Monday, February 22, 2010

budding, blooming... dripping dew...

it has been warm and sunny for the past week. the cherry trees are blooming and people are uniformly cheerful.
these multicolored carrots thrill me.

plans for spring/summer 2010:
-actual garden-on-deck. actual deck usage. i am going to hang lights and procure cheap seating and invite people over for refreshments. four years of living there and my utilization of the space has been meager at best... especially, sadly, since i quit smoking 2 years ago.
-yakima valley wine tasting... augmented with appropriate white-trashiness, of course.
-trip to vancouver when it isn't ass-cold and grey. the night market in victoria would be delightful also.
-a drive-in movie...
-more dance classes.
-hike something.
-sun tea.
-wear skirts.
i write this whilst wearing fingerless gloves and a sweater, "psycho killer" playing in the background... the night is clear and inky. it is easy to be fanciful when the future seems annoyingly intangible.
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tonight s and i went to our new favorite sushi place. we had omikase. "anything you don't want?" she asked. "no." she declined all matters uni and the meal began. this was our bill. finances, woman! didn't i fucking vow not to do this?

i had never eaten a fried shrimp head, complete with eyeballs, before. it was delicious. the toro, OH MY GOD. the entire meal was fucking orgasmic. "you just watched me eat more flesh than i've eaten in about six years" i said after, grinning uncontrollably. "i am so proud of you" she replied.
we now have an unofficial standing weekly sushi date. i cannot responsibly eat nigiri every time... but even the cucumber rolls at this place are somehow better than others.
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life is to be lived, after all.
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today, walking towards downtown:

i immediately thought of what a cool lair that would be- why not?
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tonight i listened to "my heart is a flower," a song i hadn't heard in about 15 (!) years. i remembered every line and laughed aloud at how time can fucking stand still so beautifully. suck me dry/til i wilt/til i'm nothing/til next spring.

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