words

Words I didn't know until now: déraciné - uprooted or displaced from one's geographical or social environment.

tuataras - a nocturnal burrowing lizardlike reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.

kilderkin - a cask for liquids or other substances, holding 16 or 18 gallons.

microfarad - one millionth of a farad. Symbol μ F.

huckaback - a strong linen or cotton fabric with a rough surface, used for toweling.

oliguria - the production of abnormally small amounts of urine. 

resolutions

Ambitions for 2012: Be more present 

Sleep outdoors under stars (weather permitting)

Finish my average day musical

Invite more strangers over for dinner

Do another two renditions of Back Up - one with baby Beckett and one as garden laborer 

Turn my unpaired socks into creatures 

Get back into releasing objects for SRS 

Organize the dumping ground that is my closet

Grow watermelons

Make the most delicious Vietnamese Pho broth

Eat 80 percent vegetable and 20 percent animal 

Record an album of soothing and playful tunes for kids and adults

Write and perform a power point presentation akin to a cross between a Tony Robbin's seminar and a corporate board meeting

Stop procrastinating and submit, submit, submit my novel to editors 

Do three consecutive pull-ups on a doug fir tree branch

Get up with the sun 

Tailor something in red to be worn somewhere fancy

Ny eve

New Year's Eve - a list of happenings from 1999 to 2012: 1999 - took the ferry from Galway, Ireland to the Aran Islands (Inishman). Walked around all day in the frigid rain, felt myself coming down with something bad, spent a couple of hours in a pub watching a father and son duo sing U2's With or Without You seventeen times.

2000 - Y2k. To avoid feeling paranoia, I swallowed a half of a hit of ecstasy and had tremendous fun ogling beautiful people at a party on the lower east side. 

2001 - I spent the night waitressing at a once famous little spot called Relish in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A generous and horny photographer tipped me 100.00. I believe I made 500.00 that night and used the cash to pay for text books.

2002 - Same as above, minus the abundant cash earnings. 

2003 - Red Hook. Met a group of friends, got drunk and I believe invited a homeless man in for a sandwich (that didn't go over so well).

2004 - Same as above. More or less - without the homeless man. 

2005 - Stayed at home in Park Slope. Cooked tarragon chicken and drank a bottle of wine. 

2006 - First year in Portland. Walked around the upper NE parts. Roasted a hen. Danced to a blind man band at The Spare Room. 

2007 - Second year in Portland. Had some friends over for green curry. Dove head-first into a bush. 

2008 - Danang, Vietnam. Ate some Chinese/Vietnamese food at a spot I used to frequent. Had a major fight with my then boyfriend.  

2009 - I can't remember.   

2010 - I can't remember.

2011 - Portland. Fed miss Beckett some boobage until she drifted off into slumber land. My man and I cooked smashed potatoes and chicken with fennel and white wine. Wrote a couple of sentences. Read a few more. Watched an episode of Breaking Bad and was again marveled by the fantastic writing and acting. Went to bed at 10:30 and woke at 12 to fireworks and a hungry little mammal.