2009-08-17
you look so good to me, summer.
I speak to the season, not to the blonde in my 6th grade classroom who wanted my eyeballs.
summer, you are kicking my ass with delightfulness. Summer, why you gotta mess with my mother in law? how am I to eat brunch in new york this way?
I can thank you for these things, so far:
1) tarts
2) smarts
3) beaches
4) peaches
5) breeches (o, I kid)
6) hammocks
7) omega
8) wisconsin *not in this order
9) shows galore! newport! prospect park!
10) I want flaming lips! in philly!
11) I want maine, but I fear it will not happen!
12) will there be needlefelting in new york state at the fair?
13) will there be a pond in my future?
14) remember when you wanted a ping pong table?
15) who is the finest summer song?
16) why are dogs so cute and dirty?
17) yesterday it was so hot I gave lola a spongbath on the porch and ended up coated in her dirty water. but I felt, in the end, she was somewhat cleaner, and so this was a good move. she does not seem to mind the heat.
18) I wish I had been at a brunch instead of at the home (thank god, not hospital, as first expected) of the ill mother in law.
19) but there was good cake.
20) in september, there will be a wedding and another wedding, and the left coast.
21) shall I take this list to my yearS? 30? I shall.
22) makes me want to see the flaming lips again, because of the song.
23) tomatofest? maine?
24) walt whitman? and what price bananas, are you my angel? the bob dylan documentary has me feeling complicated about pete seeger. but that's good, right? to have the haze of love dissolve and the sunshine of reality shine on your heros? I think so.
25) did bob dylan do hard drugs? or is he just one of those dudes who looked pretty wild all the time?
26) fame, it can be a doozy
27) animal collective, they had a nice lgiht show, but not quite enough love and magic in their ability to PLAY INSTRUMENTS
28) jon and steve went on their own nyc party bardge, and I think it was nice for them.
29) brain powers! we all have them! work on those neural circuits! establish new patterns! you can do it!
30) really want to work less and play more, which is also what my horoscope said this week: "I wouldn't be surprised if your whole life passed instantly before your eyes one day soon. Not because you'll come close to literal physical death or anything dangerous at all, but rather because you will have a brush with a magic power that could be yours in the future -- a magic power that will be possible for you to fully own only if you cut the umbilicus that links you to a dying source. Wow. Did I really say that in a fun little astrology column? And are you really prepared to change your life because of something you read in a fun little astrology column? I hope so. In the coming weeks, it'll be the fun little things that have the greatest potential to align you more closely with your soul's code."
I heard my soul's code.
my soul's code said, beth, you are happier when you only work 4 days a week. this is not rocket science.