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This week I finally felt “at home” at work. I did things that needed to be done, and I understood the how and why of them. I attended meetings that made more sense. I felt comfortable enough around my new coworkers that I could let a little more of my [...]
New poem, no title, first draft, your feedback requested:
The weekend of the gnat infestation —
I still think they were gnats and not fruit flies —
we spent hours in solid concentration with the
gadget, the electrified tennis-racket contraption,
the thing that killed sometimes silently,
sometimes with a sparkler-sized spark.
Tiny bodies piled up. Brown or grey bodies
too small in [...]
From Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
I wish I didn’t have firsthand experience of this.
Week Three of the new job proceeds apace. I am more settled but less certain. The people around me are consistently clear and open. Lunches alone [...]
I must live in San Francisco when my day includes:
a chair massage at work (thanks, anonymous and mostly silent massage person)
yummy Mexican food in SoMa (thanks, MSG)
new body jewelry (thanks, Nick from Nomad)
a haircut following aromatherapy-enhanced scalp massage (thanks, Emily from Fringe Salon)
I love this place.
Also, I did some work today. I made many [...]
I just got in from a memorable evening with friends at a French-Californian restaurant in Jackson Square called Myth. We had entertaining conversation over excellent food, and also managed to surprise the MSG with a lemon tart from Bay Bread to celebrate his birthday last Sunday. Though coordinating the surprise was a little [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Sounded like gunshots, quite a few of them and in rapid succession, in the general direction of Western Addition about 15 minutes ago.
I had just parked my car when I heard MANY cop cars’ sirens. I’m still hearing them. Nothing yet on SFGate.
And nothing about the 911 message on the bus yesterday.
San Francisco [...]
I don’t know how long it will take for me to get used to this new sort of life, but I’m writing it all down so I have a clearer idea of how I deal with this sort of overwhelming change.
I met many intriguing people during my first week of the new job. I [...]
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