what are you into right now?

-not feeling COMPLETELY bogged down with cold symptoms, for the first time in weeks
-the nearby strip-mall falafel place i checked out for the first time tonight
-my new butterfly-under-glass necklace that looks like something from the museum of jurassic technology
-the trader joe's fake strawberry twizzlers

- doing lots of pushups
- cereal
- not being outside

he trader joe's fake strawberry twizzlers

Things are crack. They have never lasted more than a night in our house.

- jantina noorman and david munrow, alternatingly
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environments_%28series%29#Environments_5_.281974.29
- my new students
- trying to be more into my bff's soon to be born baby and half succeeding
- all the same old stuff

haha a few years ago i had to stop eating TJs black licorice because i was going through it like way too fast! like i was getting upset if i ran out!

LL I haven't been around a lot of babies lately but I'm pretty sure they get way more compelling once they are born and not incipient

Yeah. They have an impact.

I know they have an impact; that's kind of what I'm dreading :(

But on the bright side, I am going to her shower in 2 weeks, so there's fun traveling to look forward to I guess?!

- mountain and beach resort towns in Idaho
- arrested development
- reading about artist's studio spaces and work practices
- crosswords
- the first song on the new yo la tengo record

Look, here's the ONLY new parent schpiel I'll go off on:

They rock. But damnit, they require a lot of time, work, and patience. The best advice to soon-to-be friends of soon-to-be parents is to remain present. Call regularly. Ask if you can swing by for a cup of coffee. Offer to pick up carry out. It will matter in ways you cannot imagine.

Alright. Done. Who else has a bit of a buzz on?

haha a few years ago i had to stop eating TJs black licorice because i was going through it like way too fast! like i was getting upset if i ran out!

it gave you the shits, right?

We don't live in the same state, I can't do any of those things, but thanks for the advice. I understand that it's gonna be tough for her and will be there however I can.

did not give me the shits, just made me feel like i was mainlining licorice.

Call regularly

Yes, you can.

did not give me the shits, just made me feel like i was mainlining licorice.

there was a pun, I think my delivery failed

bad flow

- kevin drumm records
- the art of dan flavin
- anticipating seeing an op art print exhibit locally
- drinking and dancing the last two weekends, and probably again this weekend
- brainstorming some home renovation/decorating

- Patricia Piccinini sculpture
- a 4x space game that replaces my own repetitive agitation with someone else's repetitive agitation
- salsa classes
- perfect hummus
- and the usual secular eschatology

Patricia Piccinini stuff is cool! I sadly am reminded of one of the most awkward artist talks ever, though, where multiple people asked variations of the question, "So, you don't actually sculpt them? You draw them? What do you do?"

Flavin is so fucking stellar

I have a book on minimalism that I haven't actually read many articles in, but have browsed a lot. It has a Flavin work on the cover.

I kind of want to set up room in my basement in neutral colors (including painting the floor) and have lights on the four corners

i'm into the idea of learning spanish/traveling around south america right now

Always into that!!

I am also into learning Spanish right now for strategic career purposes and also because I like language. Well, I will be into it this Spring cause I am about to register for a class.

i am taking a history course on latinos in america and it's one of the best classes i've had, if not the best

Nadie quiere hablar conmigo en 77 ;_;

i know next to no spanish!

If you understood that, you're ahead of most monolingual Americans!

cognates + esperanto and the smidge of latin i know

- dried apricots

btw i called my bff today so BLAM would bacdafucup off of my back ;)

And you are a better person for it. She was probably very glad to hear from you.

I'm totally giving you shit, but its motivated by some real life nonsense - like, 75% of our friends have totally disappeared and never call us anymore. Its fucking ridiculous. And on bad days, its pretty fucking depressing.

- Apparently, into getting depressed about the increasingly BAD global warming news we're seeing. Like, oh SHIT.

you can call those friends, really

they probably just think you're really busy with a kid and don't need bothering

We talk like twice a week and have been close friends continuously since 1990! I don't really need any training in the friend department, at least not with her. I'm not your friends. I'm good.

ok now I'm into watching all the British shows on Hulu. I highly recommend the latest season of The Thick of It.

its not even restricted to those assholes who pay for Hulu Plus!

I have to watch that through my hands.

LL - I am and have been totally kidding. Tone is not conveying well.

mh - We've made it clear to them ALL that we're around and would love to hear from them. Seriously.

those jerks!

better start calling them once a week, whether they deserve it or not

Meh - just over-tired and undersocialized. Sounds like a new parent, huh?

shouldn't you be crowing about the ravens (so to speak)? parenthood really *has* changed u man

It has. I'm a pretty toned-down fan at this point. We made the SB. I'm not a Niners hater. It should be a good game.

- Watching the Ravens win in the Playoffs.

my uncle coached for the ravens for a while before he coached for the jets

Woah - are you related to the Ryan family?

Lawd Jesus no, I'm related to his right-hand man though.

-spiced apple cider/Fireball whiskey hot toddies (which quincie served me last time I visited her and OMG they are insanely good)
-getting stoned and playing Earthbound
-William Orbit's "Guerilla Beach Mix" of Madonna's "I'll Remember", which is stunningly beautiful and easily one of the best things he's ever done (I mean it's more a WO track f. Madonna on vocals)

how far are u into earthbound

I played once before like 6 or 7 yrs ago but this time around I just got to Twoson

I have to go back and get the Mr. baseball Cap I think

i always avoided the bad guys in twoson somehow apart from the mushrooms in the cave