I did nothing positive. I did nothing constructive. At best, I did a load of laundry. At best. Last night, I got on a weird sleep schedule. Conked out early, and woke up around 3 AM. Now answer me this – why is it that they save a gem of a movie like Spies Like Us for 4 AM? It’s…
Mr. Grumpy sent me a tape of the fight between Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward. Holy crap. I’m not someone who’s into boxing, but this fight was in-friggin-credible. I mean – the punishment both of these guys took was amazing. And on top of that, they surmounted it and continued fighting. Ah. I’m not doing it justice. Both men were…
Inspired by an installation piece I saw back in Columbus, by Julie Taymor. A bright, shiny penny to anyone who figures out what it is.
Doing my bills this morning, and balancing the accounts. I’ve paid dearly for neglecting to keep on top of finances, and this morning was set aside to do just that. FUCKING hate it, but it’s got to be done. I always get so stressed out over money stuff. As I’m reviewing my credit card statement, I see two charges that…
At the end of August, I think it’ll officially be a year since I’ve had sex.
Yesterday, I was watching the news and a piece about prostitution comes on. As I’m watching, I realize that the live report is coming from North and Hermitage, about a block or two away from where I live. I recognize buildings in the background, behind the newswoman. I was fairly oblivious to the fact that there was some kind of…
juliet: okay, i want to confess a small but odd thing to you Portnoy: I’m here – shoot juliet: okay, you know how you reproduce some IM conversations you have into your blog? Portnoy: yes? juliet: well, i’m always sort of conscious of that, and if i fail to see a portion of one of our conversations reproduced there, a…
She called me up out of the blue about 2 hours ago, and we’ve been hanging out since then. A bit weird, since she and Alex have been working things out, but still fun. We had a good long conversation about relationships and work and friends while sitting on the couch. And I showed her a bunch of links on…
I’ve putzed around the house, mainly. Updated the blog (which took an exceptionally long time), and listened to Norah Jones’ Don’t Know Why repeatedly, looping over and over about 50 times. This has been my day so far. I need to get a poem to Matt. We agreed a week ago to resume the poem-a-week schedule. I sorta want to…
I no longer have an excuse for not jogging in the mornings. Oy!
Oddly, I made some fantastic time driving to and from work today. Go figure. Went in early this morning, and started packing. No one else at work (the few that were there early) knew what was going on. The weird thing is that I was really happy the entire morning, and had a smile on my face. I wasn’t angry,…
My boss called me tonight, around 9:50 PM. It was a very quick conversation, and he let me know that they just went through the company’s budget. No money for me, and sorry – but they had to let me go. I’ve been trying to figure out why they notified me this way, and why he did it over the…
Finally. Money. I went to the bank to cash my check, and make deposits into my (nearly) empty checking and savings accounts. Turns out… a few charges slipped in, the past few days. I’m down almost $75 more from late charges and whatnot. At this point, it can’t get much worse. I figure fine. Lesson seriously fucking learned. Deal with…
At the train, on my way home… I wondered whether or not I could take a good picture of the moon with my camera. I now know I can’t. Experiment complete.
Every Thursday, there’s a "Farmer’s Market" by the train stop. A handful of stands, including fruit and bread and cheese and whatnot. But this guy has some old knife sharpening machine, and I decided to grab a quick photo. Hard to believe that people once walked the streets, sharpening knives and tools for a living. This guy was on my…