A good read

My friend lef has started a blog!

This is very exciting news for me. We met over 10 years ago while we were both attending the San Francisco Art Institute. We only shared one semester together (my first, his last) but we bonded instantly. We were both computer geeks, 2 of the first 6 people hired to work in the school computer lab. We also had one class together - New Genres. What does that mean? I'm still not sure that I know, but the class was comprised of a bunch of wacky, rag-tag artists who pulled together new performance art pieces each week. I think lef and I bonded because we thought we were the only two sane people in the entire class. One of my favorite memories of lef was how he walked me home from school after our late night classes. Sometimes he'd come in, and we'd have a cup of tea and good conversation at midnight.

lef (aka Lawrence, or Lawrence Everett Forbes) is a very talented writer and such an eloquent speaker. He has such a way with words. That's part of the reasons why I'm so excited to read new excerpts in his blog on a regular basis. He's actually in the final stages of writing his first novel! (anyone out there know any good agents/publishers?)

lef lives in Southern Cal now, but we still manage to see each other about once a year or so. I'm hoping that we'll be able to stay a bit "more in touch" with each other through the wonders of the blog. (is that a sad statement?)