underneath the sweetgum tree

[starfrosting]

1. Yourself: sleepy
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend (spouse): stunning
3. Your hair: dire
4. Your mother: Chanel
5. Your father: trying
6. Your Favorite Item: book
7. Your dream last night: warm
8. Your Favorite drink: water
9. Your Dream Car: irrelevant
10. The room you are in: cozy
11. Your Ex: past
12. Your fear: disquieting
13. What you want to be in 10 years? satisfied
14. Who you hung out with last night? Daddy
15. What You're Not? harsh
16. Muffins: scones
17. One of Your Wish List Items: Escobar
18. Time: barrelling
19. The Last Thing You Did: homemade
20. What You Are Wearing: cotton
21. Your Favorite Weather: springtime
22. Your Favorite Book: magic
23. The Last Thing You Ate: cobbler
24. Your Life: alight
25. Your Mood: soporific
26. Your best friend: far
27. What are you thinking about right now? procrastination
28. Your car: visiting
29. What are you doing at the moment? listening
30. Your summer: forthcoming
31. Your relationship status: smitten
32. What is on your TV? static
33. What is the weather like? freezing
34. When is the last time you laughed? dinner


And now to eke out a little bit of work before I get into my warm comfy beckoning bed. My room's a little messy (piles collect in the corner by the mirror, books and sweaters) but it's so bright and warm now that I gave in and closed the winter against the bitter smokey cold for a little bit. I'm not doing too well with this impending winter. Maybe I just need to find better sweaters and establish a disciplined thesis-work routine, gear up for it. As it stands I feel like fall slipped between my fingers with its inconstant weather and now winter will dig in til the vernal equinox. I guess the challenge is to just be with the temperature drops and hardening earth around me instead of projecting months ahead to no good effect. Tell myself mythological stories about hoary gods and old old goddesses, maybe.

Comments

[de-cryptic.livejournal.com]

or maybe all you need to do is to move to la ;)

[jaclyn325mink.livejournal.com]

if you're in pa soon call me 484-947-6047

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thanksgiving and the day after, w/Taylor...see you? <3!

[jaclyn325mink.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I may be having lunch with my grandmother and then Thanksgiving dinner (take II) with Doug's family, but I'd lovelovelove to go to the Frenchtown Cafe for breakfast with you guys. Would you be down?

!

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

That was exactly what I was thinking-- Friday morning, maybe with Mia and Sheena and Rory depending on who's around. Call me later, okay? I'm about to run to the grocery store.

[jaclyn325mink.livejournal.com]

OMG P.S.

You like the Mountain Goats? I've been singing "carpenter ants in the dresser/ flies in the screen/ it will be too late by the time we learn/ what these cryptic symbols mean/ and i dreamt/ of a house/ haunted by all you tweakers/ with your hands out..." all day. Just in case you were wondering what my day was like, you know.

[toughgav.livejournal.com]

omg oli, you're in philly. i know frenchtown! only beautiful people live there! we used to drive out to frenchtown for coffee so early in the morning, before the campers woke up. we called it earlyfesh, in the style of nofesh, chofesh, and latefesh (types of time off of being a councilor at galil, a habonim dror camp in bucks county). i can't believe you're there! especially since i spent much of today around times square wondering half-hopingly that by some very odd chance that we would run into one another.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

are you still in the city? I'm here...

[toughgav.livejournal.com]

shit, no, i'm in montreal. we got back in late last night.
i thought... where are you, exactly? and how come we havn't met yet in person? this is all very frustrating, oli. <3

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

maybe money and time permitting I can come to Montréal sometime. I just saw that there's a train that goes up there from Poughkeepsie today when I was walking bleary-eyed out of the Metronorth.

[toughgav.livejournal.com]

that is also a possibility, yes. i would be glad to split yer travel costs with you, if it's you doing the travelling. you can stay in my bed. it's got a new bedspread, one with birds.

what i mean is, i would love to see you. you can obviously sleep on the couch if you like. :)

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

birds (which I'm scared of in actuality but sound charming in threadcount representation)! cuddling! it sounds delightful and I just got really excited.