extra sensitive
the people i live with are obsessed with news and politics. all day and all night, the war, the republicans, the media, the statehood-pushers, the tabloids, rosie.
we fight about it, and we beat the deadest of horses.
gay marriage, abortion, the military, the Puerto Rico corruption problem, Pedro Roselló, stem cell, cancer, health care.
I live my life in a perpetual Debate Class.
i've been looking for an escape. i take a painting class on Fridays, i study at school, i read depressing books, and i sleep at my boyfriend's house half the week.
you'd think this would help.
it doesn't. my painting class last friday was chock-full of drama, when i lost my vision during a dizzy spell for the third time in a week, apparently due to some endocrine issues.
studying at school has proven to be ok, except i have to overdose on coffee, and wear a coat since it's 20 degrees in the library.
as for my books, i'm going through a particularly profilic period, where i read on average 2 books a week, but my latest choice, Patrimony by Phillip Roth, is non-fiction account of the death of his father from a brain tumor. Smart choice, Cristina.
and finally, sleeping over at J's house has been lovely. except we recently decided to take up chess, which has led to extremely competitive 3-hour games, followed by inevitable crankiness when someone loses, followed by some lack of talking, followed by an eventual reconciliation. it's a pattern.
i need to find better ways to distract myself.
we fight about it, and we beat the deadest of horses.
gay marriage, abortion, the military, the Puerto Rico corruption problem, Pedro Roselló, stem cell, cancer, health care.
I live my life in a perpetual Debate Class.
i've been looking for an escape. i take a painting class on Fridays, i study at school, i read depressing books, and i sleep at my boyfriend's house half the week.
you'd think this would help.
it doesn't. my painting class last friday was chock-full of drama, when i lost my vision during a dizzy spell for the third time in a week, apparently due to some endocrine issues.
studying at school has proven to be ok, except i have to overdose on coffee, and wear a coat since it's 20 degrees in the library.
as for my books, i'm going through a particularly profilic period, where i read on average 2 books a week, but my latest choice, Patrimony by Phillip Roth, is non-fiction account of the death of his father from a brain tumor. Smart choice, Cristina.
and finally, sleeping over at J's house has been lovely. except we recently decided to take up chess, which has led to extremely competitive 3-hour games, followed by inevitable crankiness when someone loses, followed by some lack of talking, followed by an eventual reconciliation. it's a pattern.
i need to find better ways to distract myself.
posted by Cristina at 7:39 PM
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