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and the perfect song

In Music, personal on 10 August 2008 with 4 comments

I still remember the day I first downloaded Emiliana Torrini’s Fisherman’s Woman last year all the way down to the exact outfit I was wearing. I was staying with my friend in Bushwick at the time (during my two months of couch surfing) and had taken the day off. Instead of working I’d spent the [...]

and the symphonies of light…

In People, Writing, neuva york, personal on 29 July 2008 with 13,695 comments

Occasionally I get words stuck in my head, like the hook of a song you can’t quite remember but can’t quite forget. Even though I’m sure they’re not original, not my own thoughts they can be applied so beautifully to that particular moment that it loops over and over.
Consider me the Kanye of writing.
Today I [...]

mia OR why i love ny summers pt iv

In friends, neuva york, personal on 7 July 2008 with 73 comments

I’ve been MIA in internet land. I’ve managed to, or course, keep the twittering going but the blogs, facebook, flickr and google reader have all sort of taken a back seat while I engaged in a few summer festivities. Since its been so long I thought I’d give a brief run-down of the highlights of [...]

i am a mountain woman

In personal, travel on 16 June 2008 with 8 comments

When my friend, Rhodie, asked me over drinks last Saturday night if I’d like to go camping the following weekend I, of course, said yes. I’d been debating my birthday camping trip and, having never done it before, was still considering the practicalities.
When he asked me Friday if I was up to a three mile [...]

untranslatable

In books, found things, personal on 12 June 2008 with 67 comments

In Happiness, there is a short section in which a character’s research of untranslatables is briefly described, words for which there are no mean in the english language. The whole point of the passage is to introduce to the reader the word mokita which becomes a central theme throughout the opening chapters. It means: the [...]

why i love new york summers pt II

In neuva york, personal on 8 June 2008 with 6 comments

Let’s do something different: spontaneous moments.
We emerge from the bar at five am. Both sober after a long night of talking. The sky is lit on the horizon. I turn to my friend, ‘let’s walk across the manhattan bridge.’
There isn’t a rhyme or reason to the decision, but the night is young and endless, and [...]

why i love new york summers pt I

In neuva york, personal on 8 June 2008 with 6 comments

Rain.
Its 95 degrees all day. Sweltering and skin feels sticky to the touch. Everything is utterly uncomfortable and the only respite is finding somewhere air conditioned and enjoying it for as long as possible.
Then comes the summer rain.
The air stays hot and the rain stays cool. We walk through the streets huddled under my yellow [...]

Hopelessly Rafael: A Brief Parisian Anecdote

In Paris, People, personal on 16 April 2008 with 16 comments

It was on my third day of my Paris trip, after my brief day trip to Versailles, that I met Rafael. I had not, up until that point, actively made any effort to seek company. I would even go so far as to say that I had been avoiding interacting too much with anyone from [...]

My Ten Text*

In personal on 13 March 2008 with 119 comments

It was promising to be another quiet day in marcia phone land, but then I got these in the evening. I wasn’t going to post ‘em cause I like to keep it relevant and reflective, but they really made my day:

hi
sending you as many messages
to reward you for leashing up that twitter
to make you [...]

A lot can change in a year.

In personal on 13 March 2008 with 7 comments

Its been exactly one year today since I packed an overnight bag and moved on with my life. A lot can change even in a day. I had no idea what I was giving up, but I didn’t know what I stood to gain either.
It puts things in perspective. How many of the people [...]