Sunday, September 20, 2009

Things that are So, So Good

  • Taco Tuesdays that begin at 4:30pm and (eventually) include Jeff. Generally everything about Fred's.
  • Champps Thursdays and getting Megan out of Fontana.
  • Graeme's new apartment in Narnia.
  • Barbecuing with the news-team.
  • Walks on the beach... and empty lifeguard towers.
  • His writing our names in the sand.
(!!)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

End of Summer


Goodnight Moon

The more I learn about you, the more wonderful this all becomes.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Things that are Good

  • VIP Tour tips to cover my credit card bill for the month.
  • Getting put on the event at the end of the week.
  • Running the Yogurt store by myself, four days in to working there.
  • Moonlit hikes in the San Juan Hills.
  • Benches perched atop said San Juan Hills, excellent for making out.
  • Full moons.
  • Night surfing in 75° water, waving to friends on the pier.
  • Being comfortable around Bowie.
  • Taking a board to the bridge of the nose and not breaking it.
  • Getting let off with a warning, rather than a fifth speeding ticket.
  • Tent buying and Yosemite plan-making.
  • VIP sections at ridiculous concerts, role reversals.
  • Getting smoked out by band managers.
  • Your coming to visit me at work.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Things that are Incredible

  • Impromptu breakfast plans.
  • Getting picked up in a Porsche.
  • Your compliments in my glasses and a banged up Hot Hot Heat shirt.
  • Text messages that start with "Of course, love." And end with "Goodnight darling."
  • Pizza Port and the upstairs bar, as long as Amy's there it's worth the 1,000•.
  • Trader Joe's folk, and the Trader Joe's folk that are out on maternity or want to transfer, so I can have their chalk art job.
  • A brilliant idea and insightful friends to bounce it off of.
  • Being able to lean, sit and text message at work, no big deal.
  • Tattoo confirmation.
  • Two tickets from the manager of Cypress Hill for Friday night's concert.

Things that are Good

  • Bottle 2 of 3: Italian "goodbye wine," used to toast a beginning instead of an end.
  • Mohawks, because I'm tugging on it.
  • Long-boarding at Doheney.
  • Watching young parents teach their tiny children how to surf, and watching the kids' joy in their success.
  • Making a veritable hodgepodge of dinner together.
  • Surf films.
  • Your lips.
  • The Norton Anthology of poetry, the seventh, two-volume edition -- mine for the taking, because you've finished reading it.
  • Little yogurt stores.
  • Being able to curse, loudly, at work, in front of all aspects of management.
  • Your text messages.
  • Street fair in Orange this weekend.
  • A VIP tour on Saturday that should cover my credit card bill for the month.
  • Making others' 'someday's' your tomorrow.
  • The Mountain Goats' 'All Hail West Texas.'

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Things that are Good

  • Mohawks, plugs, huge smiles and Edvard Munch tattoos.
  • New adventures in illicit activities.
  • Plans for a small but really wonderful tattoo of my own.
  • An end in sight for the Disney Look. (Hello nose piercing.)
  • Surfing.
  • Sweet text messages.
  • That giant bed of yours.
  • My screen printing class.
  • "Thinking like an entrepreneur."
  • Downtown San Clemente.
  • Things falling into place.
  • Cursive's 'Mama, I'm Swollen.'