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and autumn gives way to winter

sense :: taste // fresh ground guatemalan antigua coffee It’s getting colder. Not that I mind – I tried on my winter coat for the first time since last year’s cold – the one I had left at my parents’ because it was one of the many things in my arms when I fled there […]

back to start

sense :: taste // Dad’s gumbo If you’re reading this, you probably already know there have been some major shakeups in my personal life. If you’re reading this you’re probably curious how I feel, how I’m doing, what I think. To your curiosities I respond simply: I deserved better than that. No matter what stories […]

a long time coming

sense :: taste // chicken wings Well, among other things, the election is over (with stupendously happy results), I had a nerve wracking but overall positive trip to the doctor, and now I’m looking forward to another major milestone: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King comes out this coming Thursday! I’m a dork, […]

sweet and bitter

sense :: smell // steeping black tea The most irritating thing about working late in the evening is that I’m expected to essentially work from home in the morning as well. It’s kind of like putting in a 13-hour day, only my managers like to fool themselves into thinking it’s less than work because I’m […]

but my lips won’t move

sense // hearing :: DJ Spooky – It’s So Late My love affair with TheSixtyOne hasn’t dimmed by any stretch of the imagination. Leveling there is slow, but it’s oh so worth it to hear so much new music that I would never have been able to hear before. For example, if you’re in the […]