9 Jul, 2008
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Green. Green is lush, rich, rolling meadow morning softness. Green is enviro -friendly, future-oriented, the color of money, the color of life, of springtime, gems – emerald , malachite, jade.
Photo “Please don’t move” by Zespira L. on Flickr
But green is deep, sneaky, possessive, emerald powerful jealousy.
Green is the dark hate I feel for girls who get to wear short skirts without puffy ankles or knees.
Green is someone else getting the call, the moment, the power.
Green is the sickening despair of not being noticed, not being enough, not mattering.
Green is stronger, less forgiving then blue.
It cannot see its dewy deep beauty, which is too bad. Strong as it is, it could be so much stronger, if it could see.
Green. Green has so much.
8 Jul, 2008
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Photo: “Dc Art Walk 10” by “bullneck” on flickr
7:20 a.m.
Clickity clickity. fwip. fwip.
“Hola Amigo, que tal? A que hora? Que?”
“And then like I was telling him and he said… wait, what? no that’s what I’m saying.”
Click click click. Meep meep. Whaa wah whaaa wah waaaah wah.
“Hello? Margaret? Yah, there’s a problem with the bus, so I’m just going now. Yeah. I’m walking. I’ll be there soon. But listen can you Read the rest of this entry »
1 Jul, 2008
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Yes, this is an actual conversation I heard on the Orange Line towards New Carrolton. Ah, Washington in the summer… bring on the interns and the summer associates. Some towns have sports talk. We have this (transcribed as closely as I could write on the back of an Express newspaper from my nearby seat)
Obvious summer associate 1 (let’s call him L1): The Harvard girl… how old is she?
L2 (yep, another one. I know, in DC. What are the odds?): 30 something.
—LONG PAUSE WHILE L1 AND L2 PONDER HOW OLD HARVARD GIRL IS. IT ALMOST DEFIES EXPLANATION! —
L2: She took some time off. [me and L1, thinking, “ahh. that explains it.”
L2: To work for the Cheneys.
L1: What??
L2: She took some time off, to work for the Cheneys.
L1 (and me): !
L2 repeats again.
L1: Really?
L2: Yes. On a Project.
L1: (smirking) which was…. Read the rest of this entry »
