by the way

My very favorite thing about this SNL commerical parody is the primal scream at the end.

"Taco Town!"

conversational snippet

"You need to quit [doing that] asap."

"Yes, asap- At Some Arbitrary Point."

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

-Pablo Neruda

do you remember what the music meant?

One of my very favorite bands is Pretty Girls Make Graves.

And.... they're breaking up. Le sigh.

Good thing there's one more tour. Here's hoping El Jefe commemorates the occasion one last time.

Resolute.

I've been meaning to do this for years. 2007 is the year I'm actually keeping track of how much I read.

January 2007:

Endless Forms Most Beautiful, S. Carroll*
Bird by Bird, A. Lamott*
The Life and Loves of a She Devil, F. Weldon
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, M. Bank
A Year in Provence, P. Mayle
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, M. Kundera
Love's Executioner, I. Yalom
Lives of a Biologist, J. T. Bonner
The Shipping News, E. A. Proulx