Maya in Wonderland

so Arizona was entertaining - I had a great time playing with the little cousins - but I brought home this bug that’s attached itself with remarkable ferocity. Monday and Tuesday, it was a runny nose and Wednesday, my voice was all teenage adolescent froggy and by this morning, it was gone. Couldn’t even croak and so I emailed in sick and looked longingly at the phone when people called to find out how I was feeling. Alternated between bed and the back patio, admiring the plants and the blooms and trying to absorb the fresh air through all of my pores, since breathing is still a challenge.

there aren’t words to explain how much I love this picture

there is clearly some sort of unholy communication going on between the two of them

I wish I could arrange these as a flip book

the whole time, he kept muttering, “Svim, Svim”

so I was kicking around on housingmaps.com and in addition to the perfect little Garden District apartment in New Orleans, I found this one in Anaheim. Exactly the right size and a good enough location and the right price

 

with a gas stove and a BATHTUB

 

and it’s OK that it’s gone to someone else, but I’m glad to know that such places exist.

work is making me … work. Arrive early and leave late. I suppose it’s career building, but it’s taking an awful lot of time. And I’ve been cooking. And taking yoga again and trying to get more than five hours of sleep a night. And my plants are all bloomy and green. I even have basil sprouting and bouquets in the kitchen windowsill.

baby basil sprouting in the chives

My point is that there’s stuff going on all of the time, but unless you’re living it, it’s not all that interesting. Too many more weeks of it and it won’t even be interesting to live, but I’m enjoying the peace and there are trips on the horizon…

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

How to do it:
1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc).
2. Put it on Shuffle.
3. Press Play.
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Be honest.

OPENING CREDITS
Fischerspooner - Sweetness

WAKING UP
Nellie McKay - Real Life

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Shakira - Que Vuelvas

FALLING IN LOVE
Jazz Jamaica - Barbados

FIGHT SONG
Gotan Project - Una Musica Brutal

BREAKING UP
Dead Can Dance - Saltarello

PROM
The Real Tuesday Weld - Anything But Love

LIFE IS GOOD
Gwen Stefani - Danger Zone

DRIVING
Violent Femmes - To the Kill

MENTAL BREAKDOWN
Fountains of Wayne - All Kinds of Time

FLASHBACK
David Bowie - A Girl Like You

GETTING BACK TOGETHER
French Kicks - So Far We Are

WEDDING
the Sundays - Wild Horses

FINAL BATTLE
P.O.D. - Satellite

DEATH SCENE
The Strokes - Electricityscape

FUNERAL SONG
MC Solaar - Les Colonies

END CREDITS
Franz Ferdinand - Well That Was Easy

 

Huh. Sometimes that worked. I’m going to start making ALL of my decisions this way - it’s so much more modern than the Bible and a randomly placed finger …

In the interest of informed bloggership, I did cheat once because David Sedaris reading Baby Einstein 3 came up for “Driving”, but I’ve been meaning to pull his stuff out of shuffle anyway. Plus, bonus points for actually MAKING the soundtrack and listening it it. 

I really liked the way that this picture turned out, but in retrospect (and after hearing Ben rave on about how S2 of Twin Peaks is FINALLY out), it looks a little too much like that oft-repeated shot from the bottom of the stairway at the Palmer house, sans the endlessly turning fan. Come to think of it, I think that Joss does an homage to it in The Body …

at any rate, now the picture freaks me out. Thought I’d share. 

OK, your turn