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since i took these photographs, all the snow has melted. i’m officially on spring break and have officially given into the cold i’ve been fighting off for weeks. i’m okay with being sick, though, because this morning the sun is out, sid skated for the first time in forever, and i’ve got cinnamon tea + netflix to keep me company while i’m on the mend.
how was your weekend?
xo Alison
i took these photographs…
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…and did these things
// signed a lease for a tiny studio apartment in the heart of shadyside, an awesome pittsburgh neighborhood
// listened to + bought a bunch of my favorite artists on vinyl, such as the swell season, coldplay, sarah vaughn, and joni mitchell
// bought ballet flats i won’t be able to wear for weeks
// wondered how i survived this long without watching penguins hockey in HD on a plasma TV
// became giddy with excitement when it was announced that billy collins will have a new book of poetry out in april, and sondre lerche will have a new album coming out in june
// watched this video over and over and over:
// survived some of the most unpredictable/insane/annoying winter weather we’ve had in ohio in quite a while
// lived on breakfast blend coffee, string cheese, + handfuls of almonds
// wrote three papers, took five quizzes + two exams, and made, like, a thousand and one notecards to study
// missed all of your blogs terribly :)
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what’s been going in with you, my dears?
xo Alison
p.s. thank you all so so much for the outpouring of support over what happened to gabby. it made the healing process manageable, and means the world to me to know i have such a strong supportive group of lovely blogging friends. hugs!
hello.
how are you?
i’m okay. i didn’t plan on taking such a lengthy blogging break. the last few days have been a blur of classes, errands, oolong tea, writing, hockey games, and schoolwork. it’s also been a very sad time: recently, my cat gabby died. she was the stray we’ve been taking care of for quite some time. if you’re a regular reader, you’re very familiar with her black markings and gravity defying antics (which i’ve catalogued on my flickr stream). we’re big cat people; we’ve looked after countless homeless kitties over the years (and of course have the three that live inside), but none ever stayed as long as gabby, or became part of our animal family in the same way. she was hit by a car right in front of me. it was wretched, devastating, and shocking. although i know there are many, many things in life more important than pets, it hit me very hard to lose her in such a violent way. i’m still reeling from it, days later, still expecting to find her paw prints in the snow or her pink nose sticking out of the house we built her on the porch. she was such a sweet, vivacious cat. i really, really miss her.
to be honest, the last two weeks have been rough for reasons besides gabby. things are starting to look up, though, so i’m concentrating on the good things happening right now, like my mother’s recent doctor’s appointment going well, my brand new turntable arriving in the mail, the pens maintaining their playoff position despite losing geno for the rest of the season (and an insane amount of other injuries), and taking these february-y photographs:
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what have you been up to, my darlings? please share anything exciting, boring, lovely, or mundane that happened…i want to know it all!
xo Alison
took these photos
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finished this poem
Bridesmaids
Stuck in the hallways of our unplayed pianos
while you read Yeats in the bathroom
like some slow, backwards foreplay
we fast forward through until
it’s just cold linoleum in natural light
instead of brunch with phantom bridesmaids,
thinking of the undiscovered country
in the marrow of your expatriate bones,
the rug burn I mistook for a birth mark,
the scars you mistook for laugh lines,
until we are hypnotized
by our own dying diamonds,
coughing up our own dust.
— by me
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listened to this song (a lot)
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loved these things
// watching the pens beat the canes despite being without sid + geno
// the fact that ALL of my classes transferred from my current university to the university pittsburgh (yippie!)
// adding several lovely images to my tumblr
// spending my friday night in cleveland watching my brother play in the pit for a show at playhouse square
// snacking on baked chips + strong coffee + baby carrots
// lusting after this gorgeous onyx gold leaf necklace
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what were you up to this weekend?
xo Alison
p.s. there’s a new-ish post up on my personal blog!
HOME
the plan: clean, study, blog, sort laundry, and re-organize my desk
the reality: go shopping, watch buffy, drink tea, watch hockey, stay in pajamas, and take these photographs…
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what have you been up to the last couple days? anyone else in the US spending MLK jr. day doing the things they should have already done this weekend?.
xo Alison
