i’ve been doing a lot of good thinking lately. part of my second year is that i have to present the sources of my work to the whole school. high stakes. so that has forced me to think about a lot of things, both in my work and in my life. i want to write […]
the schedule diet continues, to great success. i have made it my overriding priority this semester to actually get enough sleep on a regular schedule, and see what happens. maybe i expected sunshine to beam out of my ass? i don’t know, but i have been keeping a regular schedule at the studio, which has […]
what follows is a complete transcript of the text messages my mother and i exchanged during the NFC championship game this afternoon (which the Eagles lost). she was at home in Lebanon, i was at a bar in New Bedford.
my mom’s texts are in bold.
2:07: ready for game @ 3??????
2:56: ready???????
2:59: Yooooou betchya!!!!
3:16: ridiculous.
3:17: calm […]
the last few entries have been terribly depressing. i apologize for that.
well, stoke the fires of self-righteousness, people, because i am about to get on my WTF soapbox. last night was my first night of my schedule diet - that is, i am going to sleep and getting up at the same time every day. […]
it seems like everyone my age (or slightly younger, at this point) is infected with the urge to travel internationally. perhaps i just gravitate toward similarity transient souls, but it seems like every time i turn around someone has gone to Singapore, London, Berlin, or is working on their house in Italy (that would be […]
on Tuesday, i had the opportunity to sit in on Alek’s graduate seminar class. seeing how UC Davis’ MFA program works was enlightening (it has a very different philosophy than the program i am currently in), though somewhat bittersweet because i realized that this is the sort of research i should have done before actually […]
so that flight i was worried about below? it turned out to be warranted. i had a small puddlejumper flight from Lehigh Valley International (which, by the way, is the nicest, most civilized airport ever) to Dulles, and it turned out to be the worst 50 minutes of air travel i’ve ever had. the meds […]