happy days

today was one of the best days of my life!

the kindness of people and interconnectedness of

the universe makes me feel so ready

to live in this new sunshine,
drink this wild new air,

and swim this new sea.

f e r r y  b u i l d i n g

when i first visited this place, i never thought

i'd be living in san francisco 6 years later!

i ate a lot of gourmet free samples,

bought a 1/2 baguette for 82 cents

and then sat on a wooden bench

and wrote a letter + drew a picture
while watching seagulls.

then i got a wonderful phone call!

day #3

after completing my morning errands, i climbed up

insanely inclined streets & found a magical park

with a view! then i ate a peanut butter

cookie while browsing little stores with little things.

the cutest cookie i have ever seen ^

day #1 of my new life in the city:
steep streets, rolling fog,
bus conversations with kind strangers,

and bright buildings that dgaf
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ 

dog days

a stranger at the farmer's market asked if he could

cut me in line because he was in a rush, and then

he paid for my entire bag of Rainier cherries.

How nice is that!

 ~*~*~*~

i don't know why i keep having the most

violent and disturbing red-colored nightmares.

teeth ripping,

being held captive-esque

dreams.

Bird Noises 

I am on my 13th book of this year,

and this book is so compelling & beautiful.

Ramona Ausubel makes me think of things I have

never thought before and imagine scenarios so

poetically magical and bizarre that

I want reality to be like this.

I highly recommend it. Also, she

graduated from an MFA program @ UC Irvine! 

To prepare for my great move,

I bought myself a moth shirt to celebrate

wings and starting anew one more time.

go forth!

kimchi vs butter
mung beans vs casseroles

I forgot how genuinely funny and witty Melissa is,

until our paths crossed at the library last week.

We stuffed ourselves with sushi while

chatting about racist encounters in public spaces
(and potential ways to be strategic about it),

political assumptions, and our experiences

running into people we'd rather not run into.

Then, while taking advantage of the beautiful

afternoon lighting, we engaged in self-reflection

and took a walk by a sewer and saw an itty bitty
hummingbird.

I know you're reading this,

so, THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND I CAN'T

WAIT FOR BEER + BURGERS WITH YOU.
And also for introducing me to the term:
superfund.

happy mother's day!

they had the best pasta & pizza & coffee

at the piazza del duomo!

 time for k1ss3s

 the sun came out!

#mopslovesbichu
#obsessed

No cakes were baked and nothing was knitted,

but alot of carbs and chocolate cake

was eaten at a buffet and lots of tv watched.

Then I came home and read a short story

about a boy's cat who got hit by a car

and then the cat was put into a freezer to die.

~ ~ ~

I'm putting some flowers
in my hair because

San Francisco, here I come!

* * *

9 job applications + 5 interviews later,

i am joining Mops for an afternoon of lounging,

BREAKING BAD and library books.

i cut some roses from the yard and this time,

the thorns didn't tear open my skin!

Facebook told me I resemble Mulan by 95%.

Like Mulan, I am "persevering and dynamic"

and "always want to be right."

In 1st grade, I won the award for "Perseverance".
They handed us ice cream popsicles in
the multipurpose room while the principal explained
that she was a princiPAL (aka friend) and what it
means to meet life's challenges with perseverance.
I nodded as I ate the ice cream, even though i hate
hardened chocolate on cold desserts.
Then i went back to class, happy, because i felt
like i had a new secret power of persevering.

WHO IS YOUR DISNEY DOPPELGANGER?

Ran into one awesome person at the library today ;)

spring blooms

these were all grown by seeds btw :)

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