Summer session

Highlights from an old summer session notebook labeled “Cultural Anthropology” that may illuminate the reasons for my failing grade in that class:

  • June 2 -- Anthropology: A science for the study of Homo Sapiens; all humanity.

    Read “Tiwi Marriage.”

  • June 5 -- “I know Dave still wants me; I can tell. He’s got a new girlfriend now, but I’m going to do everything I can to break them up.”

  • June 6 -- “The only reason I even fooled around with Steve is because I knew that Dave would hear about it. Also, I knew that I couldn’t refuse just because of what Dave might think. I mean, what if I’d refused and Dave hadn’t even cared?”

  • June 12 -- “[Dave] said that every time he sees me, he wants to screw my brains out.”

  • June 13 -- “Met a new guy; Andrew. Hit it off immediately… [two sentences later] Made plans to ditch Andrew and go off w/Marshall—I fucked that up. I blew Marshall off cos I was off fucking Andrew somewhere in Brighton.”

  • July 17 -- “Oh my GOD -- Sam told me that Andrew was living with his girlfriend and everything blew up. I am totally in love with Andrew (I think) and so he came over and explained and blah blah blah we decided to be friends and all that.”

  • July 21 -- “God. I seriously have nobody. No one new to have a crush on. Brian came over on Tuesday night and we made love. Before that, the last person I'd made love to was Marshall.”

  • July 25 -- “Had a pretty good weekend.”

  • July 27 -- “I want a boyfriend.”

  • July 31 -- “I saw the most gorgeous hazy sunset tonight. The sky was all silver and plum and in front, etched in black, were spindly trees. I wished I’d had someone there to watch it with me. (Andrew)”

  • August 14 -- “Ran into Andrew tonight. I love him so much. He’s so beautiful.”

  • August 16 -- “And I really like him, as a person, in addition to being in love with him.”

  • August 18 -- “I love him. I love him so much.”

  • August 20 -- “I went out with this guy Lee tonight. He spent seriously so much money on me but I didn’t sleep with him.”

  • August 24 -- “Summer beat me down and August is standing atop my grave.”

  • August 27 -- [Draft of lyrics for untitled song that I will in retrospect title “Neon Love”]

  • August 29 -- “I guess this is what you could call An Identity Crisis.”



Star of the day. . .Sybil Brand
posted @ 3:29 p.m. on July 31, 2007 before | after

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She lay awake all night

watching the colors change