Archive for February, 2003

Email Fragment.

Thursday, February 27th, 2003

From a discussion with a friend about the new entries on my quotes page:
Random Friend: “Why is it frustrated magnetic poetry?”
Me: “Because I couldn’t find the words.”
Ba dump bump.

OK, so I didn’t write as much as I thought I would.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2003

But it’s because I was out and about. Which was the point of the trip, so I shall not apologize.
Sunday
Sunday was day one of Toy Fair. Saw neat things, like the replica Darth Maul Lightsaber, and the replica Anakin lightsaber with a real blade you can actually hit things with. My brother [...]

This generation. I mean really.

Saturday, February 15th, 2003

I heard a young woman complaining today that she was given a $110 ticket for demonstrating.
That’s why they call it civil disobedience, sweetheart.
Thanks to the vagaries of timing, I missed the actual demonstration. I did see it’s warm up show and cut out halfway through the closing act, which is still going on, practically [...]

It’s quiet here except for this song

Saturday, February 15th, 2003

Or so Ani tells me. She’s singing in my ear while the rest of the world ignores me. Or maybe I’m ignoring it. I’m sitting in DIA, a pile of bags next to me.
I’ve never learned to travel light. It’s a really a skill I need to develop.
It’s almost midnight, and [...]

In Memoriam

Saturday, February 1st, 2003

Seventeen years and three days ago, I was 13 years old, and sitting in my living room on a snow day, watching 2010 on HBO with my younger brother. I still had dreams of being an astronaut. The ship in the movie had just completed breaking in Jupiter’s atmosphere when my mother called [...]

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