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for some reason being in west seattle has given me a tremendous appetite for beets. every single day since i've been here, i've eaten beet salad. at first, i got it at the PCC across the street. but today i stopped at metropolitan market on my way back from campus (had to go turn in final grades--a day late, i know...), and got some of their beet salad. it's yummier than the PCC's! the beets have a nicer texture (i think they were cooked a little longer, so they're more tender) and they use more vinegar in the dressing. the one thing i like better about the PCC's is that it has more fresh onion in it. now if i could just get them to put in a little more vinegar...suppose i could just add some extra, myself.
i bought some books at the u-bookstore while i was in the u-district, just some novels i've been meaning to read for a long time. alfred bester's "the stars my destination" (i taught his "the demolished man" last year--that book is the very first *ever* winner of the hugo award!); philip k. dick's "the man in the high castle" (i was about to get "valis," "the divine invasion," and "the transmigration of timothy archer"--a trilogy--but decided to wait); danzy senna's "symptomatic"; and sylvia plath's "the bell jar." *mostly* sci-fi and/or related to my dissertation (all but plath's).
i was delighted to see joe and greg of moonpenny opera playing on the ave. right across from the u-bookstore. (they are also both part of the circus contraption band, for those who don't know them.) wow...so cool to hear a big bass and an accordian--played beautifully and circus-fully--on the ave.! they said they were going to be busking there on the ave. a lot in the upcoming months, so keep your eye out for them if you're around that way!
finally, i have to ask the chicas out there: have any of you tried alternative menstrual protection (e.g. the keeper, or those re-usable sponges), and if so, what did you think? off and on over the years i have worried about the wastefulness of paper menstrual products, even though i use an applicator-free tampon. i'm starting to worry about it again...and if i can, i'd like to stop using paper stuff. there's always the worry about dioxin residues in bleached paper products, too, but i have to admit that i've always been put off by the price of the unbleached paper stuff sold at natural food stores. anyway...just wondering...
i bought some books at the u-bookstore while i was in the u-district, just some novels i've been meaning to read for a long time. alfred bester's "the stars my destination" (i taught his "the demolished man" last year--that book is the very first *ever* winner of the hugo award!); philip k. dick's "the man in the high castle" (i was about to get "valis," "the divine invasion," and "the transmigration of timothy archer"--a trilogy--but decided to wait); danzy senna's "symptomatic"; and sylvia plath's "the bell jar." *mostly* sci-fi and/or related to my dissertation (all but plath's).
i was delighted to see joe and greg of moonpenny opera playing on the ave. right across from the u-bookstore. (they are also both part of the circus contraption band, for those who don't know them.) wow...so cool to hear a big bass and an accordian--played beautifully and circus-fully--on the ave.! they said they were going to be busking there on the ave. a lot in the upcoming months, so keep your eye out for them if you're around that way!
finally, i have to ask the chicas out there: have any of you tried alternative menstrual protection (e.g. the keeper, or those re-usable sponges), and if so, what did you think? off and on over the years i have worried about the wastefulness of paper menstrual products, even though i use an applicator-free tampon. i'm starting to worry about it again...and if i can, i'd like to stop using paper stuff. there's always the worry about dioxin residues in bleached paper products, too, but i have to admit that i've always been put off by the price of the unbleached paper stuff sold at natural food stores. anyway...just wondering...
