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Monthly Archives: May 2013
the squall
title for unwritten song to be written this weekend. the squall has ceased to be the source of my complaint
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piano lesson no. 2
it was only yesterday that I was found plundering my way through an unnameable dread. i could not tell if this dread was at all related to the MRI of my neck I had to undergo to make sure all … Continue reading
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Tagged cervical spine, edema, MRI, piano lesson, politeness, precautionary, technician, titanium
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7:50-7:55 pm
there was a moment of peace, of alignment, tonight from 7:50-7:55. it felt dangerous. because I sensed it could not last. but it was my sense of danger that disrupted it. must find a way to fix this.
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Room Number 7
i just returned home from my first piano lesson since the one lesson i took at the age of 8. in Room 7 at the Old Town School of Folk Music. the teacher, a former punk rocker, … Continue reading
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Tagged 7, 8, balance, Catch a Falling Star, co-dependence, composing, Dostoyevsky, left brain, lessons, Old Town School of Folk Music, piano, punk rocker, reading, right brain, Row Row Row Your Boat, Russian Folk Song, teacher, The Brothers Karamazov, Yankee Doodle
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30 minutes
it was mother’s day. i was invited to brunch at my mother’s place with my oldest sibling, S., visiting from the west coast. i phoned from the highway to tell them that i was running 30 minutes late. it was … Continue reading
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Tagged bears, destruction, driving, flight, frantic, mother's day, regret, sibling, tantrums, woods
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white foods
a social networking snafu and we’ve retreated to our underground bunker where we will seek refuge for the time being. until we are off the radar, off the grid. imagining no one will ever find us here. all of these … Continue reading
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Tagged agitation, bunker, dogs, great danes, labradors, lesbians, newfoundlands, refuge, running shoes, salespeople, st. bernards, underground, white foods, yellow foods
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doused
one of the trainers at the gym kissed my hand out of nowhere. i could not figure out how that happened, but i wanted to write it down, lest i forget. the other part of today that i really liked … Continue reading
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unsettling
i wonder if i have either stifled my dreams, hopes and aspirations or if i am just sleep-deprived and lethargic. or if stifling dreams, hopes and aspirations leads to sleep deprivation? it did not seem all that long ago when … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirations, core, disparate, dreams, energies, feeling wanted, hopes, lethargy, New York, sleep, sleep deprivation, work
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perpetrator
tonight i was driving on broadway on my way to the gym, desperately searching for a rare parking spot that rarely appears on broadway. out of nowhere, a spot opened up on the right and at the very moment i … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, bicycle, car, disconcerting, forgiveness, indignant, parking, perpetratee, perpetrator, victim
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curfew
i only have 1 minute to write something because i vow to be in bed by 10:30, and I started typing this sentence at 10:29 and i just noticed that i’ve missed my deadline and i am not allowed to … Continue reading
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boxing
i’ve been dragging most of the day. i’m not sure why it was so hard to fall asleep last night. to stay asleep. and i really really need to sleep more than anything else after being sick all week. but … Continue reading
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Tagged badminton, boxing, dragging, hill, man, opportunity, sleep, son, window, woman
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the grid
i’ve been trying to make a sample/loop of this incredible Ethiopian pop song from the 1970s for the past 6 hours. and not getting anywhere. the thing is, i can’t tell if i am behind the beat or ahead of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, 6 hours, adaptation, behavioral, colors, digitization, Ethiopiques, geometry, grid, loops, mathematics, melodic, mesmerized, pop songs, psychology, rhythmic, samples, transfixed
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what is burgeoning
all i feel like writing about tonight is my job, but i am trying not to tell you much more about it, so i won’t. the one positive thing i can say is that working in this environment is bringing … Continue reading
The Lost Pedestrian 