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Archive for May, 2008
no more, k?
May 29th, 08
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my cool thing.
May 27th, 08
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I should’ve posted this weeks ago, but somehow May happened, and it’s almost over. W. T. F.
My Clarion classmate and flatmate Kater makes really cool books. She’d brought some of them with her to San Diego, and they were all fascinating and just beautiful. You can see some of her books at her personal site.
About a month ago, she sent me this kickass little tome in the mail. These pictures are crappy cel phone pics, but if you click on them you can see the really big pictures.
I haven’t figured out exactly what I’m going to write in there yet. I may make it a haiku book. Or it might be an idea book. Or a “thoughts on 30 that nobody’s ever going to see” book.
Thanks, Kater! It’s awesome.
make up my mind!
May 23rd, 08
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So.
Scotty and I have been making plans for the better part of 2 weeks to do a day hike up at Mt. Charleston tomorrow. I’d talked to my brother about this earlier in the week since we were talking about Memorial Day plans. He calls me today and is all like, “Hey, I might need to to cover in the morning tomorrow. I know you and Scotty are doing something…” And I can feel my face getting red with anger, because this hike is like the only kind of vacation I can see myself getting for a long while.
Then my brother calls and says, “I may just need you to work until 9. Just for that hour so I can sleep in a little.” So I text Scott. Pissed. Then my brother calls back and says, “Nevermind, I got it covered.”
I just don’t understand. But Jonathan Cainer does.
Why do you want a happy-ever-after? Do you have no thirst for adventure? Do you want to spend the rest of your life wallowing in quiet complacency, leading a flat, dull existence in a world devoid of depth and drama? Bland contentment is monochrome. If you want to sample the rich Technicolor of true fulfilment, you must be prepared to mix the light with the dark, the difficult with the easy, the stressful with the wonderful. Stand back from the canvas. Life may be intense but you are looking at a masterpiece.
unfortunate parallels…
May 21st, 08
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Last week at pottery, I painted myself a Wish jar with the words “Wish BIG” on the front.
Then David Cook sings an unfortunate song called “Dream Big” last night:
Why do you make me cry, American Idol? Why?
slow.
May 14th, 08
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I’m waiting on a few things: emails, days, the end of a story. You know, the usual.
Actually, I started writing a poem last week, and it may take awhile to finish it. My brain needs to actually switch from writing poetry to fiction, so I need some breathing space to let that happen.
As of yesterday, I turn 30 in 3 weeks. Now, I’m one of those people who’s looking forward to it, and here’s why. For one thing, even though I’m a constantly evolving person, I feel like I can take changes with some amount of grace and humor, something for most of my 20′s I never really could get with. I’ve done a lot of cool stuff in my 20′s (which I’ll probably have a post about when it’s closer to my birthday), and I have to say I’m looking forward to cooler stuff in my 30′s.
I don’t feel old. I don’t even feel like I’m limited in any way, shape, or form. I’m excited to see what I can do in the next decade. I feel grown up but I don’t feel like I have to be limited by a definition of what people think that means.
That’s just scratching the surface of probably what I’ll be blogging about at the beginning of next month. I’m excited.
a public post.
May 8th, 08
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I have a couple of posts in mind, one a writing one, and one about something cool I got last weekend (an object, not a disease, you gross-ass people).
I thought about making a single post about tagging along with Jeff to a Guerilla Poetry session down on the Strip last Saturday, but this might just have to be it. This video from my cel phone pretty much sums it up.
And posting this makes me think about posting my own videos. Like, doing the occasional video blog. Dunno. Just something to think about.
I’m back down to running 3 days a week, only 3 miles at a stretch, which makes me feel lazy and fat, but my energy’s been so tanked the past month and a half, it’s been hard to get motivated. I’ve been taking B-Complex to try and get myself going during the day, and I have a hard time getting to sleep at night. And I’m not even stressed out about anything. I’m getting there.
But it’s been a good writing week. I’m working on a new story that I’d gotten the idea for while I was hanging out with my brother during the winter. It’s been rolling along nicely, but it feels like it’ll never get done. It will though. One of these days this month, it will.
Which means the novel’s kind of on hiatus while I get these short story things sorted out. It sucks, but I think it’s better to switch that priority right now. I’m going to be sending things out soon.
