Haiku For Digs

what the original nomad wants, the original nomad gets.

here you have it:

Clock chimes midnight. Blue
glare from laptop screen. Keys click.
A cold smile. "A-ha."

call it the poetic imagination, or the faustian myth at work, or whatever, but i couldn't help but envision you as intense, dressed in black, sharp, nocturnal. perfect for halloween!

hope it satisfies the requirements ;)

My, Do People Talk!

i don't even know how it got out there.

(that i'm engaged, that is.)

the "mashi net" works in mysterious ways.

The Genius Of The Int@rweb

today has been a teh-internets-iz-loloxor day.

<http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/one-picture-every-day>
awesome.

<http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=328147>
yeah, stewie!

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to[m]da cruise... superbly executed.

<http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=328084>
no idea who the dude is -- yeah, can you believe my knowledge of american pop culture is not exhaustive, even after a summer each at people and cosmo?! -- but the r2d2-as-grill thing is hilarious.

CityLurve: London

memories from last time:

... finding the tabard, replete with plaque, in a nook practically splat under london bridge.
... the "restored" globe.
... shotglasses that are squat and square (the better to hold more alcohol with!)
... fish n chips. (or, in my case, just chips.) and a cold pint (or, in my case, some lovely red wine.)
... ishtar. slurp.
... wagamama. double slurp.
... chilling with barbara and sylvia in foreign climes!
... an esoteric underground system with all sorts of coloured lines floating around -- in other words, a challenge!
... conscientiously avoiding marks and spencers.
... inadvertently missing the first bus out to canterbury because of the change to BST -- but still making it there in time to listen to easter mass at the cathedral, and shaking rowan williams' hand afterward.
... sauntering past st. paul's in the most blase, flippant, i-do-this-every-day sort of way.
... big red buses (yes, i know bombay has them too).
... pigeons :)
... visiting sherlock holmes' house on baker st, and shaking hands with a most senescent dr. watson.
... funky accents.
... meeting nick's new twins!
... "mamma mia" (courtesy of the west end tkts, of course, m'deah).
... spotting geoff at the national portrait gallery.
... and kissing his grave at westminster abbey.
... a very cool green bus that took me right from my doorstep to heather's.
... sneaking pictures of MS Cotton Nero A.x in the "b'tish-lai-bree".
... sauntering down the riverbank on no sleep at all for a seemingly interminable period of time until we got to witness the prettiness of turner/whistler/monet at the tate.
... the ridiculously confusing signs at heathrow (they must have been reading how to be a brit by george mikes).

i'll have to wait a few months before doing the rest of it. for now, may the GRE gods smile upon me.

CityLurve: Paris

some of you who've been following my blog for a while might recognize that my citylurve posts tend to eulogize cities i already know.

i only wish i could say i knew paris at all... i've never been, and if my current state of vacation-related disorganization is anything to go by, i'll probably never end up there, long-term UK visa notwithstanding :-/

but i had to use up the title, because i just did this quiz (<http://ynr.blogthings.com/whatcitydoyoubelonginquiz>) at blogthings -- full disclosure: this is the home of such insightful masterpieces as "who's your celebrity boob twin?", "what john cusack movie are you?", "what colour is your aura?" and "what kind of redhead should you be?", but who cares? -- and it tells me that i belong in

Paris

Stylish and a little sassy, you were meant for Paris. The art, the fashion, the wine, the men! Whether you're enjoying the cafe life or a beautiful park... You'll love living in the most chic place on earth.

and speaking of hot french men (because all conversations can easily be steered toward that topic!), i gotta confess i had a truly tough time answering this particular question:
What type of men do you love?
a) Romantic, old fashioned guys
b) Aggressive men with a bit of an edge to them
c) Sexy guys who are a bit on the rough side
d) Sophisticated, witty men

can't i say "e) all of the above?" i mean, isn't that how life really is in the city of light and lurrve? :P