“Thanks Immobility” I said, and I meant it from the bottom of my heart. It’s a horrible name for a human being, but thankfully I’m talking about a situation. For a few days I have been unable to use my left arm although the problem is actually rooted in my left shoulder, as a result of overcompensating for a weakened right shoulder. Classic and unoriginal. As is the renewed gratitude for an otherwise healthy and Read more
Casanova by Ian Kelly 8 min. 12.11.12 @ Sense Appeal, 96 Spadina Hot sweats. That’s what she calls them because that’s what they are. She was never prone to sweating. It wasn’t a question of physical exertion; despite being active she was never one to have pit stains. But now the simple act of sleeping is a betrayal of flesh and an anarchy of wetness. Three nights this week, she wakes cold and wet, having Read more
Casanova by Ian Kelly 8 min. 12.11.12 @ Sense Appeal, 96 Spadina Hot sweats. That’s what she calls them because that’s what they are. She was never prone to sweating. It wasn’t a question of physical exertion; despite being active she was never one to have pit stains. But now the simple act of sleeping is a betrayal of flesh and an anarchy of wetness. Three nights this week, she wakes cold and wet, having Read more
Passion & Power edited by Kathy Peiss and Christina Simmons 8 min 12.10.12 @ Sublime Espresso Bar I’m a miracle baby. The chances that I should even be here on the planet are like one in a hundred thousand. Maybe more, math isn’t my forte. But I’m supposed to be here doing great things, great things that don’t involve math. Or drawing. I tried that but I didn’t draw one single clean line in three Read more
Yesterday I went to Princess Margaret Hospital for another round of indigni-titties. Mammograms are awful and doubly so when they are repeated within weeks. “Only a man would have invented them,” the woman ahead of me griped. I’ve heard this before and I get the logic, but I’ve seen women be pretty vicious to each other so I wouldn’t rule out a female presence on the team of inventors. Regardless, mammograms are bloody awful. They are Read more
8 min @ The Hub, 12.3.12 She is poised perfectly on her two razor sharp sitting bones, mythically long legs crossed twice with ankles collapsed horizontally on the floor. She is a 3D composite of angles and planes, light and shadow. She pinches off tiny crumbs of muffin and feeds them to the King Charles Cavalier terrier at her feet. She feeds equally small pieces to herself. In between bites, she scrolls through emails and Read more
12.2.12 i am grateful for -the ability to celebrate my birthday with family -not having nut allergies(cake choices are not limited) -paraben free moisturizers -birthday cake on my birthday -an abundance of cyber love via Facebook -coconuts. the water, the milk, the meat of them – so delicious, so healthy. -international trade… which enables me to find coconut products in the land of maple trees. -tetra paks -maple syrup -to have known the love of Read more
Is it wrong to say making gratitude lists daily becomes tedious after day three? It makes me feel like an ingrate. So I figure that’s exactly why I must persevere with the experiment. The motivating force of contradictions and reverse psychology. without further ado: list 10.viii, 11.30.12 -black olives -the old german woman who looks for four-leaf clovers in Tompkins Square, she gave me one. -seeing the pile of shit just in time to move Read more