http://haikavanian.com/adri Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:47:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I attended a reading The Toledo Repertoire Theatre downtown. I arrived alone with the intention of breaking someone out of their shell. There was a small "reception" beforehand with cookies, crackers, and cheese. I walked up to the small bar and picked up a short plastic glass half-full of red ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=262 I will be backpacking through Mexico, Guatemala, and a bit in Honduras January 6 - February 17 2010. Here is the link to my blog for this time: http://adrienne2010.blogspot.com/ http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=260 You know you are a traveler when you refer to cities by their airport codes. DTW, GUA, ORD, TYO, LGA... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=248 One my favorite moments is when I am stopped at a red light and instead of turning green it starts blinking yellow. I enjoy being there at that exact moment when the traffic lights change from their typical yellow-red-green cycle to blinking yellow on my end and blinking red on ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=245 i have to do an intro speech tomorrow & bring in an item that 'best describes me' lol hmm well only you know what best describes you, heh haha i know dude. i might just have to bring in a picture of me & some friends orsomething cuz i was thinking about it..and i like, ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=241 The Lesson of the Moth by Don Marquis i was talking to a moth the other evening he was trying to break into an electric light bulb and fry himself on the wires why do you fellows pull this stunt i asked him because it is the conventional thing for moths ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=235 An old man told me yesterday, "I am not proud of what I can do, I am just grateful." He kept chattering about how if we don't try anything we will never know what we are capable of. To not be afraid to fail. He makes portraits of people out ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=237 Driving west in Ohio down 80/90, Rachel and I decided to stop at a rest stop for a bathroom break. It was beautiful and sunny outside and we were just heading home from five nights of camping. We pulled off the turnpike and into the rest stop, parking near ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=227 But then they danced down he streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=229 People will always say things like, "My Spanish is better when I'm drunk," or, "My Chinese is better when I'm drunk." And how? I thought it was a load of bullshit. But then I thought more. I believe it now. When a person is drunk they gain that drunken confidence. ... http://haikavanian.com/adri/?p=163