Miscellaneous

Luna(tic) Park

Posted on March 09, 2009
Weekend update, y'all!FridayI possibly drank too much wine with dinner at my friend's house. Then, we had Girl Scout cookies and talked about boys. The End.SaturdayI headed to the Alemany Farmers' Market bright and early. Items purchased: leeks, potatoes (COMBINE!), pumpkin bolani, sweet jalapeno jelly, oro blanco (which I think is a cross between a pomelo and a grapefruit?), Asian pears, Pink Lady apples, anemones, ranunculas,A very dear friend is moving, so I accompanied him to IKEA...

55 Fiction Friday: Little Red Hen edition

Posted on March 06, 2009
Friday serves it up!There was a sort of virtue in it: saving the recipe, purchasing the eggs at the farmers market, laying out the ingredients on the nearly non-existent counter, assembling the cake with a deft hand, sliding it into the Holly Hobby-sized oven...

missed connections

Posted on March 05, 2009
When I lived in DC, one of my favorite things to do was to get the CityPaper and sit down and read the I Saw You section. I'm not even sure I can pinpoint why I enjoyed it so much - some of it was purely voyeuristic, I'm sure. But, I also liked seeing how people described the situation/characters ('I was wearing a white t-shirt' Wow...

hypnotic

Posted on March 03, 2009

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Joy of Twitter

Posted on March 02, 2009

snow day

Posted on March 02, 2009

when harry met sally

Posted on February 28, 2009

55 Fiction Friday: Sawatdee edition

Posted on February 27, 2009

vingt cinq

Posted on February 26, 2009

Oscars commentary

Posted on February 25, 2009
maman: Did you watch the Oscars?maisnon: No ... did you?maman: Yes, to see "Slumdog Millionaire", you know.maisnon: Did you see the movie?maman: Yes! We saw all of them on the stage!maisnon: No, did you SEE the movie... "Slumdog Millionaire"?maman: OH! No, no, no...

heureuse

Posted on January 19, 2009
I woke up feeling a little unsettled and unsatisfied, out of sorts. While I "hatched" into wakefulness, I thought about my life and realized I have the things I've wanted most in life. How much time we spend planning, strategizing, working towards, etc...

family comedy hour

Posted on September 17, 2008
At the breakfast table this morning:Dad: there were a lot of orientals1 at the gym this morning.Mum: you should tell herDad: no, YOU should tell hermaisnon: ??LB1: What's funny is that you BOTH immediately know what you mean, riffing off of the gym thing...

secret shame

Posted on September 17, 2008
Until yesterday, I thought the name of the Bowie song was .... 'Sulfur Jet City.'Yeah, I rock.

avion

Posted on September 07, 2008
I'm finally, finally coming back to DC. I just booked tickets on Wirgin. (Dude, United, get with it price-wise or I'm going to break up with you!) I'm coming "home" for a week. I'm looking forward to some Mom-cooking, and seeing DC peeps. I'm a little ...

temblor

Posted on September 06, 2008
I was parked on the couch, reading something. I reached for a glass of water on the coffeetable and the windows started rattling. This isn't an unusual occurrence in my apartment, but my cat had "the look" .. and then the rattling lasted for too long...

Fame!

Posted on September 05, 2008
At my last school, there was one guy who was considered the most arrogant, and the most grating (and in a law school setting, that is really saying something.) He was a year ahead of me, and was part of the Law Review Board that welcomed me when I got onto law review...

sing . song . sung

Posted on September 04, 2008
The one thing I promised myself when I was laid-off from my stereotypically dot.com-era startup in 2003 was that I would never again make the mistake of populating my friendship circle exclusively with work peeps. I wouldn't say I made that mistake again, exactly, rather that it was unavoidable...

I locked you out/you cut a hole in the wall

Posted on September 03, 2008
Conversation with a former coworker. Joe and I worked together circa 2000Joe: Do you know this person? harish.majithiyame: um, no I assume you thought i might b/c he's indian Joe: mmm. He wants to Chat with me??? Well.... yesme: i don't me: but agree to chat with him and ask if he knows me :DJoe: lol Joe: oh, you think you're so funny!me: some things never change!

labo(u)r day

Posted on September 02, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Labor Day - view from the roof, originally uploaded by maisnon. Weekend update, y'all!And, it's a LOOONG one! (Yes, my lame sense of humour knows no shame!)Let's just hit the Labo(u)r Day BBQ...

book covers

Posted on September 01, 2008
I'm fascinated by David Drummond's Covers blog. Each post is a book cover Drummond designed, usually along with a few outtakes, and a brief explanation of the interaction between the design and the book. The blog appeals to me because I love books (of course!) and also because I've been indulging my interest in design...

rush for the change of atmosphere

Posted on August 28, 2008
I thought I would have this rush of energy and action after I quite my job. I mean, this wasn't a decision that snuck on me. I went through many phases, including what I called the "if I learned how to ski, I could be a ski instructor" phase. (Translation for those who don't me: absolutely, friggin' flailing about what I wanted to do next...

finale

Posted on August 25, 2008
And it's done. I just quit my job. Without another lilypad to jump to.I'm excited and, how you say, shit-scared.Cue the fireworks.

vignette

Posted on August 22, 2008
We somehow found ourselves away from the party, sitting on the floor under the dining table. Sitting on the floor, a jumble of knees and long legs, the three of us reminded me of girls - sneaking away from the adults to sip purloined wine and giggle over the grown-ups inscrutable interactions...

Posted on August 15, 2008

Makeout King

Posted on August 15, 2008
I loved this, and I hope you will too. (H/T Crooks and Liars.)

Magnetism, Part .... who even knows anymore

Posted on July 31, 2008
So, a mere 6 months ago I purchased my first Mac (also known as My Precious.) And .. earlier this week, My Precious' hard drive bit the dust. Faithful readers may remember that this isn't the first time I've had mechanical problems. And, naturally, the backup drive that I had purchased arrived last week and hadn't been used yet...

Oh no they DI'INT!!!!

Posted on July 24, 2008
I saw this sign while our shuttle got us lost in Redwood City/Menlo Park.LadyPartsAuto.Lady. Parts. Auto.Tear.

Circular

Posted on July 22, 2008
I'm a big fan of not closing the loop, apparently. BUT, I've decided to dot the i and cross the t.My random meeting with bloggers extraordinaire was because I crashed one of the BlogHer parties. Yes, in true cheap-ass desi ish-tyle, I didn't pay for the conference, but managed to get on the invite list for the Guy Kawasaki/Kirsty party...

Why You Should Never Come to Me For Advice or Commentary

Posted on July 19, 2008
LittleBro: so i found out tonight that the girl i'm seeing has wrestled someone in jellomaisnon: hmmm. wait, so have i in high school LittleBro: seriously? maisnon: and not that much jello i'm not sure that i did any actual wrestling LittleBro: does the amount make any difference? maisnon: i think we basically just threw it at each other LittleBro: oh alright

Clique

Posted on July 18, 2008
So, y'all know about my obsession with all things Google, including Google Reader. (Although, truth be told, Google Maps has been fucking with me recently - in LA, the East Bay, and Daly City. All places where one does not need the fucking around.) I digress - I have my Google Reader divided into categories that work for me...

Overheard

Posted on July 15, 2008
At the coffeshop, I overhear an older guy talking to a woman about her LARGE dog parked outside. She says that she is a rescue, and he turns to her and says, 'We're all rescues." He nods to his wife and continues, "There's my rescuer."Sigh.

Shift

Posted on July 07, 2008
She'd been telling me about her new guy for WEEKS, emphasizing how incredibly hot he was. Naturally, I was interested in meeting this outstanding physical specimen.Let's just say that he is somewhat less than stunning. (And let's also say that she does NOT read this blog!) I was a little dumbfounded: my friend - my whipsmart, gorgeous, accomplished friend - had practically foamed at the mouth about this man's physical charms...

Social commentary?

Posted on June 26, 2008
I heard each of the following songs TWICE while driving around LA:"Welcome to the Jungle" - GNR"Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Knight and the Pips ( LA proved too much for the man/ He couldn't make it/ So he's leaving the life he's come to know)"Friends in Low Places" - Garth BrooksAnd, yes - I listened to each one...

Flower P*rn: Peony Edition

Posted on June 25, 2008

Street scene

Posted on June 21, 2008
San Franciscans are ridiculously weather wussy. If it's below 65 or above 80, we whine. Yes, that's right - there is a 15 degree sweet spot where the weather is just accepted. The weather today was above 90, which had me sniveling to my mother on the phone, "It's hooooooooot!" (And the irony of bitching about 90 degree heat to someone in DC's humidity is not lost on me...

pins'n'needles

Posted on April 10, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pins'n'needles, originally uploaded by hradcanska. Yes.I tried it.And I'm here to write about it...

just .... no.

Posted on April 09, 2008
10:31 PM vijay8680: Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii can we chat?10:32 PM bussyyyyyy ???????????? maisnon: do i know you? vijay8680: no can we know eachother ? friends ??? maisnon: um, no thank you10:33 PM vijay8680: why ????????

memento

Posted on April 03, 2008
I found that little toy you gave me. You know - the inside joke? I sat there and held it and thought of you. Not even you, really, more like memories of the things we did, and the places we went. Meals shared, glasses of wine, laughs shared. I felt sadder by the second because it's all so firmly in the past...

no wonder I loved it ....

Posted on April 02, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Place d'Armes - courtyard, originally uploaded by maisnon. New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States...

the big easy

Posted on March 27, 2008
Look out - I am en route!-- I'm hiking to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society tofind a cure for blood cancers. Please check out my website,active.com/donate/hfdsf/maisnon , and consider contributing to thecause. Thanks!

55 Fiction Friday: Haiku table edition

Posted on March 21, 2008
Friday worked at a dot.com back in the day, and had a table that it adorned with haikus written by coworkers. A selection:Goth clubblack black black black blackblack black black black black black blackblack black black black blackdreaded 404error: cannot find pagethe web is not minebilly dee, museOh, Colt 45divine amber pungent brewSooth my ailing soul...

Pedestrian

Posted on March 20, 2008
J.M. Fischer sign, originally uploaded by maisnon.Weekend update, y'all!My Saturdays are more-or-less spoken for right now: I am doing Hike for Discovery, a fundraising/training program through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This means I get up WAAAAY early Saturday morning, drive somewhere beautiful, and them tromp over hill and dale...

shrinkage

Posted on March 18, 2008
And the world gets a little smaller, still. (carteblanche is a law school friend who lives in SF.)carteblanche: it's nice that roonie is back.maisnon: um, you do know that roonie is in real life one of my best friends, right?carteblanche: She is? Really?maisnon: are we talking about the same one? (is there more than one?)carteblanche: Is she ...

pb & j

Posted on March 17, 2008
Over the weekend, I was making myself a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and realized that I was using two knives: one for the PB and one for the J. Growing up, we rarely -- if ever -- had peanut butter in the house. Some of this is the typical "we're Indian, we didn't grow up eating cheese" thing, but most of it is because my little brother has peanut allergies...

55 Fiction Friday: three point one four edition

Posted on March 14, 2008
Friday thanks ashvin for the reminder that it today is Pi Day.Joni warbled over the bar's scratchy stereo system about the Northern Star being constantly in the darkness. I swallowed the last of my beer, and thought of Juliet proclaiming that Romeo should not swear by the inconstant moon...

silver & gold

Posted on March 13, 2008
Email from a new friend:I decided to get a new cell phone. Here's the new #415-255-5372Notice how every non area code digit is prime....Oh man, I loves me the math geeks!(number changed, naturellement)

in absentia

Posted on March 12, 2008
I've stuck to the blogging rule that nothing is more boring than being all meta and writing about blogging. And yet, I've violated that rule often. And I'm doing so again. I took a solid break from blogging for a number of reasons, some of which I can't talk about...

the paris of the prairies

Posted on March 09, 2008
I had this quintessential moment of connection and I need to share it. About three weeks ago, I was at this Tiny Mexican Joint in the Mission. (Hereinafter, TMJ.) The food was great, and I totally vibed with the waitress. We ended up talking about this little tattoo that she had on her arm that a friend had done for her...

roses really smell like ....

Posted on February 23, 2008
I bought my mother roses for her birthday. The Jedi master's response: "You shouldn't have. When you kids spend money on me, I feel sad."AAAAANNNNND.......SCENE!!

Name check!

Posted on February 01, 2008
Virginia patriot George Mason gets name checked on A Daily Show!

Birfday!

Posted on January 17, 2008

Bonne Année!

Posted on January 01, 2008
Gia, backlit, originally uploaded by maisnon.I love this picture of Gia that I took yesterday. She's gorgeous, of course. But, I also love her "expression" - and how you can see the lynx-hairs at the tops of her ears.So, Happy New Year, y'all! I have been doing my usual analysis and consideration of the year past, concomittant with planning and strategizing for the upcoming year...

Wham! - Last Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2007
Ah! My favorite (non)Christmas song for Christmas Eve.

trichomania

Posted on December 05, 2007
Minus..., originally uploaded by maisnon.Have you ever noticed that your hair looks AWESOME two days before your scheduled hair cut?

55 Fiction Friday (Early): Contagion edition

Posted on November 29, 2007
Friday spent some quality time with DTG.Almost immediately, we were laughing to the point of tears. So hard, in fact, that the people near us on the crowded train started smiling. That level of laughter - double over, and hold your sides - spreads insidiously, those nearby don't even know what's funny, but the corners of their mouths tip up regardless.

notable

Posted on November 27, 2007
The New York Times has published its 100 Notable Books of 2007. And I have read exactly zero of them.Initially, I was shocked. Then, I remembered that I no longer shop at bookstores. Everything I read comes from the library (and, on occasion, friends...

knitwit

Posted on November 12, 2007
I'm (re)learning how to knit! I tried to (re)teach myself last year, but did not get very far. (Mostly because of Gia's enthusiastic "assistance.") I will be taking a class at my local knitting shop. I went in over the weekend to pick up supplies...

it's all good in the 'hood

Posted on November 05, 2007
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wheelbarrow put to use, originally uploaded by maisnon. I'm lovin' my 'hood right now...

spooky

Posted on October 31, 2007
wt: Are you coming over to watch scary movies?maisnon: Yes, but, um ... I'm really bad at scary movies.wt: Let's pick some that aren't then, "Dawn of the Dead"?maisnon: Hmm, maybe. How about "Dead Again"? Or "Diabolique" wt: Possible.maisnon: Or we could go old skool and watch "Silence of the Lambs...

peel me a grape

Posted on October 21, 2007
A friend, describing dinner with a mutual friend, told me that he had ordered dessert for his "not girlfriend." Knowing exactly which dessert someone says something about the relationship, she said.I thought about that later, about how I could tell you exactly how most of my male friends order their coffee, which ones have a sweet tooth, etc...

still.life

Posted on October 15, 2007
Still life, originally uploaded by maisnon.Weekend update, y'all!It's been weeks (months?) since I've written one! My life is still as hectic and glamorous as ever. Evidence: Friday night, I headed to IKEA with one of the new associates. Don't be jealous, I know my life is just too sexxy!Saturday involved ...

Welcome to the Ministry

Posted on October 11, 2007
Dear Rev. maisnon,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This is to confirm that maisnon has been ordained as a minister of theUniversal Life Church, Modesto, California. Date of Ordination: 10/11/2007 by Kevin Andrews, Pastor www.ulc.net~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ordination is for life, without price, and without question of your specific beliefs...

Sha/LANGE! *

Posted on October 05, 2007
I've spent some time looking at a website called DonorsChoose, which enables teachers throughout the country to write brief requests for funding and put them on the internet. The majority of the schools affected are in areas of low-income.The site allows people surfing the site to donate money to these projects...

Leonine

Posted on September 27, 2007
Leonine, originally uploaded by maisnon.The settling in has been really slow. Right now, I'm still unpacking clothes. This isn't a statement on how little I've done, but more on how many freakin' clothes I have. I'll admit, it's a bit of a problem. I like to think of myself as not materialistic (or, perhaps more accurately, not that materialistic...

55 Fiction Friday: TrapperKeeper edition

Posted on September 27, 2007
Friday knows that writing is therapy.The next line was printed in bold felt pen and underlined: "NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME!!!!!!!!!!!" A few small smudges at the bottom of the page suggested tears. She felt sympathy for her 13-year old self, and a sense of loss ? she had much more control now, but would she ever feel things that deeply again?

wandering star

Posted on September 24, 2007
We'd just had a networking Happy Hour and, as always, I was struck by how accomplished and ambitious the people who surround me are. It had been an evening of animated conversation, business cards slipped across tables, and fast and furious Blackberry-ing...

Overheard in the Mission

Posted on September 18, 2007
Corner of Valencia and 21st:"Wait, so was it a nightmare for hipsters ... or were there a lot of hipsters?"

Candy, everybody wants

Posted on September 14, 2007
"Exotic", originally uploaded by maisnon.Nothing is more boring on a blog than the apology/explanation for why the person hasn't been posting. It's one of the things (along with bitching about traffic, and writing about work) that I had hoped never to do...

Here and Somewhere Else

Posted on September 05, 2007
Chinese Fishing Nets, originally uploaded by maisnon.The other day, a new friend wanted me to explain my family's history to a small group as some sort of icebreaker. I balked, but not out of embarassment, or any ill will. I know that other people hear the tale, with its cast of characters comprised of countries and continents, and think my family cosmopolitan, or intriguing...

nourriture

Posted on September 04, 2007
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Seaweed salad - closeup, originally uploaded by maisnon. A few little threads are pulling together for me:(1) The apartment is coming along ...

one-liner

Posted on August 31, 2007
Off the mark, but still depressing.Cabbie (picking me up at the SF office at midnight): So, are you a lawyer or an investment banker?

55 Fiction Friday: Don Ho edition

Posted on August 24, 2007
Friday feels the fizzy.How did they work, exactly: the tiny bubbles in the wine. Somehow the effervescence acted as some kind of social lubricant, increasing friendliness, forbearance, and frivolity. The distinctive pop of the bottle was a clear signal ? like a checkered flag lowering ? that good times were starting...

definition

Posted on August 23, 2007
maisnon --[noun]: A beat poet working the streets'How" will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Lovefool

Posted on August 22, 2007
The moment I heard the first few notes, I started smiling. It brought up a memory so clear and complete, I could feel it like a mint under my tongue. FunDan, Godoy, and I - all dressd up after a semi-formal at one of the cheeziest bars in town (Cocamo, for those familiar with K-town...

"high-powered attorney"

Posted on August 13, 2007
I finally watched You Got Served enough times to spot the (former) Mr. Britney Spears. The clearest shot of K-Fed is at the very end of the movie, when the dance *battle* is over, and Wade's crew is all, "you ain't nothin'": K-Fed is the rat-like guy in the white T doing the dismissive arm wave.

a loaf of bread, some olive oil

Posted on August 11, 2007
a loaf of bread, some olive oil, originally uploaded by maisnon.Yesterday? The out and back to LA? Comedy of errors. It was one of those "what could go wrong ... did" days.(1) Knew my flight was ridiculously early, therefore. Could NOT sleep - up on the hour, every hour(2) Arrived at the airport 40 minutes before my flight...