Miscellaneous

Overheard

Posted on July 15, 2008
At the coffeshop, I overhear an older guy talking to a woman about her LARGE dog parked outside. She says that she is a rescue, and he turns to her and says, 'We're all rescues." He nods to his wife and continues, "There's my rescuer."Sigh.

Shift

Posted on July 07, 2008
She'd been telling me about her new guy for WEEKS, emphasizing how incredibly hot he was. Naturally, I was interested in meeting this outstanding physical specimen.Let's just say that he is somewhat less than stunning. (And let's also say that she does NOT read this blog!) I was a little dumbfounded: my friend - my whipsmart, gorgeous, accomplished friend - had practically foamed at the mouth about this man's physical charms...

Social commentary?

Posted on June 26, 2008
I heard each of the following songs TWICE while driving around LA:"Welcome to the Jungle" - GNR"Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Knight and the Pips ( LA proved too much for the man/ He couldn't make it/ So he's leaving the life he's come to know)"Friends in Low Places" - Garth BrooksAnd, yes - I listened to each one...

Flower P*rn: Peony Edition

Posted on June 25, 2008

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Street scene

Posted on June 21, 2008
San Franciscans are ridiculously weather wussy. If it's below 65 or above 80, we whine. Yes, that's right - there is a 15 degree sweet spot where the weather is just accepted. The weather today was above 90, which had me sniveling to my mother on the phone, "It's hooooooooot!" (And the irony of bitching about 90 degree heat to someone in DC's humidity is not lost on me...

pins'n'needles

Posted on April 10, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pins'n'needles, originally uploaded by hradcanska. Yes.I tried it.And I'm here to write about it...

just .... no.

Posted on April 09, 2008
10:31 PM vijay8680: Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii can we chat?10:32 PM bussyyyyyy ???????????? maisnon: do i know you? vijay8680: no can we know eachother ? friends ??? maisnon: um, no thank you10:33 PM vijay8680: why ????????

memento

Posted on April 03, 2008
I found that little toy you gave me. You know - the inside joke? I sat there and held it and thought of you. Not even you, really, more like memories of the things we did, and the places we went. Meals shared, glasses of wine, laughs shared. I felt sadder by the second because it's all so firmly in the past...

no wonder I loved it ....

Posted on April 02, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Place d'Armes - courtyard, originally uploaded by maisnon. New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States...

the big easy

Posted on March 27, 2008
Look out - I am en route!-- I'm hiking to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society tofind a cure for blood cancers. Please check out my website,active.com/donate/hfdsf/maisnon , and consider contributing to thecause. Thanks!

55 Fiction Friday: Haiku table edition

Posted on March 21, 2008
Friday worked at a dot.com back in the day, and had a table that it adorned with haikus written by coworkers. A selection:Goth clubblack black black black blackblack black black black black black blackblack black black black blackdreaded 404error: cannot find pagethe web is not minebilly dee, museOh, Colt 45divine amber pungent brewSooth my ailing soul...

Pedestrian

Posted on March 20, 2008
J.M. Fischer sign, originally uploaded by maisnon.Weekend update, y'all!My Saturdays are more-or-less spoken for right now: I am doing Hike for Discovery, a fundraising/training program through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This means I get up WAAAAY early Saturday morning, drive somewhere beautiful, and them tromp over hill and dale...

shrinkage

Posted on March 18, 2008
And the world gets a little smaller, still. (carteblanche is a law school friend who lives in SF.)carteblanche: it's nice that roonie is back.maisnon: um, you do know that roonie is in real life one of my best friends, right?carteblanche: She is? Really?maisnon: are we talking about the same one? (is there more than one?)carteblanche: Is she ...

pb & j

Posted on March 17, 2008
Over the weekend, I was making myself a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and realized that I was using two knives: one for the PB and one for the J. Growing up, we rarely -- if ever -- had peanut butter in the house. Some of this is the typical "we're Indian, we didn't grow up eating cheese" thing, but most of it is because my little brother has peanut allergies...

55 Fiction Friday: three point one four edition

Posted on March 14, 2008
Friday thanks ashvin for the reminder that it today is Pi Day.Joni warbled over the bar's scratchy stereo system about the Northern Star being constantly in the darkness. I swallowed the last of my beer, and thought of Juliet proclaiming that Romeo should not swear by the inconstant moon...

silver & gold

Posted on March 13, 2008
Email from a new friend:I decided to get a new cell phone. Here's the new #415-255-5372Notice how every non area code digit is prime....Oh man, I loves me the math geeks!(number changed, naturellement)

in absentia

Posted on March 12, 2008
I've stuck to the blogging rule that nothing is more boring than being all meta and writing about blogging. And yet, I've violated that rule often. And I'm doing so again. I took a solid break from blogging for a number of reasons, some of which I can't talk about...

the paris of the prairies

Posted on March 09, 2008
I had this quintessential moment of connection and I need to share it. About three weeks ago, I was at this Tiny Mexican Joint in the Mission. (Hereinafter, TMJ.) The food was great, and I totally vibed with the waitress. We ended up talking about this little tattoo that she had on her arm that a friend had done for her...

roses really smell like ....

Posted on February 23, 2008
I bought my mother roses for her birthday. The Jedi master's response: "You shouldn't have. When you kids spend money on me, I feel sad."AAAAANNNNND.......SCENE!!

Name check!

Posted on February 01, 2008
Virginia patriot George Mason gets name checked on A Daily Show!

Birfday!

Posted on January 17, 2008

Bonne Année!

Posted on January 01, 2008
Gia, backlit, originally uploaded by maisnon.I love this picture of Gia that I took yesterday. She's gorgeous, of course. But, I also love her "expression" - and how you can see the lynx-hairs at the tops of her ears.So, Happy New Year, y'all! I have been doing my usual analysis and consideration of the year past, concomittant with planning and strategizing for the upcoming year...

Wham! - Last Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2007
Ah! My favorite (non)Christmas song for Christmas Eve.

trichomania

Posted on December 05, 2007
Minus..., originally uploaded by maisnon.Have you ever noticed that your hair looks AWESOME two days before your scheduled hair cut?

55 Fiction Friday (Early): Contagion edition

Posted on November 29, 2007
Friday spent some quality time with DTG.Almost immediately, we were laughing to the point of tears. So hard, in fact, that the people near us on the crowded train started smiling. That level of laughter - double over, and hold your sides - spreads insidiously, those nearby don't even know what's funny, but the corners of their mouths tip up regardless.

notable

Posted on November 27, 2007
The New York Times has published its 100 Notable Books of 2007. And I have read exactly zero of them.Initially, I was shocked. Then, I remembered that I no longer shop at bookstores. Everything I read comes from the library (and, on occasion, friends...

knitwit

Posted on November 12, 2007
I'm (re)learning how to knit! I tried to (re)teach myself last year, but did not get very far. (Mostly because of Gia's enthusiastic "assistance.") I will be taking a class at my local knitting shop. I went in over the weekend to pick up supplies...

it's all good in the 'hood

Posted on November 05, 2007
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wheelbarrow put to use, originally uploaded by maisnon. I'm lovin' my 'hood right now...

spooky

Posted on October 31, 2007
wt: Are you coming over to watch scary movies?maisnon: Yes, but, um ... I'm really bad at scary movies.wt: Let's pick some that aren't then, "Dawn of the Dead"?maisnon: Hmm, maybe. How about "Dead Again"? Or "Diabolique" wt: Possible.maisnon: Or we could go old skool and watch "Silence of the Lambs...

peel me a grape

Posted on October 21, 2007
A friend, describing dinner with a mutual friend, told me that he had ordered dessert for his "not girlfriend." Knowing exactly which dessert someone says something about the relationship, she said.I thought about that later, about how I could tell you exactly how most of my male friends order their coffee, which ones have a sweet tooth, etc...

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