Recent Blog Posts
The Trucker Wave
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
At first I thought it was a muscle spasm, but then I realized it was directed at me. It was a faint but unmistakable wave of the hand as I passed by. This wasn't just any ol' Miss America wave or even the small town country wave you would expect fr...
Jazz
post a comment | posted Aug 6
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
Jazz. Oh, Jazz. Jazz is like sex. Or, what I think sex would be like, as I haven't had done it yet. Jazz is what rocked the youth culture of 1920's America and started a musical and social revolution. Jazz is impassioned and wild and all consuming....
Jazz
post a comment | posted Aug 6
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
Jazz. Oh, Jazz. Jazz is like sex. Or, what I think sex would be like, as I haven't had done it yet. Jazz is what rocked the youth culture of 1920's America and started a musical and social revolution. Jazz is impassioned and wild and all consuming....
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
Catcher in the Rye: bringing Hollywood together
post a comment | posted Jun 4
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
So, I came to Los Angeles not knowing what to expect. It's practically a miracle that I'm here in the first place. I've decided that LA is the best place to read a classic novel in public. Well, perhaps New York is better, but the people of Los Ang...
Buried in Elephant Poo
post a comment | posted May 16
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
These past few months have been months of extremes. While frolicking in a field in Puerto Rico, I tore my ACL and meniscus in my knee and I had to have surgery. Therefore, I had two weeks of school work and tests to make up when I finally made it b...
Sassy Italian Smile Beams
post a comment | posted Mar 31
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
I learned the art of Smile Beams from my sassy Italian grandmother. When I got the phone call early Thursday morning telling me she had died, I began to weep uncontrollably right there in the coffee shop. I suppose it was expected. Of her illustrio...
They Owe Me... something
post a comment | posted Mar 27
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
The question was asked, "What do you look for in a significant other?"One girl raised her hand and said, "A guy who doesn't live like the world owes him something."Ever since I heard that, it got me thinking. Do I live as if the world owes me somet...
My Knee, Puerto Rico, and human kindness
post a comment | posted Mar 9
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
It was a strikingly beautiful and gloriously windy day in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mathilde (my French traveling companion) and I had just arrived in town the night before. San Juan was the last stop before flying home on our week-long road trip enci...
Location Location Location
post a comment | posted Feb 24
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
It was one of those days. I stayed in my apartment all day, alone but not lonely. I was entertained by an incredible Alfred Hitchcock film, some photography project or another, and deep cleaning the kitchen from the salmon alfredo I had made the ni...
Modified Haiku
post a comment | posted Feb 13
Originally posted at Methodic_Madness's Xanga
576The heart is fragile. Misunderstanding your ownMakes you clumsy with others'.