hominyandgrits

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:20:07 GMT

tonight i made nearly 2 gallons of peach jam, and almost a gallon of pear jam.

o god.

pictures to come.

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:16:45 GMT

planning on going to chicago for a while this summer and am trying to convince my parents to let me take my car. they told me they're thinking about it. then they told me if i were married that i could go.

what.

Mon, 18 May 2009 14:35:48 GMT

school is over and for the next two weeks i am dog sitting/ house sitting three dogs in a house in trinidad. living alone in arcata, alone in trinidad. it's bizarre. wake up from a bad dream in an unfamiliar place. try and make breakfast in a kitchen that is not yours. lots and lots of walks in the woods with a pack of dogs behind me. im dog/housesitting for a massage therapist. when she gets back i am promised a 2 hour plus massage. woah baby.

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:53:43 GMT

today at work, a lady yelled at me over the phone for more than half an hour. made me wanna throw up, made me wanna cry, made me all red and splotchy. she kept telling me things that i knew werent true and she was making me feel bad about them. came home to a gin and tonic and tater-tots with kale. not the best. waiting for phone calls from what seems like everyone.

on another note. did you know that you can take your bike cross country on a train for $260? round trip?

damn.

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:28:24 GMT

my yard is an explosion of forget-me-nots. they hide in the nooks and crannies and the shady places where it seems nothing else will grow. i have marigold starts in my window that i check every morning to see if any new seeds have sprouted. this is one of my favorite life activities. finding a sprouted seed is like getting a letter in the mail from a friend.
recent news has brought back a flood of emotions i thought i had locked away months ago. i woke up this morning at 6am from a bad dream with a headache and feeling nauseous. why cant i shake this?
planning a trip out to the midwest this summer. when and where is still to be determined but trust me its gunna happen.

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:41:08 GMT

all i wanna do is drink tea and make sundresses all day. have a clean kitchen and someone to cuddle with at night. ride bikes to the beach and eat a sandwich. sing and dance and eat blackberries all summer.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:40:55 GMT

there are these birds outside my house who call to each other. they sound like miniature flying saucers or robots or something. it sounds sad and kinda creepy. i've never actually seen these birds. only heard them calling from separate trees. anyone have any clue what they are?

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:05:14 GMT

i dont feel normal very often these days. just kind of frantically spinning, grabbing at things that might offer some comfort, some feeling of the olden days. nothing seems right.

lazar tag is the best.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:59:39 GMT

today i crashed my bike for the first time since elementary school. i was racing from work to the greenhouse and i hit a crack hard. my bike did a wobble and i flew off and landed on my hip so hard my shoes flew off. as i walked my bike home on my shoulder several people asked what happened and offered me rides home. sweet arcatans. my front tire looks melted. my hip hurts.

i feel crazy these days. getting away from arcata felt so good. coming back felt better. but that's always the way it is.

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:48:35 GMT

sometimes you have to cut off all your hair and make applesauce until two in the morning to keep the sad empty feelings away.

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:54:04 GMT

finished my super print. more runs than i've ever done. feels good to see it finished.

people are messy. beautiful and terrible. there's a whole lot of sad lurking in the cozy corners of the tree house. let's scare it away by making warm food and hugging lots. gotta stay warm.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:43:19 GMT

tonight when i was walking my bike from the greenhouse back porch to the greenhouse front yard, i met a skunk. it walked towards me, sniffed my feet, walked under my bike and into the back yard. my heart was beating so hard. ride home in the rain again. makes my hair curly.

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:36:22 GMT

still trying so hard to stay busy. riding bikes hard and fast makes it easier to fall asleep. today i spent hours and hours printing t-shirts, patches, and cards until i went crazy. i made a bug box full of paper bugs. i printed all the patterns on the paper.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:56 GMT

hands like to stay busy. fingers like to squish flees. plants like to be watered. paper likes to be cut. cats like to give kisses. pillows like to be cried on. and everybody likes surf rock.

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:44:15 GMT

it's feelin' really fallish in arcata. mornings are dark and misty and it's getting harder and harder to roll out of bed. the other morning there were five woodpeckers chomping on huckleberries in the backyard.
me and the roomies took a trip out to the pumpkin patch on sunday. we got some serious deals.

kim took loads of pictures.

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:59:47 GMT

this morning when i woke up the birds sounded like type writers. my hands are busy, always busy, so i can't feel my heart hurting. silk-screened 50 flyers for the show on the 22nd tonight. going to start making little bike caps. lots of them.
olive is going crazy. she hates cats. tonight she tried to pee in the toilet.

big empty houses

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:09:27 GMT

i'm living in two homes these days and its driving my crazy. i have half my stuff at one, and half my stuff at the other but find myself constantly needing things that i dont have at that particular house. i think i might be getting a taste for what it would be like to have divorced parents, switching from one house to another. except instead of having a mom at one house and a dad at the other, i have my fish at one and my cat at the other. very strange.
in the new house, i do all of my living in the family room. theres a giant tv in there and its the warmest room of the house. my bed is in the middle and i have all my art things on a card table. its like a giant sleepover but much lonelier. i get scared really easily. last night i was positive i could hear ghosts turning on and off lights in the other room. but now im pretty sure it was just my cat playing with my keys. i'm not even sure if i believe in ghosts, but i allow the idea of their possible existence to terrify me more than anyone else i know. the other day, i turned on the tv, and the show that came on was about this lady who had just moved into a new house and it was full of ghosts. what's that supposed to mean?

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:47:58 GMT

life's getting crazy. i turned 21, got a cat, and my parents are probably going to be buying a house up here. ive spent the last week at the kitchen table carving houseplants into a giant woodblock. sometimes i have to stop because i get shooting panes in my hands. but im excited for where that prints going. ovens are getting fixed, couches are being delivered and i'm skipping class. ghosts have been breaking things in our house. i think its time to leave.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:09:23 GMT

rainy weeks like to end with sunny weekends. sunday mornings like to start wit breakfast. tummys like cranberry juice. gardens like to be kissed in. class likes to be skipped. but no one likes arcata.

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:32:24 GMT

today i learned that my drawing teacher has eaten toaster waffles for breakfast for the last ten years. i saw a wildly happy dog running next to the bike of a scornfull woman. i felt raindrops fall on my upper lip.

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:40:57 GMT

its getting colder and my left foot is starting to ache and make that weird squeeky sound again. wearing socks to bed is nice. vegan chocolate might even be better. having matching boots with your roomates is the best.

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:00:11 GMT

today i walked home barefoot and got some weird looks. then i read some books that got me re-excited to be a vegan. just when i think i cant take it any more, i realize why im doing it. this weekend im making apple pie with a gingerbread crust. next weekend...pumpkin waffles.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:48:19 GMT

today i found $12 walking from my house to class. on the way home i watched a puppy face plant off the sidewalk into the street because it wasnt watching where it was going. i made an audible, oh my goodness thats the cutest thing ive ever seen kind of noise which attracted the attention of the owner who then let me pet the puppy for a good long while.
theres really something to be said for walking.

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:58:24 GMT

i just came home to find my house infested with flies. all different sizes. its like an egyptian plague. none of my roommates are home. theyre are probably over 100 on the back door. i opened it. theyre everywhere.

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:18:56 GMT

today i: .made t.v.p potstickers
               .picked green beans
               .cleaned the bathroom
               .cleaned jojanes bowl
               .read dune for hours in the bathtub
               .went broke