Thoughts from the Post-Scriptum

The following is from the Washington Post Style Invitational contest that asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything), but written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was The Hokey Pokey (as written by William Shakespeare).

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

~Jeff Brechlin

apologies for being quiet lately, most of my creative juices have been directed to another project that i'm working on. learning to podcast, do some basic web stuff and all that jazz. when you are as technologically as inept as i am it takes a fair bit of time to work out all the kinks.

however, a side effect of learning all these new devices is that i'm feeling inspired to think of my own podcast/web thing... it is actually a lot of fun to sit down and work with sound editing software to produce something! i probably won't get to that until late december or the new year but that gives me some time to workshop it and figure out if this is something i would like to do.

life has been good, i've been productive and am starting to feel a little bit less lazy.

back to work.

i came back to sean's apartment after the gym and found the cat curled up on the couch sleeping...

damn, i'm jealous of a six pound tabby cat.

my research lately has been focusing on the politics and economics of representation. i'm working on two papers right now (one, i hope, will turn into a conference paper and publication) and find myself knee deep in a big pile of nerd poo to sift through.

apologies for being away for so long, all my creative energies were directed towards building and managing a website, creating a podcast and dealing with all the headaches that come along with that. you can check it out here.

Gillian's site suggested this blog:

Seen Reading definitely worth checking out!

It feels good to blog again...

orko likes to sleep on the radiator vent. he lies there eyes closed and occasionally glances up at me long enough to give me look to remind me that the 600 square feet that we are currently occupying are in actuality his kingdom.

sometimes he allows me to pet him without protest, although most of the time when i pet him he looks at me with resolute anger and resigns himself to allowing me to cuddle him.

last night i headed down to the gladstone hotel to check out the launch of State of the Arts: Culture In Toronto.

i loved the book lauch last year albeit the smug west queen west attitude of most of the featured speakers, this year i LOVED the event even more especially because while the room was still full of west queen west attitude the panelists were really interesting and inspired me to think about my relationship to the city in ways i hadn't really thought of.

its nice to feel so privileged to live in this amazing city.