last exit to fairyland
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yamamanamaThe woman next to me on the train had violet and magenta makeup on her eyes and a tattoo of purple flowers on her arm.
Sara was flippping through Catch-22, which she has read many times, because she just finished reading it and had nothing better to do. She has not read Moby Dick.
If only there was a way I could get the best of both worlds with the tacos I had last year. I think I like Naco Taco's chorizo taco more except it doesn't have the cilantro crema or the radishes that the cochinta pibil has. Note to self: try the fried shrimp or cabrito.
There were a bunch of good books at Boomerangs but nothing I wanted. Empty Space, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Everything Is Illuminated, Winterlong. Okay, I’ve never read Winterlong but I have it and I’ve heard good things about it. It's sitting on my shelf waiting for me to find Aestival Tide and Icarus Descending and hopefully that happens soon. Say, I saw the trade paperback edition of Winterlong that lists her influences (Dhalgren, Twelfth Night) at Brattle Books. I hope they find a good home.
There was a book by Kathlyn S. Starbuck at Rodney's and I realized that I’ve been calling her Kathryn this whole time but only because someone on Barbelith called her Kathryn and I’m no closer to finding a book that reminds someone of their dreams of getting lost in large and strange houses.
I found the MIT museum transfigurated utterly upon my return. The robots are downstairs with videos featuring them in action one of which didn't work, along with a half-finished seal whisker through water demonstration.
Replacing the robot was an exhibit on racing boats. There was a woman with bathypelagic blue hair. There was a collection of object photography from the Bauhaus for its centennial: a champagne glass on its side, an urchin test and the shadow of a crab’s chela, a geometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem made with squares of cloth, mesh, abstract objects, dried mud, an orange half bejeweled.
There was an exhibit about their architecture school, which had a concept for the Beacon of Progress on the shores of Lake Michigan and a concept for a US-Mexico bridge.
The Arthur Ganson sculptures were still there but the holography room was closed off for renovations. I forgot where Tetris is.
A woman who walked out of Cheapo Records had half moonsilver and half night violet and all curly hair.
I think the guy at Aleppo Palace me the wrong thing, that is to say, labneh za’atar, but whatever. Labneh in a pita pocket with a lot lot lot of za’atar with some mixed greens and some fattoush (onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes). You can also get a thing of muhammara, which is a mix of hot pepper, walnuts, and pomegranate juice, along with a few spices like cumin and garlic. Trader Joe's had it. I doubt it's still there. They also had roasted tomatillo and mango salsa. I'd have to find something similar. Or a spicy shrimp bowl with pickled cucumbers, red cabbage, avocado, toasted sesame seeds, and miso glaze. I'm not sure what the dressing is or what makes the shrimp spicy. There's an instagram account that shows what items are about to be discontinued but it only started in 2018.
Ema, who spells her name like that because she’s special and not because it’s short for anything like Emanuela, and Jay were both Ariel in The Tempest and Jay is playing Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ema’s bag said “all the world’s a stage” on it which is a quote from As You Like It. She wasn't actually sure where the quote was from. I had to wrack my brain some because I've seen the play before and knew it was one of the comedies. Jay’s hair is short and a a phosphoric green and yellow. Jay has a nose piercing and small gauge earrings. It looked like Jay got the hat from Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann. Jay's fingernails were painted black. Like the bird? I asked. Sitting next to them was a bearded man with tattoos of musical equipment and cassette tapes on one arm and tattoos of gears and labyrinths on the other.
There was a woman with short pink hair and a sleeping woman with abyssopelagic black hair.
I found a Masculinity Quiz, in which it asks you to choose who is more masculine amongst two men. Spoiler alert: good traits are masculine and bad traits are feminine.
burning question: Iron Faeries? Wait, isn’t that like a Gemini Man who is also a Snake Man according to the Chinese zodiac?
Sara was flippping through Catch-22, which she has read many times, because she just finished reading it and had nothing better to do. She has not read Moby Dick.
If only there was a way I could get the best of both worlds with the tacos I had last year. I think I like Naco Taco's chorizo taco more except it doesn't have the cilantro crema or the radishes that the cochinta pibil has. Note to self: try the fried shrimp or cabrito.
There were a bunch of good books at Boomerangs but nothing I wanted. Empty Space, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Everything Is Illuminated, Winterlong. Okay, I’ve never read Winterlong but I have it and I’ve heard good things about it. It's sitting on my shelf waiting for me to find Aestival Tide and Icarus Descending and hopefully that happens soon. Say, I saw the trade paperback edition of Winterlong that lists her influences (Dhalgren, Twelfth Night) at Brattle Books. I hope they find a good home.
There was a book by Kathlyn S. Starbuck at Rodney's and I realized that I’ve been calling her Kathryn this whole time but only because someone on Barbelith called her Kathryn and I’m no closer to finding a book that reminds someone of their dreams of getting lost in large and strange houses.
I found the MIT museum transfigurated utterly upon my return. The robots are downstairs with videos featuring them in action one of which didn't work, along with a half-finished seal whisker through water demonstration.
Replacing the robot was an exhibit on racing boats. There was a woman with bathypelagic blue hair. There was a collection of object photography from the Bauhaus for its centennial: a champagne glass on its side, an urchin test and the shadow of a crab’s chela, a geometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem made with squares of cloth, mesh, abstract objects, dried mud, an orange half bejeweled.
There was an exhibit about their architecture school, which had a concept for the Beacon of Progress on the shores of Lake Michigan and a concept for a US-Mexico bridge.
The Arthur Ganson sculptures were still there but the holography room was closed off for renovations. I forgot where Tetris is.
A woman who walked out of Cheapo Records had half moonsilver and half night violet and all curly hair.
I think the guy at Aleppo Palace me the wrong thing, that is to say, labneh za’atar, but whatever. Labneh in a pita pocket with a lot lot lot of za’atar with some mixed greens and some fattoush (onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes). You can also get a thing of muhammara, which is a mix of hot pepper, walnuts, and pomegranate juice, along with a few spices like cumin and garlic. Trader Joe's had it. I doubt it's still there. They also had roasted tomatillo and mango salsa. I'd have to find something similar. Or a spicy shrimp bowl with pickled cucumbers, red cabbage, avocado, toasted sesame seeds, and miso glaze. I'm not sure what the dressing is or what makes the shrimp spicy. There's an instagram account that shows what items are about to be discontinued but it only started in 2018.
Ema, who spells her name like that because she’s special and not because it’s short for anything like Emanuela, and Jay were both Ariel in The Tempest and Jay is playing Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ema’s bag said “all the world’s a stage” on it which is a quote from As You Like It. She wasn't actually sure where the quote was from. I had to wrack my brain some because I've seen the play before and knew it was one of the comedies. Jay’s hair is short and a a phosphoric green and yellow. Jay has a nose piercing and small gauge earrings. It looked like Jay got the hat from Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann. Jay's fingernails were painted black. Like the bird? I asked. Sitting next to them was a bearded man with tattoos of musical equipment and cassette tapes on one arm and tattoos of gears and labyrinths on the other.
There was a woman with short pink hair and a sleeping woman with abyssopelagic black hair.
I found a Masculinity Quiz, in which it asks you to choose who is more masculine amongst two men. Spoiler alert: good traits are masculine and bad traits are feminine.
burning question: Iron Faeries? Wait, isn’t that like a Gemini Man who is also a Snake Man according to the Chinese zodiac?
