lana del rey

i know i said i was going to sleep, but frissons of full-body pain are keeping me up. so here i am, prolific in the dark. here's a lil' exerpt from today:

ouch body

i didn't know why i hurt all over and then i remembered: i did yoga yesterday (body aches all over), i'm bleeding out of my crotch (body aches all over), and i'm officially sick (body aches all over).
i'm going to go put myself out of my misery 

marrow.org

for the holidays, i've decided to join the bone marrow registry. it's extremely easy - the bone marrow people send you a packet in the mail, you swab your cheek and send in the samples. they contact you when there's a potential match. if this is something that interests you, you should check out the Be the Match Registry at marrow.org

Every year, 10,000 patients need a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor, but only half receive one.

hyldeblomster

i've been a little bit obsessed with elderflowers
and the idea of making things with them

champagne

fritters

cordial

waaah

i think the sickness it has finally got me
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
my lungs feel like they're underwater

class gift

this week was the last week of conversational russian class (before the final which i am dreading) and the women have been scheming for weeks to collect money from everyone in the class to get our teacher a nice card and a gift card from VS. i'm pretty sure i haven't bought a gift for a teacher since elementary school. besides our few most outstanding professors and TAs, do american college students feel much more than apathy or disdain for their teachers? i like this tradition of expressing gratitude. we do it when we're little, but i'd all but forgotten about it until these middle-aged eastern european women were coming around during break and whispering to everyone about our need for a class gift for irina. 

cold out

scary scale

Evan

on a scale of 1-10, you are a 9.9

10:17 PM

Evan

except on halloween you were a 9.9 on the scary scale

in terms of intellect and poise, you are a 10

in terms of cycling frequency, you're a 2

hm maybe 3

you cycle when i ask you to and that counts for something

10:19 PM

coffee code

saw this bathroom yesterday in a cafe:

moo-wangara

"The Wangara people of Mali use this mask during the Moo – wangara, which celebrates a bumper harvest," he explains. "The festival is to hoot at the hunger that they once experienced. The people are very joyous on this occasion because they recount the bad times when they had to go hungry. Looking at their present state of plenty, there is a lot to be happy about."


maybe we should have all hooted at hunger for thanksgiving

american giants

my cousin and me with our aunt. the hormones in american food made us big and strong

end of november breakfast

i had mashed potatoes and sparkling apple cider for breakfast this morning. might it recently have been thanksgiving?

generally your face

best bedtime e-mail!!! now that i've received what i didn't even know i was waiting up for, i am going to sleep

all happiness

update: i'm going everywhere in these

the day in pictures

what did i do today, you might ask?