Sunday, May 10, 2009

Basil King

Wow, this has felt like a long semester & since it's coming to a close, I've been spending my time grading papers & sleeping badly. Such as it is; such as it goes. So far I only have two classes for the summer so the hustle continues.

On Friday after teaching at College of Staten Island I headed over to Williamsburg to catch J.Mae Barizo's reading. Good stuff. Then I went to a going away party which also included readings by Amy Lawless & Alex Smith. Although I didn't stay out too late I still felt tired for all of Saturday. I managed to make it to the Whitney ISP, then have vegetable dumplings with friends, then head over to a belated bday party for Rich. After that I took the train over to Prospect Heights.

This morning I had a banana peanut-butter sandwich for the first time. I also had some mango. & a dark chocolate bar with mint and rosemary essence. I wandered through Chinatown & bought basil, brown beech mushrooms, garlic, an onion, & tomatoes. Tonight I'll make a pasta with cream sauce using the bought ingredients + a little bit of lemon rind. Or so I think. I actually don't feel like doing dishes. Or cooking. & then doing more dishes. Right now I'm eating salted plantain chips & trying to put off cooking until at least 9.

4 comments:

Molly Gaudry said...

Your dinner sounds lovely. Do the dishes. Enjoy the food. Do the other dishes tomorrow. That way, at least one of us will have eaten a proper meal today.

steven karl said...

Thanks for the motivation Molly!
& I think I've eaten one plantain chip too many. You know how when you're eating something and loving it & then the next bite it feels all wrong?

No decent dinner plans for you? Maybe a good night for take-out?

niina said...

My basil, grown from seed, seems unstoppable! (I almost typed "unstable" which in a way is also true.) Good to see you at the reading the other night, also.

steven karl said...

Sorry I missed the reading on Saturday. I didn't know that you were having opera. I like how y'all keep it fresh!