I was on the KFOG Morning Show yesterday, and like all things that require me to think on my feet, I’m not very satisfied with my answers. I mean, it was totally fun and fine, but now I find myself running over the questions I was asked and revising them for nobody. Specifically I was [...]
The Practice
Oct 16th, 2011
Whenever I tell someone I do yoga 5-6 times a week, the response is invariably, “That’s crazy.” I’ve wondered if other people get this reaction, like marathon runners, say, or anyone doing something they’re passionate about that happens to involve a daily commitment. No one seems to attach the “crazy” label to the horrible practice [...]
Haiku for Adulthood: On Not Settling
Oct 2nd, 2011
#242 This love is worse. Since it can’t be confirmed, it can never be denied. ___________ #242 I’d no sooner be your Mistress than the sun would stop at horizon. ___________ #243 Can’t you see, love, we were spared the froth flame bruise-blue ugliness of time? ___________ #244 The first letters of our names spell [...]
This makes me really happy
Oct 1st, 2011
My pal Caitlin Myer was in New Orleans recently and she brought me back an Onion-style newspaper called No Levees that parodied my Alternet article on the 10 Kinkiest Cities in the US. Amazeballs. You should read the whole thing because it’s hilarious, but here’s an excerpt: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said the city’s [...]
Galatea’s Pants
Sep 22nd, 2011
My incredibly talented friend Lauren has been making her zine, Galatea’s Pants, since she was 16. She just released her 10 year anniversary issue, which includes an interview with yours truly. I also—hilariously, humbly—share blurb space with Barbara Kingsolver on the back. Amazing. You can buy it here. It’s only $4.50, including shipping. It’s cheaper [...]
Hear, hear?
Sep 14th, 2011
Seal, he of Batman song and Heidi Klum baby daddy fame, never includes lyrics to his songs in the liner notes. (Sidenote: liner notes! How quaint. Who buys CDs anymore?) He wants listeners to always wonder and speculate. I thought for a long time that was lazy, and frankly, a little mean to deafies like [...]
Haiku for Adulthood: Tempting shadows
Sep 11th, 2011
#238 You’re not lost, but I refuse to hold your half of the moon forever. _____________ #239 It’s unfair, I know to scratch words like brail on your invisible face. #- #240 But I can’t help but pick at the loosened shards of your heart’s mosaic. _____________ #241 I opened everything for you—everything but my own [...]
Haiku for Adulthood: Bitter, Sweet
Sep 3rd, 2011
#231 Facebook: Great social media tool, or one giant wedding album? _________ #232 Real is such a puny word. Give me the flinch of your hot, dry always. _________ #233 Don’t be gentle. I want your drugged moods, your black graphite, covering me. _________ #234 I trust only our Communion, its pleasure-scars rage and bring [...]
