i haven't been all that unproductive. since i've been home, well i've done some reading - finished empire of signs, which got beyond me by the end, and started t. coraghessan boyle's the road to wellville, which is very enjoyable so far and is about a part of history that particularly interests me. i've been listening to many new things, and i'm halfway through a tape for aijung. aijung came over the other day and we shared some music. i burned a cd of inflight rock band live; twelve tunes, it doesn't all sound great, but it's nice to have something. i've arranged for a handful of promo cds to write about (hope the phoenix don't mind.) i'm inching towards a plan for the impending transition. new york people, philly people, where y'all at?

there was a dinner party here tonight - mike and kate, subagh and subagh, bernie and arlene, jessie (briefly) and sarah and simran and simran's friend. and emiko too, for a little while. helping to prepare for that gave me something to do - i peeled and sliced peaches for a scrumptious pie, made marinades and so forth. during the dinner (which was out on the patio, and involved grilled veggies, salmon, corn, and margaritas like apparently every good summer meal) we listened to rae's "red-blooded americans" tape for rebecca (and me), which was terrific, and then tnt and my "mingle and squeal" tape that i discovered in my boombox - the original version, which is wholly different from the cd reconstruction (that mix is actually supposed to be called "an exaltation," i think.)

some phrases that i'm collecting in my head, for tape titles or something:
stick-to-it-iveness
nimble and chalky
polygamy
sunday pants

i won't, probably, accomplish everything i want(ed) to while home - hopefully i can finish writing a song or two, and maybe buy some sandals or something - but that's okay. last night i watched most of a map of the world with my parents, and i still have two videos to watch: ai and donnie darko. dad and i just played scrabble (on his unexpected suggestion), while listening to the turtles and some other things. my best plays were SODDiNG (on the triple, my second bingo) and JINGU (on double, with J on the triple.) i don't particularly like reporting on my scrabble games.

there are heavy things to think about in this world, and i don't know if i can do it right now.

cancer for the cure my baby
buckle-up and endure now sweet thing