Posts in the “FASCINATIONS” category
AFTERMATH: REVELATIONS
by angeliska on October 16, 2005
The trip back to New Orleans was a series of strange revelations- (or something from the book of..) Driving with my uncle, towing the trailer, hunched in the corner of the truck, a ball of worry. We took the scenic (…)
HOW TO FIND ME:
by angeliska on October 7, 2005
New contact info is as follows: 4002 Avenue B Austin, TX 78751 512.466.5124 Shoe size: 8 to 9 Clothes size: pretty wee with childbearin’ hips Needs most: Winter clothes that aren’t hideous. Lamps. Boots. Dollies. Blankies. Books. Music. Treasures. Everything. (…)
JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE:
by angeliska on October 7, 2005
Hey look! It’s another fucking eulogy! I’ve gone this last month trying valiantly to keep an optimistic attitude intact- and for awhile, it really worked. I believed it would all be okay. So many people I knew returned to their (…)
Calamity
by angeliska on September 18, 2005
Perhaps you’ve seen this already, or perhaps everyone’s already sick of hearing about it, looking at it, just the thought of the smell of it creeping under conversations in crowded bars, everybody’s opinions, a foul odor pours in from the (…)
The Triumph of Death
by angeliska on September 7, 2005
A few weeks ago, I was in the Prado- standing in front of the apocalyptic juggernaut that is Brueghel’s The Triumph of Death: Little did I know when gazing upon it then that it would become an illustration of the (…)
What can you do?
by angeliska on September 1, 2005
Thank you all for your kind wishes and thoughts, and offers of help and lodgings- I’m still in Houston for another day or so, until I can get to Austin where I have numerous people who will put me up. (…)
Singin' the Blues
by angeliska on August 31, 2005
Another sad song or two, because words alone just can’t tell you.. And also a few things: Some heartrending photographs of New Orleans I hadn’t seen these anywhere before- Thank you in advance to mlle. And this is just fucked. (…)
All I can do is sing these songs..
by angeliska on August 31, 2005
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break.. If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break.. When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord, mean old (…)
Houston
by angeliska on August 28, 2005
To any Houston kittens- I’ll be here for a couple of days, at least. If you want to get together, ring me: 504.810.3100 I’ll be at Brazil at some point working on stuff, and there’s talk of going to see (…)
Katrina
by angeliska on August 27, 2005
I am leaving in the night like a refugee- packing the heirlooms, the jewels, the silver teaspoon, the samovar, the violin. The tiny objects I pick up and put down, leaving behind a lock of whitened hair, curled in a (…)