I was grateful for cereal --- the only food that my tummy, riddled by pangs of infatuation, could handle.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Edward Said talks about Orientalism in very negative terms because it reflects the prejudices of the west towards the exotic east. But I was also having fun thinking of Orientalism as a genre like Cowboys and Indians is a genre – they’re not an accurate representation of the American west, they’re like a fairy tale genre.

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along together... for a time.

Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.