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

Sunday, March 02, 2008
so sweet, and so cold
ran first thing this morning outside. when you first step out, and the wind receives you, and pecks your cheeks, you always feel like crying. i went past the plantations, brooks, bridges, woods, the winding roads. the snow was melting, and the white was glaring. my heart felt so open after the run. like someone had taken it out, shaken it out, given it a new lease of life. it felt so good to come back in for a glass of cold soy milk. it was delicious.


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on another note, jm asked if i wanted to run the 26 mile marathon with him and another guy in fall this year. i was wondering if any of you (cos im guessing some of you--esp. army people-- would be in the states by then) would like to come to chicago in fall to run the city marathon. which is nuts, considering im damn unfit, but will be great, even if i did it 3/4 way. if you are interested you would need to register soon (and pay 110 usd).

[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] the raven
science and biology
i try to say goodbye and i choke
sunday brunch at the carriage house! and homemade ...
metaphors
fridays, at the public service center
learning things
clothes announcements
sleeping animals
replying to yantai

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