Breathless March 5, 2008
Posted by Katie Oh in : Such As , trackbackoh! i have scarcely been able to breathe the past few days.
matt arrived, safe and sound, though delayed [flights and traffic and cab drivers] on tuesday afternoon. we walked to target and ate vegan soul food. got lost a bit.
we came back because i was scheduled to read on adrian and robert’s radio show, ‘the oregon trail and other stories.’ robert and adrian are both oregon natives, on the same wavelength. i am envious. i read two things: a story and a poem, both of which have haunted me from the first time i read them. we discussed family, moms, the bag of body parts they found two subway stops from ours on the g.
i said “i guess my life is a little like law and order. if i squint my eyes and tilt my head to the side.”
today, we ventured into manhattan, no real object, just a list of things we kind of wanted to do and see. apple store at 14th & 9th. i wonder if i’ll ever be able to give up technology. of course i won’t be able to, silence scares me far too much.
and then, back for another reading, this time in the basement of a kindred book store, unnameable books, on the border of park slope. the theme of the reading series is families, and i reworked the tale of the lavelle christmas party to read aloud. a cat almost climbed in the basement window while robert was reading.
and then! grace, oh grace, amazing grace, grace from seattle, vegan grace with the widest smile and rhinestone-bedazzled glasses, turned to me and said “oh, by the way, three vegan bakeries are donating cupcakes and brownies to us to sell after the vagina monologues.”
what?! i was amazed, ready to cry of happiness. she did that of her own accord, because she knew we wanted to have a bake sale, so she just went ahead and sent emails and now we’ll have dozens of cupcakes to sell to raise more money. oh, grace. she makes me smile so much.
i feel lighter as of recent. i don’t think i’m losing any weight or anything, i just feel as though i am lighter. a weight off my shoulders, belly, heart. i can climb the subway stairs without calf cramps now, i am considering this a victory. just lighter and happier.
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