have aided in bringing a little person into the world with your genetic makeup (whether or not that is a bad thing), you have successfully entered into adulthood. Also, if you’ve managed to slip into your...
“A real diehard, indestructible, irresolvable obsession in a poet is nothing less...”
Can't read my, can't read my.
What doesn’t boil down to consciousness and awareness? They are the root of intelligence. If you care to learn more about the world and people filling it, you have to use consciousness and when you want to alter something of the self that is either undesirable or non-existent, you use self-awareness. Of course, pure emotion will always occur in times of great distraction—including, but...
