hey estela guess what

lol, did we browbeat you into abandoning all 5 unfinished books?

not all 5. there is one i just re-borrowed. our library doesn't give enough time for slowpokes. i have like 100 pages left.
i just finished the true deceiver by tove jansson!!!

i read the first kurt wallander book and the first martin beck book, they were ok

ruby, i'm reading amy hempel's collected stories and finding her brilliant. if you have not read her i think you would like her.

that is the one i have, too! i started reading it a while ago, but then i got distracted. i think i liked it??

i got a library card last weekend btw

i did that too-- started reading, liked it, got distracted, and now i'm loving it.

i bet you have a good library there.

it's super tiny bc our city is super tiny. also i now officially live in contra costa county, not alameda county, so i guess i can't access berkeley's library with my card.

estela i am reading a novel right now, and the female protagonist's nemesis is the spitting (word) image of your 'friend' you told me about.

how lovely

hey e-stale-a

hey estela and what

^^ a good thread for a parallel ILX was mentioned repeated ages ago
kinda like the when pato met estela thread but with a sharper foil

hey t.skilaviver<3

hey estela, have you read any mona simpson? i'm reading 'off keck road', it's pretty good.

no i haven't read her but i always like to get a reccommendation from you.

i was trying to figure out why her name was so familiar to me in this backwards province and it's because she's steve job's sister.

omg

estela made a mistake <3

are you referring to backwards because that was deliberate, this place is too sunny and sky blue and beachy for backwoods.

or are you querying how we spell recommendation around here<3

or is mona simpson not really steve job's sister.

???

steve jobs'

or is it steve jobs's

i forgot that she is his sister!

i'm almost finished with it, it's quite bleak, sort of like richard yates but without the actual hardships i suppose? idk i have quite enjoyed it so far. it's a funny sort of novel, though - it's more like a series of short stories that are about the same group of people, but it took me like 3/4 of the book to to get a grip on who is who.

lol job's is a(nother) mistake, i am being a disaster. also i jist spelt lol as lot but i caught it in time.

just

i like linked stories.

I am reading this book about the Dust Bowl, and it is horrifying and amazing and completely engrossing.

Hey Estela guess what

I gave some marmite to my american friend and she LOVES it

i would never have guessed that.

at our grocery store there's a sad little sign next to the vegemite apologising that marmite is presently unavailable due to earthquake damage at the christchurch factory and i always laugh and think of you when i see it, it's the only lol i've had from that whole terrible ongoing nightmare.

there's an alley near me named christ church

did i tell you already that i had 3 stupid jars of marmite and now i (technically) have none??

- i lost the first through airport security
- i checked the BB date of the other 2 for lolz and one expires this month and the other already expired LAST YEAR

i gave the least-fucked one to my friend so now i'm down to one expired jar. still tastes normal.

aw if i see any anywhere i'll grab you some, nz ran out far quicker than australia did because the crisis got a lot more publicity over there.

oh i'm just gonna keep eating my expired jar - it's actually a 'best before' date, not a 'use by' date, so it's fine. and a small jar lasts me years!

next time you're in wellington you can check to see if the jar we left at the top of the cable car is still there

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/4013168312_2efed0c112.jpg

lol u <3

i love that photo, i have a clear memory of standing at that exact spot and looking at that exact view while someone told me a long not very good joke with a pun-ish song lyric punchline (but now i can't remember the song because it was a long time ago but it was something old but well-known like for example the night has a thousand eyes) (which always makes me think of possums in trees illuminated by car headlights)

margaret mahy died ;_;

estela

estela!

estela!!

estela!!!

ESTELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLA!!!!

HI my boss brought me two packs of CHOCOADE biscuits from nz, do you remember them? do you like them?

also 2 pixie{lxy} caramels and 2 perky nanas

and a "souvenir" tea towel (??)

hrmph

happy birthday mookie!

really??!!! well then, this is a day to celebrate and be joyful!!

happy birthday dear mookie (if it is)

yay ruby, that is a good haul. i haven't had any revived chocoades yet but my sister sent me some mackintosh toffees this week which are my current favourite thing from there.

nz seems to have gone souvenir tea towel mad in recent times, i have received a few (and given none).

macintosh toffees!!!!!!!!!!!

estela i am reading "summer of hate" by chris kraus. i think i might actually finish this. it's good!

aw thx <3

estela, i made FIVE rice/bean/veg salads from that cookbook tonight, for ytth's lunches this week... hope they taste good!!

aw<3 so do i, it would be woeful if you effed them up.