January 2010
17 posts
Posted a Month Late (and an Ocean Short)
To have the ultimate Christmas travel extravaganza, it’s best to let the troubles begin as soon as possible. First of all, I didn’t tell a soul but Caroline that I was coming home, deciding as I bought the outrageously overpriced ticket that it might be best to keep this thing a secret, mostly for my own amusement to see if I was any good at lying. Apparently I am.
On the morning of Christmas...
"The Race Against Time" or "She's At It Again"
Though anyone who has ever met me will know that my standards for punctuality are rock-bottom and my arriving late is nothing noteworthy, I sometimes manage to impress even myself.
Today is one of those occasions.
Today is Wednesday, and my alarm for Wednesday is set for 8:16. I get up at 8:34, rush out of the apartment, walk to the train station by 9:12, and take the 9:15 train, leaving...
"I would be most content if my children grew up to...
Despite my strenuous work schedule (right.), I’ve managed to find a bit of time to read while here. Sacrificing the aesthetic pleasure of piles of books, I’ve gone against my natural tendency and have chosen something for its practicality: that’s right, I have a Kindle. It’s practical, nerdy, and pretty damn cool. Anyhow, here’s a sampling of the books I’ve...
Lisbon? Try Lisbin(ge).
After a too short stint in the glorious and moss-draped South, a three-flight-one-bus-26-hour trip back to San Sebastián, and several days of cold and sleep here, I went to Lisbon to visit a friend I’d met there a year and a half ago. He’s the same age as me, from Brazil, a painter, and brilliant; we’d only met once in person and continued through writing, and our friendship is dear to me. Four...
