d a d a d u c k p o n d

I was encouraged unconditionally to disclose 8 things by Isabella.

1. I'm fascinated by the light that shines through the beige living room curtains. I think it reminds me of staying in hotels. That is why my groaning laptop and I work in your living room in the mornings, Isabella.
2. I hand-type all my HTML in blog posts like this one.
3. I study with this teacher, with the idea (though it's not exactly a certainty, or even a goal) that I'll someday be unbelievably good at wielding, among other things, the Six-and-a-Half-Point Pole.
4. I like having to work harder, share, and get along; and for these reasons, I sort of relish the perhaps-impending fall of industrial civilization.
5. I've just read the clause "immediately shoved into my pleather reticule" in a friend's blog post, and fell into ruthlessly coveting the poised and Dita-like author's vocabulary. She dares out-verbalize me?!
6. I once had my left index finger examined by a Czech ultrasound technician who told me almost immediately upon meeting me, "I hate my vife". I had an epic amount of fun hanging out with him that summer afternoon, listening to Croatian pop music and playing together with the medical equipment, both of us shamelessly prolonging the encounter - me because the novelty was so mentally stimulating, and him (John) because he, well, he hates his vife. I miss the vife-hating Czech ultrasound technician, but how do you bring someone like that back into your life?
7. At East is East yesterday, I confessed to someone for the first time about the most awful act/moment of my life. (It involved art.) It occurred to me that horrible experiences are interesting, and I feel inclined to make a list of them.
8. I have no diplomatic relations with anyone in the blogosphere who did not tag me for this post, and therefore, I shall tag the first 8 bloggers returned by Google as results for "random blogger":
   • Anna Farmery, Speaker and Social Media Coach
   • shdowchsr
   • jalopnik
   • Phathu
   • Blei
   • Shamess Productions
   • Daryl Climenhaga, whose name I am inclined to pronounce with the emphasis on the second syllable.
   • 0ct0pus
   • Sean at Film Junk