-ariel schrag
25 January 2009
goddamn technology
i should never have broke the seal. or become dependent. my computer died & now i'm stuck in the fucking fishbowl all night. & tomorrow. & the day after//i don't want to think about it; it's too painful. goodbye thesis.
23 January 2009
16 January 2009
i've returned to the same place
i'm back where i started.
"above all, you must illumine your own soul with its profundities and its shallows, and its vanities and its generosities, and say what your beauty means to you or your plainness, and what is your relation to the ever changing and turning world of gloves and shoes and stuffs swaying up and down among the faint scents that come through chemists' bottles down arcades of dress material over a floor of pseudomarble."
-virginia woolf, a room of one's own
"above all, you must illumine your own soul with its profundities and its shallows, and its vanities and its generosities, and say what your beauty means to you or your plainness, and what is your relation to the ever changing and turning world of gloves and shoes and stuffs swaying up and down among the faint scents that come through chemists' bottles down arcades of dress material over a floor of pseudomarble."
-virginia woolf, a room of one's own
REASONS WHY ANN ARBOR IS GREAT
1. NICE STREET NAMES
2. NICE STREET TREES
3. NICE STREETS
4. FARMER'S MARKET
5. KOSMO'S
6. OLD TOWN, ABC
7. YPSILANTI
8. EARTHEN JAR, JERUSALEM GARDEN, ETC.
9. PHOTOBOOTH AT BAB'S. & THE BOUNCER FROM ILLINOIS WITH THE BEARD.
10. NICE PARKS (WURSTER, WELLINGTON, WINCHELL, BURNS, MILLER, WEST, CREAL, VET'S, ETC.)
11. TREASURE MART
12. Z-MAN'S, MADRAS MASALA, ETC.
13. BREAKFAST
14. BROADWAY BRIDGE
15. ARGO PARK PATH
16. COMMUNITY HIGH
17. I HAVE A JOB. TWO JOBS.
18. SMOKING IN BARS, HAPPY HOUR MONDAYS
19. ALL THE HILLS OUTSIDE THE CITY; PARKING STRUCTURES
20. THE 8-BALL; THE BUBBLE MACHINE @ THE HANDS ON MUSEUM; G'NITE GRACIE'S
21. SOUL CLUB @ BP
22. THE NICE MAN WHO WORKS WEEKEND NIGHTS AT THE GAS STATION AT MAIN & CATHERINE
23. REGULAR CUSTOMERS
24. THE FOOD CO-OP
25. THE FOOD CO-OP SALAD BAR
26. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE FOOD CO-OP
27. TOBACCONIST IN NICKEL'S ARCADE
28. THE HURON RIVER, DUH
29. THE RAILROAD BRIDGE
30. ALL OF THE OTHER RAILROAD BRIDGES
31. THE DAM. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE GONE SOON.
32. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
33. BOTANICAL GARDENS
34. HURON RIVER DRIVE
35. PICKEREL LAKE (TECH. NOT AA, BUT OH WELL)
36. PORCHES
37. PORCH SWINGS
38. AUTUMN.
39. WINTER.
40. SPRING.
41. SUMMER.
42. SCIO CHURCH ROAD
43. THE MYTH OF THE GIGANTIC CERAMIC TILE MUSHROOM SOMEWHERE IN THE WOODS
44. THE LAW QUAD (YEAH, I LIKE IT. A LOT.)
45. LIBERTY STREET VIDEO
46. KIWANIS
47. WASHTENAW DAIRY
48. BIRD HILL
49. THE CROWS
50. THE FACT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SCENE, AN ART SCENE, A MUSIC SEEN, SHIT WHATEVER KIND OF SCENE, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING PAST THE PRETENSION.
51. HOW FUCKING WALKABLE IT IS
52. AATA. FOR FREE.
53. AMBROSIA. 24/7.
54. THE BELL TOWER. THE PEREGRINE FALCONS THAT HANG OUT IN THE BELL TOWER.
55. THE DAY THEY TURN ALL THE FOUNTAINS BACK ON
56. ASSHOLE UMICH STUDENTS
57. SOUTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE
58. BTB
59. SPARROW MARKET
60. SPARROW MEAT MARKET
61. MONAHAN'S
62. DURHAM'S TRACKLEMENTS
63. EVE
64. /AUT/ BAR
65. EVERYONE IS AN ASSHOLE
66. UMMA
67. GALLERY PROJECT
68. DAWN TREADER
69. WEST SIDE BOOKS
70. FLEETWOOD DINER
71. DEER ON NORTH CAMPUS
72. DOWNTOWN HOME & GARDEN
73. GODDAMN CUPCAKES
74. DRUNKEN TRYSTS
75. HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS
76. BLACK ELK CO-OP
77. INDIVIDUAL SCRABBLE LETTERS ON SALE AT FOUND IN KERRYTOWN
78. $$$$$$
79. THAT I CAN'T WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS WITHOUT TRIPPING
80. NORTH QUAD
81. COCAINE
82. CUTTING ACROSS TOWN THROUGH ALLEYS
83. MAIN STREET LIQUOR
84. MICHIGAN THEATER
85. ALSO THE STATE THEATER
86. ALSO SNEAKING INTO THE DOLLAR MOVIES AT BRIARWOOD
87. $2.32 FOR A COFFEE & A CROCUS BULB
88. THE STUPID GRAFFITI ALLEY
89. BEER DEPOT
90. NEWPORT RD. DETROIT ST.
91. CROSSING THE STREET ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
92. HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO GET OUT OF THIS GODDAMN TOWN
93. NOTHING IS SACRED
94. BASEMENT PARTIES
95. ATTIC ROOMS
96. SELF-DESCRIBED AS "FUNKY" "HIPSTER" "TOWNIE" ETC. ETC.
97. DIAG PARTY STORE
98. BRICK ROADS
99. NUDIE STATUE NEAR ANGELO'S
100. SYCAMORES. EVERYWHERE. WHAT ELSE?
2. NICE STREET TREES
3. NICE STREETS
4. FARMER'S MARKET
5. KOSMO'S
6. OLD TOWN, ABC
7. YPSILANTI
8. EARTHEN JAR, JERUSALEM GARDEN, ETC.
9. PHOTOBOOTH AT BAB'S. & THE BOUNCER FROM ILLINOIS WITH THE BEARD.
10. NICE PARKS (WURSTER, WELLINGTON, WINCHELL, BURNS, MILLER, WEST, CREAL, VET'S, ETC.)
11. TREASURE MART
12. Z-MAN'S, MADRAS MASALA, ETC.
13. BREAKFAST
14. BROADWAY BRIDGE
15. ARGO PARK PATH
16. COMMUNITY HIGH
17. I HAVE A JOB. TWO JOBS.
18. SMOKING IN BARS, HAPPY HOUR MONDAYS
19. ALL THE HILLS OUTSIDE THE CITY; PARKING STRUCTURES
20. THE 8-BALL; THE BUBBLE MACHINE @ THE HANDS ON MUSEUM; G'NITE GRACIE'S
21. SOUL CLUB @ BP
22. THE NICE MAN WHO WORKS WEEKEND NIGHTS AT THE GAS STATION AT MAIN & CATHERINE
23. REGULAR CUSTOMERS
24. THE FOOD CO-OP
25. THE FOOD CO-OP SALAD BAR
26. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE FOOD CO-OP
27. TOBACCONIST IN NICKEL'S ARCADE
28. THE HURON RIVER, DUH
29. THE RAILROAD BRIDGE
30. ALL OF THE OTHER RAILROAD BRIDGES
31. THE DAM. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE GONE SOON.
32. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
33. BOTANICAL GARDENS
34. HURON RIVER DRIVE
35. PICKEREL LAKE (TECH. NOT AA, BUT OH WELL)
36. PORCHES
37. PORCH SWINGS
38. AUTUMN.
39. WINTER.
40. SPRING.
41. SUMMER.
42. SCIO CHURCH ROAD
43. THE MYTH OF THE GIGANTIC CERAMIC TILE MUSHROOM SOMEWHERE IN THE WOODS
44. THE LAW QUAD (YEAH, I LIKE IT. A LOT.)
45. LIBERTY STREET VIDEO
46. KIWANIS
47. WASHTENAW DAIRY
48. BIRD HILL
49. THE CROWS
50. THE FACT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SCENE, AN ART SCENE, A MUSIC SEEN, SHIT WHATEVER KIND OF SCENE, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING PAST THE PRETENSION.
51. HOW FUCKING WALKABLE IT IS
52. AATA. FOR FREE.
53. AMBROSIA. 24/7.
54. THE BELL TOWER. THE PEREGRINE FALCONS THAT HANG OUT IN THE BELL TOWER.
55. THE DAY THEY TURN ALL THE FOUNTAINS BACK ON
56. ASSHOLE UMICH STUDENTS
57. SOUTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE
58. BTB
59. SPARROW MARKET
60. SPARROW MEAT MARKET
61. MONAHAN'S
62. DURHAM'S TRACKLEMENTS
63. EVE
64. /AUT/ BAR
65. EVERYONE IS AN ASSHOLE
66. UMMA
67. GALLERY PROJECT
68. DAWN TREADER
69. WEST SIDE BOOKS
70. FLEETWOOD DINER
71. DEER ON NORTH CAMPUS
72. DOWNTOWN HOME & GARDEN
73. GODDAMN CUPCAKES
74. DRUNKEN TRYSTS
75. HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS
76. BLACK ELK CO-OP
77. INDIVIDUAL SCRABBLE LETTERS ON SALE AT FOUND IN KERRYTOWN
78. $$$$$$
79. THAT I CAN'T WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS WITHOUT TRIPPING
80. NORTH QUAD
81. COCAINE
82. CUTTING ACROSS TOWN THROUGH ALLEYS
83. MAIN STREET LIQUOR
84. MICHIGAN THEATER
85. ALSO THE STATE THEATER
86. ALSO SNEAKING INTO THE DOLLAR MOVIES AT BRIARWOOD
87. $2.32 FOR A COFFEE & A CROCUS BULB
88. THE STUPID GRAFFITI ALLEY
89. BEER DEPOT
90. NEWPORT RD. DETROIT ST.
91. CROSSING THE STREET ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
92. HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO GET OUT OF THIS GODDAMN TOWN
93. NOTHING IS SACRED
94. BASEMENT PARTIES
95. ATTIC ROOMS
96. SELF-DESCRIBED AS "FUNKY" "HIPSTER" "TOWNIE" ETC. ETC.
97. DIAG PARTY STORE
98. BRICK ROADS
99. NUDIE STATUE NEAR ANGELO'S
100. SYCAMORES. EVERYWHERE. WHAT ELSE?
murder; copse
ever see all the crows in the trees in the early morning before the sun rises? esp. at the corner of state & lawrence, miller & first, kingsley & detroit, jefferson & third. they come at twilight too. so many goddamn crows. wedge-shaped tail? or is it blockier than a raven? i forget, it's been too long. they woke me up the other morning. birds are the coolest. esp. crows & ravens.
good scrabble //words
mandrake
fertile
gesso
syndrome
tannin
hemlock
axiom
gypsum
anoxia
sedges
vapid
hoist
nascent
flocks
fenestra
ambry
obelisk
anemic
kismet
orotund
paysage
fuzzy
dystopia
fertile
gesso
syndrome
tannin
hemlock
axiom
gypsum
anoxia
sedges
vapid
hoist
nascent
flocks
fenestra
ambry
obelisk
anemic
kismet
orotund
paysage
fuzzy
dystopia
it's so fucking cold
they cancelled school. except it was the last day of the semester. oh well. i'll give all my students a's anyhow. but it was kind of offensive to wake up at 7, make some coffee, put on gloves & a hat & a scarf just to get to community high and find the doors locked. i could still be sleeping...
i was even going to be productive today. fuck that. i've been playing around on the internet for over 2 hrs. & haven't done shit. i'm gonna go home & watch bad t.v. all day. happy frigid cold.
i was even going to be productive today. fuck that. i've been playing around on the internet for over 2 hrs. & haven't done shit. i'm gonna go home & watch bad t.v. all day. happy frigid cold.
13 January 2009
the continual problem:
i always am more concerned with what i am doing next week, next month, next year than with what i am doing presently.
unless i am studying trees, that is. people draw with sharpies all over the exposed bark of the sycamores outside mason hall. it makes me sick. LEAVE THE GODDAMN TREES ALONE GUYS. why can't i just..
unless i am studying trees, that is. people draw with sharpies all over the exposed bark of the sycamores outside mason hall. it makes me sick. LEAVE THE GODDAMN TREES ALONE GUYS. why can't i just..
08 January 2009
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