Monday, September 20, 2010

sorry serena, boston is out

rome is back in

no decision yet.

off the topic of extern, i feel that i may have become a grifter. or at the very least a drifter. i say grifter because it sounds more hardened, but thats mostly because it in fact is. and while i cant attest to other peoples perceptions of me, i would suggest that though i do tend to lead a nomadic lifestyle im not quite a swindler. i could be wrong.

every weekend lately i find myself floating from place to place, someones bed (calm down, alone) to someone elses couch. trains that are supposedly on fire somewhere along the line, to hoping onto all sorts of different kinds of regional and local transportation, and all the while with a backpack full of knives in tow, tagging along to bars and bowling alleys alike at this point. lucky for me, i suppose, that less people are interested in what i have in my paul ll bean bag.

people i havent seen in years are being dragged into my chosen, and apparently preferred, homeless lifestyle. it is, of course, almost sukkot, so perhaps my homelessness and transiency has a deeper meaning. i just now thought of that, but who's to say my subconscious hadnt already.

thats pretty much all i have to say right now.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

ok it's getting down to the wire. i really need to decide where im going to go for my externship. clearly thats where you come in, i dont much like making decisions for myself.

List:
New York City
New Orleans
Boston

i will have to live in this place for 4 months. where do you want to come visit?

help


Tuesday, August 24, 2010

its tuesdee and its my birthdee

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

sorry

ive been really terrible about this lately

no one's complained, so it's really just my loss.

culinary school makes me want to smoke cigarettes and listen to the black keys all day.

i'm in the midst of searching for an externship, such that i might further my culinary education.

places of possible externment:
rome
new orleans
boston
chicago
new york city
seattle
and, dare i say: baltimore

wouldn't that just be a twist!

recently i have burned myself rather severely, i look like a clumsy arsonist. and quite frankly i cant really use one of my fingers. it feels like there is a wax cap on my right ring finger. i cant explain how awkward it is to touch things with this "blister".

in other news: exactly one week until my 23rd birthday. im not much further along than i was at 18, the only way that i can really tell my advanced age is that i go to bed at 7:30pm on weekend nights more often than i would like to admit. a few friends and i made reservations at momofuku ssam to celebrate. which, i might add, that i am rather excited about. in order to acquire these reservations we had to also pre-order a bo ssam. a bo ssam is an entire pork shoulder, prepared in the fashion of awesome. sure its $200 but that's life.

well must run, the school pays me to take notes (don't snigger, tis true)

a

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

day 2

washed my pen in my whites again
maybe these pens arent lucky after all

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

day 1


washed my pens in my whites
ruined my spankin new nike pro undershirt
have since rewashed my jacket 5 times
have ink splattering my body
smell like fish
pen, of course, is just fine

Monday, May 10, 2010

bazam

today i went and played tennis. since you know that i like photo essays i will include one at the end of this entry.

i spent the weekend in albany visiting one mz. melissa mazula-san. which was quite nice. i learned a lot about beer and how much (or little) it can cost, i found out some important things about the annual tulip festival (although not why they have one, nor did i see any tulips), and i spent mothers day with a mother. not mine, mind you, but a mother none the less.

tomorrow morning i start seafood fabrication. it will be my first kitchen class, and i have to say that i am a little nervous. ive been sharpening my knives and practicing tying my neckerchief all day, well with the exception of tennis and lunch at rossis (thanks emily) which was absolutely fantastic. easily the best sandwich ive had in months and months.

well i know youre all dying to see my essay so here it is:


"dutchess racquet: a conversation on blood blisters"







if youre wondering how it ended, let me just say accidental sanitizer