tedious

this evening i had my very first book club meeting. it was fun. oddly enough, it was really more of a stitchn'bitch gathering, but i was without a knitting project so i just held sarah's yarn for her. it was mostly a meeting to distribute the books and to get organized. i think this book club is going to be super.

i'm thrilled, my $0.01 book of jewel poetry arrived in the mail today. i am super excited about it. i sat down and began reading asap when i got home. i loved it immediately. seeing as i'm a BIT of a novice to poetry (but not new to the world of lyrics), jewel is a poet i can really relate to. i think i'll gobble this book up quite quickly and read it several times over again. here's one of her pieces:

saved from myself
how often i have cried out
in silent tongue
to be saved
from myself

in the middle of the night
too afraid
to move

horrified the answer
may be beyond the
capability of my
own two hands

so small
(no one should feel this alone)

brace yourself. i can see jewel appearing frequently on pspd for the next little while. with the addition of the jewel poetry book, and the book club book, that brings my total of books on the go to 5. i have never in my life had even 2 books on the go before, much less 5. it hurts my brain a little i just want to get one finished. i think i'm going to need more bookmarks...

it's amazing what subtleties can reveal. in those brief seconds i think i may have freed myself, simply by being me.

rachel g and michelle have reminded me of the dangers of bicycling without a helmet. i don't think i'll ever do it again, even if my hair is too big to fit, i will find a way. i have to admit, i scared myself, and their reaction just confirmed my poor judgement.

i got a plastic jesus,
a cordless telephone
for every corner of my room.