writes from the perspective of a young girl better than anyone i can think of.
i'd been hearing about her, that she was sassy, sardonic... southern, and a master of the short story, so traveling through taos, i went into a bookstore looking for the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (the first part) which apparently is NOWHERE to be found in my parents house! the bookstore failed me in that respect, but i did run across a novella by chabon, the final solution, and a good man is hard to find, a collection of short stories by o'connor, purportedly her best. i'd read the first 3 or 4 short stories and was enjoying them, but all the sudden this morning i was reading "a temple of the holy ghost" and was BLOWN AWAY by the precocious little girl character that is the protagonist for this short plot.
to elaborate i'd like to share with you a short passage that perfectly encapsulates exactly the way my mind worked as a child (and more frankly, does still from time to time). i like to think, i was not the only one, but who knows.
the little girl is sitting in her room, rememebering the fair last year where she decided to be a doctor....

i'm back! and departing again swiftly tomorrow for lancaster to see BWNK!'s fam and camp with friends, so before i leave, let me tell you what i did while i was gone:

BWNK! and i got back to brooklyn about 3:15 this afternoon after an 8 hour and 45 minute drive from Acadia National Forest!
it all started last Sunday when we left Brooklyn with our sites set on Portland, ME (not MA, thanks lucy!)
highlights of portland included a cheap motel, ice cream at beal's where my coworker kate used to work, and the best beer i have ever had. it was called vacationland and it's a summer ale from a place called gritty mcduff's.
yum!

i highly recommend it to anyone who ever makes their way up to portland; the onion petals were also delicous. oh did i mention accidently biking on a highway and over an unlit bridge at night to get back to said motel from downtown portland? whoops...

( monday = BRIDGES! ROCKPORT! and OFF-TRAIL HIKES! oh my! )


( Tuesday is sponsored by the letter B! it featured bike rides, beavers, bar harbor and the bubble! )



( Wednesday featured possible food poisoning and some time on the western half of mount desert island; it had a lighthouses, a fire houses, and my favorite hike. )

my thoughts on day 3 without a shower


and i must say after all that, and not showering for three days till just moments ago, i have never felt so clean in all my life!

soooo, what has daniele been up to?
well for starters i'm UNEMPLOYED AGAIN, but this time it is AWESOME! becasue:

1) I qualify and should soon be receiving unemployment benefits!
2) I've been very good about keeping myself busy:
      2a) I've applied for a lot of jobs and already have lined up two interviews, one which may send me away from new york ( more on that here )
     2b) I also worked helping jill put the benefit party for her play together, which although financially was a success was socially a bit of a disaster and involved me being a baby and getting very upset when this gal passed out drunk in my bed in a pool of her own vomit. i also had to leave the next day from newark to hop a plane to california to see my parents, speaking of which

CALIFORNIA!

that's catalina island, my fav part of california we visited. it's a pretty rad place and has a fun history.
we rode bikes, ran along the pacific coast highway, ate LOTS of seafood, and just generally relaxed.
it was really nice :)  i love my parents.

back to keeping busy:
     2c) i've been doing yoga at an awesome place near my house where it's only $5 if you go at 2pm on a weekday, which now that I'm unemployed I can do, yay! I go the beginner class twice a week and pilates once a week, looking forward to getting better so I can start doing the intermediate class they also have twice a week, so i can do MOAR yoga and have a more flexible schedule.

OTHER GENERAL NEWS:

A) i went to lancaster for easter and played frisbee golf again and had a blast kickin' t with BWNK!'s fam. i also picked up some thrifted stuff one of which was an oversized dress that i altered myself to make fit, someone's getting better with a sewing machine and i think it might be this gal.
B) right when i got back form there i went to a kickass liquor store/no bunny show at union pool and had a blast.
C) later that week i saw dead milkmen and corn mo at a place in greenpoint. it was an EPIC show; i had the shit beat and suffocated out of me but had a great time and still managed to ride and make it to josie's bday party (granted very late) after which i rode home and collapsed and slept for a long long time.

ZE FUTUR:
702) pretty stoked about how things are going, have tickets for:
     702P) vetiver/papercuts this sunday at bowery ballroom
     702Q) akron/family at the same place wednesday
     703R) the thermals this friday!!!
     703S) and bill callahan and animal collective in the more distant future
703) also have a interview lined up for tuesday morning
704) THEN after all that i leave for BWNK! and i's super-special bonnie and clyde road/camping trip to maine and arcadia national forest!!!

ALSO OF NOTE:
M8) my roommate sheena is having a comedy show in our attic this tuesday
N9) scott is speaking about wine to gallatin alums tuesday
O10) jill's play, before never again starts tonight!
P11) the beets will be playing their anniversary show at out house MAY31ST
Q12) ryan, vance, and lisa will be having a housewarming BBQ the weekend before that to celebrate memorial day
R13) there's a camping trip to lancaster the may15-17, so COME!
S14) AND the ladies of mushpot will be having a dj night in red hook this thursday
T15) very very sad news, fanatic folded, yall :(



WOOOOOOO, life is busy. catch you later