good things are happening here.
most notably at this point in time:
a) my laundry is done. and the guy who i always make an ass of my self in front of was gone today.
b) have elected to take a sort of afternoon-long domesticity filled hiatus from the city, during which i will be making (hopefully) delicious lentil soup.
c) am making very good progress in my tattoo designing/debating. as in, design is done. meeting to be had with the perma-needle relatively soon.
d) had a lovely run this morning. seriously, it was so good.
e) am almost through “everything is illuminated” which is weird, but good. next up–back to the stack of books from harper’s. also, the gospels! (have pledged to educate my secular mind to be able to better converse with the scholarly boyfriend).
f) the march issue of harper’s is now in my hot little hand. IT HAS MY NAME IN IT. am not sure when it comes out in stores, but when you see it, look inside! (i’m “art intern”. duh.)
g) have (hopefully) solved a computer crisis WITHOUT CALLING JOEL. which i am sure he appreciates. (love you, joely!) my laptop apparently decided to revolt by randomly turning itself off. irritating. but i called people who were on the clock, getting paid to help me! and they did! seems those pesky little updates are essential.
but, sadly, bad things as well:
a) the abundance of art in this city is great. what is not great is that is is not all great. do you see what i’m saying here? 8 billion openings every night does not mean 8 billion GOOD openings. more like 2.
b) i definitely spent an assload of time making a clever little card for the high stakes mcad valentine’s contest. i sent it in, double checked that afternoon to make sure it hadn’t bounced back and that i did, indeed, send it to the right address. but it’s not in the f-ing contest. does any mcadian know what happened? there are only like 10 in there? excuse the web-acronym, but WTF?
c) my pop culture obsession (well, one) with the OC is being cut tragically short by the lame-os at fox. to make matters worse, openings on thursday nights + no knowledge of how to set up recording on my television = the fact that i have not seen the show that is shaping our corrupt nation SINCE I GOT HERE. now, THAT, folks, deserves CAPITAL LETTERS. i miss you, OC! come out on dvd soon so i can sit in my jammies and give you the attention you deserve!

actually, i think that’s all the bad. except that i miss you, everyone who is reading this. (i may miss you if you’re not reading this, but then you’ll never know, will you?)