Archive for May, 2008

The Headstand

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Here’s the thing about standing on your head: it’s incredibly easy, once you get up there.
And that feeling, of looking upside down at the world while you hover, is like stepping into space. The first time I did it, I thought I was dying. It was three seconds away from being an out-of-body experience. Everything seemed [...]

Their Album Cover

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Jurvis claims that my images are too tiny. “I want to click on them, and see a bigger version!” he says. For two years, I passionately resisted this potential improvement for no reason whatsoever.

Kelly and Adam at Mystic Lake
Until today. Click the image for a larger version. Woo woo.

A Room of One’s Own

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Like most people, places and things, the Somerville Library would be beautiful if it were only lit correctly. The peeling paint could acquire an antique charm, the missing ceiling tiles a sense of mystery, of the forgotten, and the painted horse engravings edging the wall could occupy a fascinating territory between ballroom and barnyard — [...]

You Can Have It All

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Dear Internet,
Ah. You know what? Perhaps I shouldn’t have published that post, four years ago. If I were going to insist upon publishing that post four years ago, however, there were a few, very reasonable options you gave me. And there’s no use feigning naiveté, I was aware of all of them. I could have [...]

Little Blinking Red Lights

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Some fish like the dark.
I’d been to the Boston Aquarium multiple times and had never seen that sign. It hovered over a set of thick black velvet curtains near the main doors, like an entrance to some haunted magicians’ supply store. Nearby, the chaos of aquatic gifts and Dippin Dots churned together with other important [...]