HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT

And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot

Friday, February 01, 2008
hopes and dreams
sent emails to my parents about hopes and dreams. im closer to them, now that the time and energy is freed up for them. i'm more forgiving, i see them growing old (as i begin to notice, silver strands in my own black hair). hopes and dreams. yesterday i went for an interview in the most beautiful house i've ever seen--just opposite valentine place, where i used to live, a building which used to be a hospital and infirmary (if you listen carefully, you can hear someone crying, he said), before it become the home of a professor and his family, and later, home to the oldest university press. there are beautiful, tiled mosaic fireplaces, books everywhere, intelligent people. i was worried about not being american enough, but the moment we started talking about ithaca, i had so much to say, so much to say about how much i loved. i realise, it doesn't matter where you come from for the place to accept you. but there is one caveat. only if you bother to get to know the place, it will bother to get to know you. maybe this is a cruel thing to say, but it had to be said anyway. anyway i got it--after emails to (the wonderful) theo about university presses, research on chronicle, obsessive emailing, disgusting lunch at the career guidance library. so i'm going to take it very seriously. i intend to work hard in these years i have here, grab the falling gold (and the free books), hold on to close friendships, make friends, be earnest. dream, but plan too.

[publishing] Publishers Weekly . Dystel & Goderich . New York Center for Independent Publishing . Association of American University Presses . Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

[people] clarisse . nurul . aunty zarina (ummi's bakery) . jeremy . pak . cyril . softblow . karen & kenny (booksactually) . eric . joel .

[other loves] digitaljournalist . ballet dictionary . poetshouse . urbanwordnyc

[me] dawn, singapore, new york city, ithaca.

[yesterday] stone soup
random book trivia
interlude
dropped things
meeting my mom on facebook for the first time
deja vu
early mornings are full of ache. i intend to nurtu...
the love of good things
from spain, from singapore, with love.
train stops

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