Aharonium

Below is my "About Me" update from late in August 2005, after my sublet expired and I was offered a place to live in a house my friend and former boss, was trying to sell. I helped to paint it and make it look habitable.

On my tongue there is plaster dust and on my fingers, white latex.
Beside me, a stereo is playing a recording of an exposition on
celestial mechanics as interpreted by an Arp and Moog synthesizer. I’m
sweating in a room full of wood and watching two butterflies battle
through a perfectly square window above a lush garden in Arlington. One
butterfly is yellow, the other is black. Who has ever seen such a
thing? Are they fighting or mating? I lose track of them. My sweat
falls over my brow and burns my eyes. The yellow butterfly flutters
past in victory.

Above me is a room full of paint canisters. I have emptied most of
them. Above that room is another one, an attic. I’m taking a break just
now from painting it. This house is empty except for my stuff and
possibly a squirrel or raccoon. One day the squirrel or raccoon
meandered in here and became trapped. Now I live here, but I’ll be
leaving soon. I hope the squirrel or raccoon made it back outside ok.

Some days I take the train into DC. I like to see free films and
performances at the Freer Gallery. I like to read a book in the
National Building Museum. I like to bicycle at night. I like to pretend
the underground Metrorail stations are the giant rooms of an enormous
spaceship. On cloudy days, I take the train to Dupont Circle and sit by
the fountain and drink ginger beer.

I used to live in Philadelphia. Sometimes I visit friends there. I have
two cats from Philly: Dot and Ivan. I have one cat from Israel -
Katziel. You can see pictures of them. I have no cat from DC. I am full
enough with cats from other places.

I am Jewish. I have to say this in case someone is looking through
Friendster for Jews hanging around DC. Do you want to know something
more about me? I am an environmentalist, I love animals, I’m a
vegetarian, and work to save natural open spaces. I am a panentheist,
skeptical, and romantic. I like nothing more than to share things I
learn and find with friends. aharon AT simpletone.com

This blog is an archive of the evolving description of myself and my surroundings appearing in the "About Me" section of my Friendster profile. I don’t update the profile too often (well, we’ll see) but I will when I change apartments and cities or some big change in my life needs to be shared  with you. There are other blogs I’m keeping at other social networking sites, namely Audioscrobbler. I currently am not keeping an open diary online, journal, chronicle of my life or ideas on things, anywhere on the web. But if I do in the future, I’ll also publicize a link here.