So yesterday I meant to go see Dead Meadow at the Mercury but the only person I asked to go with me couldn't come & then I forgot to bother asking anyone else & then I had a shit day at work & I was all-around bemoaning my shitty day slash life to Belkys & she invited me over for mashed potatoes & artichokes & that kind of sounded like the best thing ever. We drank beers in dark little Kings County & talked about harmless crushes & the futility of plans & by the time we got to her place Jade had nearly finished cooking our dinner. The artichokes were still steaming & we had brought milk & butter for the mashed potatoes but the couscous & the portobello mushrooms & the salad were done & there were crackers on the table with cheese & sausage. Utz the dog was roaming around the kitchen nudging us with his sleek little head & shedding like a madman when you pet him. Dinner was delicious; there was a lot of garlic in the MPs & a lot of soy in the PMs & it got us talking about how Jade having grown up in the Midwest never used to eat garlic or spices or anything like that. Then I remembered something from the year I lived in Nebraska as a child; that when you went to the local cafe & ordered salad what you got was green jell-o with fruit in it (the type I remember looks just like the scary stuff behind the pies
here). Jade knew what I was talking about but Belkys was incredulous; she didn't understand how you could order one thing & be presented with another food altogether. I don't think we had a very satisfactory answer to that.
In other news
Anise is moving to San Francisco. I'm proud of her for getting a job out there & making such a big move but I'm going to miss her really fiercely. Luckily 2 of my most favoritest things about Anise -- namely, that for every email you send her she writes you an average of three in return, & also, that she sometimes sends you fun surprises via post -- are unlikely to change even tho she's across the country. At least I hope not. Here's a pic of the 2 of us last summer in Brooklyn, wearing revealing little dresses & smoking away. Anise, we have to do that in Cali some day, k?
