‘Life’ Archive

Cellulitis

I fell in the street on Friday night and scraped my right palm. Pretty much ripped off the top layer of skin and Dave cut off the gray dangling bit. It turns out we didn’t clean it properly and when I woke up yesterday a scary red streak had crept up my arm (illustration here). [...]

Anxiety

I just had a sudden wave of panic as I was browsing the Craigslist job postings for Los Angeles. I’m not sure what brought it on. I guess I just thought about how I don’t actually have a job lined up, despite the fact that I’ve been applying for stuff for a while now, and [...]

Waiting

It just hit me that in two weeks I’ll be in Los Angeles for good. I’m already worrying, but I guess I shouldn’t yet, since whatever happens before I get there won’t change the fact that I have to move now:

I canceled my YMCA membership. My beloved Y. It’s become a ritual going almost every [...]