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Editing
Working on cleaning up some poems. This feels fairly slow going, but I’m really happy to be in this mode again. I’m thinking a bit more on the somewhat recent return to writing I’ve had. And I’m thinking about how we define ourselves. Purpose and meaning and who we are – all that fun stuff….
On the Way Home
On the Way To Work
Revising
Right now, I’m sifting through my “middle” pile, and trying to tweak some things here and there. I have a lot of poems in this pile that I’m still proud of, and I expect I’ll have another fleet of paper to send out soon. This is going to be an extremely egotistical remark but… I…
Artful Dodger
Hung out at the Artful Dodger after work. Saw Jamie, chatted for a while and sank two beers. No chess today, unfortunately… but we ended up talking about restaurants and books and coffee for a while. There was a good deal of activity (for being so early on a Monday). I ended up seeing Eric,…
You Are Beautiful
Sent!
They’re off. I slapped the stamps on them this morning, and they’re on their way to magazines as we speak. It’s been some… oh, let me see… four years now, since I’ve sent anything out. More than that, even. It might even be closer to five or six years. I’ve had stuff taken and published…
Poems: Prepared
So I’ve got the first wave ready to go. I’ve got 24 poems, and I’m planning on sending them to four magazines. I printed out my poems. I looked up the magazine info in my copy of Poets Market. I’ve got everything stuffed into the right envelopes. And tomorrow, I just need to find out…
Assisting
Called up Stu tonight, and talked a bit more about my assisting him with his wedding shoots. There won’t be a real need for him to have an assistant until around June/July, but there’s an upcoming wedding he’s doing this weekend… and I’ll probably tag along and observe. This is an incredibly flattering offer he’s…
Plan B
This morning, I woke up. Early. I’m talking in the car by 8:30 AM early. I made my way to Target, but as I slowly circled the lot and looked at the closed doors… I realized, they were closed for Easter. Typically, I know they open at 8 AM. And me, preferring to avoid crowds,…
ProFont
ProFont: the ultimate programming font. I have yet to install this, but plan on checking it out. Thanks to StinkFist for the link.
Productive Evening
I spent about 3 and a half hours at Filter. I drank a crapload of coffee, and revised the poems that I had separated out as my “strong” poems. Most of it was slight edits (a comma here, a comma removed there). I did get a few substantal revisions in, which felt pretty good. On…
Cement Graffiti
They’re tearing up North Avenue (and have been for about a week or two). I keep meaning to get shots of all the construction, but most mornings I’m running late. To be honest, I’m not sure what they’re doing to the streets. But they’re ripping the hell out of the roads and traffic is blocked…
Lazy, Indecisive Day
For most of the morning (and into the afternoon), I couldn’t get motivated. I was going to run errands, but ended up just watching television. It got so bad that, after a point, I was watching cooking shows on PBS, getting hungry, but then being unable to decide if I wanted to make food, order…