The Weekend Report

Things I have learned in the past 72 hours:

1. People, men especially, are very enthusiastic about my new black leather hood by Kostas Murkudis from Project No. 8 (it's sort of Rudi Gernreich meets Betty Catroux, I suppose), high heels and Carnal Flower. See also: Every moment, and Payless, is full of surprises.
2. One day in yoga class (possibly, but probably not, tomorrow), I will do "Sideways Crow." Why? Because I have always loved crows.
3. Emailing with friends is nice, but it's even more enchanting to see them/you in person. And, work-wise, it's doubly charming to have so many reasons to look forward to Monday and the start of an exciting week! See you Tuesday? Come and have a drink with me, pretty please.
4. I love literature; like, I WANT TO MARRY IT. My sister told me this afternoon that she admired my ability to "get lost in a book for an hour," which she says never happens to her, and I was like, "Get a good book." I'm so deeply enamored of the projects I publicize; each one has bewitched me for a lifetime. Not too long ago, my pal Marco linked to a post where people added meaningful lines. I like the ones that I remember for no particular reason at all; just the idea that my brain has chosen to store such utterly random bits of information makes me laugh. For instance, today I recalled, from Black Swan Green (which I read for pleasure, not work, while out in the country last year): "Dawn Madden’s got cruel eyes like a Chinese empress and sometimes one glimpse at school makes me think about her all day." Or similar. Can you top it?

Pictured: Yours truly, front & center, at Janice's event at Bluestockings on Friday night.

Comments

[Marco]

We had two people over for dinner last week. One of the people reads books! It was like meeting an alien.

"Strong is the king who destroys all, stronger still is the woman who obtains all, but strongest is wine, which drowns all reason."
Eco "The Island of the Day Before"

[Marco]

or better yet while in the car the other day on the writer's almanac npr:
"a nervous man nervously typing in a nervous world"