Day 26: Prone
Spent the day in my cave, incubating germs, napping, watching DVDs, and coughing. Bleh. [Project 365]
Spent the day in my cave, incubating germs, napping, watching DVDs, and coughing. Bleh. [Project 365]
Got home and there was a package from Amber on my coffee table. Inside it? Double hilarity. These books are deliciously depraved and I am enjoying the hell out of them. Relatedly, I seriously need to mail out the rest of my Christmas presents. [Project 365]
U.S. Airways gave me a good scare when, just after the flight attendant had closed up our little regional jet’s door and sealed it, a mechanic demanded to be let in, holding a piece of paper, asking to see the pilot. Turns out some electrical part had gone wacky and it was going to require tests before we could get in the air. We sat for an hour, waiting on said tests, enjoying delicious free…
I am still paying for my poor footwear decision during my time in D.C. I have worn the same Doc Martens since eighth grade and they have always been kind to me, but I had no idea how horribly they could treat me. I walked miles upon miles, trying to see and do as much as possible in that city. There’s so much to do, and so much of it is free, that I feel…
I’ve been slowly catching up on analysis of the speech, and there have been some fascinating conversations happening all over the interwebs. Watching the speech, I felt it was beautifully pragmatic and perfectly authoritative and inspirational, but others were more disappointed, feeling it wasn’t as grand a rhetorical sweep as it should have been. I especially enjoyed this measured response over at The Root, which deems Obama’s speech “a sacred effort.” My favorite bit of…
(You have to look at the big version to appreciate the scope, and to see the screen we were all watching.) I’m having a hard time writing about Tuesday. I’ve been thinking about it nonstop for days now, trying to process my thoughts, to let the cream rise to the top, but there’s just so much to work through. I want to talk about the things I saw and heard — the sun rising and…
DC treated me right. I’ll admit — I’m a little smitten. But I’ll write more about that later. [Project 365]
I have absolutely no idea how to pack light. [Project 365]
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