Instead of whimpering about the -30 windchill, your empty stomach, and lack of a decent bottle of booze, check out www.freerice.com Its a game that builds your vocabulary and donates rice to starving people, which is totally legit. Props to the WFP, hard-to-spell words, and creative minds.
Just before break my roommate Scott found this stray black cat in a trash can. We already have a black six toed cat named Hex, so keeping with the knowledge that black cats commune with Satan, we are naming this one Pentagram. He's apparently experiencing a post-traumatic kitten-hood, because its like he's on crack all the time.
Last night Davy & I drove to St. Paul to sketch & drink coffee at Mickey's Diner on West 7th st. This tiny gem was made in 1937 and shipped by rail to MN from New Jersey, and it is the last vintage dining car in minnesota. Kitschy, cramped, and... amazing.
This is what happened. We stayed there until morning.
I have spent the day eluding a colossus of homework, reading "Love is a Dog From Hell" by Bukowski, and generally being irresponsible with my time. There is a certain satisfaction to being anti social as of late, with nothing to drink but pot after pot of black coffee, and nothing to eat but near rotten oranges. Was anyone going to tell me how different the world looks without money in your pocket? The cold, the strangers, the empty sound that buses make. Its all covered in a coat of exciting, prospective danger. Being broke is sort of romantic they say, but i could argue being perpetually poor is not. Yet I feel that the more I lack, the more creative I am forced to become.
"Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink" -Bukowski
You would think that since love apparently makes the world go round,
there would be a slew of inspiring + original websites dedicated to the subject. Not. Although Valentines Day is my favorite holiday, primarily because of all the chocolate, i kindof feel cheated. All this terrible webpage design is enough to make even the most avid chocolate connoisseur vomit up a decadent truffle.
Instead i happened upon this anti-valentine video by the brilliant,
multi-talented Ze Frank, whom i adore not only as an
intellectual humorist,but also as an artist and web designer.
Some of his collaborative assignments/projects are really interesting.
And, sidenote, he is rather attractive when he has facial hair.
Turkish coffee is one of the best things in the world. Ever since that fateful midumers day when my turkish grandfather held a garden party in the backyard of his home, i have been increasingly interested in my family's heritage. And craving borkek! This week you'll find me in the kitchen with a lot of eggplant and zucchini.
