I got this link through something that Chelsea sent me. I want that recommendation. Grrrr… And to be honest, I’d do cartwheels if I was one of the final three. Chelsea and I were talking about going to see Li-Young Lee read. Lately though, the idea of watching a successful, asian male poet read… it…
"I’m not one to beg, often, but… if this ain’t blog worthy, what in God’s name is?"
After this thread on twelvestone, I noticed a few things about my bookshelves. All my reference, nonfiction and fiction books are organized and alphabetized. And these two bookshelves are on my right side, if you’re walking into the office. On the left, however, is a shelf for all my poetry books and poetry anthologies. Those…
So at work, I tell Ben that I got completly knocked out from the allergy medication I bought. Next thing I know, he’s digging in his desk and comes up with several packets of Allegra that he’s got stored away. He tells me it works wonders, and to only take one at a time. My…
After I got home, I received a call from Alex and Stu, who were planning a cookout. Alex had just read my blog posting from yesterday, and noted the whole "drinking on the porch" thing. Since tonight was the last "nice" night in a while (the temperatures are dropping down to the 40’s), they were…
I took a picture of my lunch, but forgot to note where the place was. Somewhere close to the Mart. Mmmmmmm Chicago Steak Hoagie…. While we were waiting for our order, Ben and I looked around at the various newspaper clippings on the wall. One article (a "Top 100 Places to Eat" thing) listed…
Ugh. Today was pretty miserable. Sneezing all day, my allergies decided to rear up and smack me around a good deal. At one point in the day, when I was walking to lunch with Ben, I said out loud: "Fuck! Is it too much to ask to step off the elevator before people start coming…
Ah, tempted to keep the windows open all night. It really has been a great day today, weather-wise. So warm… so close to Spring… *sneezes*
Tonight, around 8:00 PM, I ended up wanting to go out on my porch and have a beer. No real good reason, other than the weather was nice and I haven’t been out there… well, all winter. I took my crappy little CD player and set it up next to the window. I threw in…
Despite the weather, I’ve been either suffering a late-blooming cold or my allergies have kicked in again. Over the years, it’s gotten better (as a kid, I used to rely on medication and rarely went outdoors when it was really bad). From time to time though, it still kicks my ass. I’ve been sneezing all…
I don’t know what my deal is lately. Serious undermotivation. I’m wondering if, because work seems to take most of my time during the week… if that’s causing me to get lazier during my off hours. I’ve been trying to write, and just… nothing. The projects I’ve tried to start up I can maintain, but…
The weather has been pretty magnificent, the past two days. Yesterday I spent most of the day cleaning. Today, I did laundry and shuffled between that and some work on the computer. For the first time yesterday, I peeled off all the weather strips I had jammed into the windows. I opened several windows up,…
After watching that movie last night, Liz, Steph and I stayed up for a good while playing Mario Party on the gamecube. When I was out trying to track down The Ring (three video stores, and only got a VHS copy), I tried looking for some multiplayer games. Sadly, I didn’t see all that many…
Finished watching The Ring with Liz and Steph tonight. Pretty darn freaky, although watching it with them (hard-core horror movie veterans that they are) was almost scary in and of itself. For a movie to really scare them… that’s something. Cool flick. We talked a great deal about the story, and I made them promise…
I was at work until around 7. Towards the end of the day, Justin, Ben and I were trying to troubleshoot a particular project Justin’s been wrapped up in this week. So far, my neck has been killing me. My right arm has been hurting in ways that scream out "danger," and I think I…