Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Blech, I feel like kak...

I'm not usually one to complain about how I feel in my body, much.
But I have come down with a head cold, and am reasonably miserable.
It wouldn't bother me as much if only my nose weren't blocked - despite DayQuil (what nasty rotten stuff it is too, I feel decidedly off key today).
So here I am, now under the weather for the second day in the row, and not real improvement noted. At least I'm not feverish, or coughing up nasty tenacious lumps of mucus - B"H.
Not up to much - reading magazines, drinking water fortified with vitamin C, and joining the slow shuffle thru the laundry room. Listening to a sweet-voiced Israeli called Ivri Lieder. He sings with the passion that makes me want to understand the words for myself.
Looking forward to stepping out of my comfort zone and toddling over to UCLA for the open house of the Landscape Architecture school. Time I put myself thru something new with this imagination of mine.
I don't see myself being able to just dash off and never look back at another infusion pump, but it would be nice to have an escape, a place to interact with a different self.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

About friken' time...

Thank you America for waking up, and making the changes to the political life here that are long overdue.

The elections here are always confusing to me. Firstly as a non-citizen I am never sure how to approach them. After all, if I really cared - for my self - I would accept citizenship, and take part. But I don't.

So I then have to choose how to be the best observer of the process.

Secondly, the actual political process here is one so vast and convoluted that I really don't understand how anything gets done, even on a good day.

Give me a nice quiet parliamentary constitutional monarchy, any day.

But how nice that Rumsfeld is now unemployed!

On another note: we had a great time in Palm Springs over the weekend. Well, it was easier for me as I don't have mid-terms right now. But there were some healthy doses of bar crawling, sun decking, canyon hiking, and quiet time together. Met some outrageously funny people, and generally had a good time. Happy B'day, boy.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Sometimes, you want to get away

Escaped to Palm Springs for a long weekend.
Gay Pride.
Boy's birthday.
Bliss.