Happy Halloween!

  

Shots from a late October Bike Ride.

For every parade, a protest.

  

Gay Pride Parade for North Carolina.

  

Nesting in my apartment.  

I am awesome.

So last night I was at Target, at closing (10pm) buying a hook for my towel to hang on my bathroom door. I'm not sure if being at Target at 10pm while it's closing in the Home Repair section was a high point or low point in my life down here.

I bought a really cool hook with a monkey on it. I love it. But when I hung it, I learned that my bathroom door is hollow. Oops. Apparently, this is common knowledge that most doors that are not the front door or a security door are hollow. How did I not know this? I did not know this because I have mostly lived in studios where the only door in the apartment, is the front door.

I love that cute little monkey on the hook.

Guess what starts today?
  

Daily Trivia.
Where is this?
  

I am going to buy this bed from Room & Board.
I am now publishing my pics directly from Picasa.
Why this is so exciting, I don't know.
I am a sucker for anything that promotes hyperorganization, I guess.
  

Corrado Allora Abbondi.
The Italian JFK, Jr
Welcome to New York, Milano.
Bacis. Ciao, Ciao to you and Alessandra.
  

Team Hood. Alley Rat Race, Durham, NC. It's a scavenger hunt through town. I had a shot of hot sauce for da team.

Jamie's Favorite Part of Travelling.
Free Hotel Products!
  

Just a bunch of pics from August trips to LA.
West is Best.
Southeast is least.
 
 
  

Have spent lots of time in LA this month. My new friends are tall, bald monsters.

I have been punished for being so vain. So indulgent. For watching too many episodes of "Sex in the City" and buying into the myth of Manolo's.

I could have been a very loyal, profitable brand ambassador.
But alas - my MB's don't lie in a shoe box, but a coffin.

How in the world do I suddenly have this life that finds me in pigtails, sitting on a barrel of hay in spandex at Farmer's market in a town called Hillsborough, holding a puppy in the middle of 30 mile ride in the blazing hot sun having just bought corn for a later in the day BBQ? What have you done with Jamie?

this high summer we love will pour its light
the fields grown rich and ragged in one strong moment
then before we're ready will crash into autumn
with a violence we can't accept
a bounty we can't forgive
night frost will strike when noons are warm
the pumpkins wildly glowing
the green tomatoes straining huge on vines
queen anne and blackeyed susan will struggle rusty
as the milkweed stakes her claim
she who will stand at last dark sticks barely rising
up through snow her testament of continuation

WE'LL DREAM OF A LONGER SUMMER
BUT THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE
I LAY MY SUNBURNT HAND ON YOUR TABLE:
THIS IS THE TIME WE HAVE

-Adrienne Rich

I told a friend that life down here is "Benignly pleasant." He replied. "Benignly pleasant doesn't sound so bad. Beats living in the fourteenth century." Good point, Todd. Um, thanks.

I'll miss you
Until I meet you
I miss you all the time

I don't want to think about what I don't have
I want to worry 'bout what I've got
-The Neilds "Tailspin"

Dar Williams at Eno in Durham, NC

  

My boy Jeremy. Hitched.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikos. And his first drink as a married man.

Another bikeride. Only 20 miles this time. I am the photographer so I am not pictured. But I promise, I did it.

Whenever you move somewhere, people invariably know people in the place where you are moving. The friends pictured below are all courtesy of Ron and Naomi Dulin. Thanks for the friends, friends.

My modest second home.

People always say "take time to stop and smell the roses." Okay.

I love small towns. And this town loves White Squirrels

Blue Ridge Mountains. As seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway. I should roll down the window before I take pics.

Goodbye Gracie, Hello Jackson. Jackson is a puppy.

I still don't have a car. But I'm working on it. This is Jason. The car dealer at Leith Audi who helps McKinney people get Audi's. I love that TT. The hunt is on.

Durham sunset behind the Correctional Facility. This place is so moody and gritty. I think I like it.

On Friday, I made some plans to go for a mountain bike ride with friends. They said "Yeah, just 13 miles - we'll get some ice cream in Hillsborough." What I did not realize was we would be doing 13 miles ONE WAY for a total of 26 miles. I didn't know I had it in me. But apparently, I did. Note to self: Black is a good color for fashion. But not a good color for mountain biking. Here we are a stretching. That is my leg in the foreground. Amanda and Katheryn in the background.

Got together with the girls to watch America's Next Top Model. Had an impromptu dance party. Fun.

I am Spring skiing in Washington State. The date is April 23rd. Does life get any better? Maybe.

My sister had a tag sale. The dogs (three pitbulls and a wolf) were the greeters. She didn't sell much. I wonder why.

I had a layover in Newark headed back to Durham today. Weird to be laid over at an airport that used to mean the trip was over.

I tried to test drive a car today (Sunday) but all the dealers are closed. I'm in God's Country now, methinks.