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June 14, 2003

 

this was the week that was

New titles. It's an exciting time now. If you have an opinion on things as trivial as site tweaks, leave a comment.

Sitting out on my porch, smoking, listening to Randy Newman louder than necessary, earlier than necessary.

Strange week. My little parasite came back like murder Thursday night. Spent a good 3 hours from 2 - 5 am Friday morning cursing god, humanity and the world at large in between writhing in minor pain and vomiting. Everyone seems sick or moody or both. A friend of mine has kidney stones. Work is...yeah. People exercising power trips and bad judgement. There's an opening in editorial in the book department and I'm putting in for it, before extreme stagnation and disdain sets in.

Got three Pitch articles done this week (one of which got me a good break on a tattoo I might end up getting) and have two more to finish by Monday. One's on the Society of Magicians, the other is on some ultimate fighting competition coming to town. Vinny and I have started dancing around collaborating on something involving jinxes, door to door salesmen and time travel as suicide. Talked a lot with a friend last night about the perils of the life of the mind. He wants me to come up with a script for a short film, he's putting together a New York public access showcase thing he's doing on shorts. Cruel Biology also requires my time to see if it can withstand being expanded to OGN size and The Twelve needs re-edits and polish so I can start thrusting it out in the world. I barely have time to process it all.

Harold stopped through town on Tuesday, on his way out to LA with an enviably-small trailer hitched to the back of his car, spreading good cheer. He's fallen into a tremendously good situation and I can't help, just a bit, shaking my fist at fortune's wheel. But, all things considered, I'm tremendously better off than I was this time last year, skidding into the dregs of unemployed life, waking up and passing out in a full sweat about whether or not I was going to have to turn to hobodom in the face of no job and no immediate prospects. Contemplating renting a car around the fall and driving from KC to LA to visit some friends and, y'know, spending a few hours doing donuts through the desert.

Ok. 10 am and I've barely gotten into gear. All I can hope is that I'm well enough to process some pad thai later tonight.

Posted by xtop at June 14, 2003 09:55 AM
 




Commentary:

oh, the triviality!:

haha really though - I like the new headings!! - although it would have been funnier in a cramps font. :D But prolly only to me, so.

one important thing though - you've really gotta replace those top graphics now - expecially the top right, as there is nothing left that pulls that green out, so it's making this bad vibration.

I was playing around a couple nights ago and did this neat thing with a way to lay out the top header and the side column - It looks neat and is pretty easy to pull off - I'll show you next time I see you around.

also: "something involving jinxes, door to door salesmen and time travel as suicide."

:::wheee!!!:::

Posted by: charity at June 14, 2003 10:37 AM

OK, buddy/pal/chum - I've got you bookmarked on my toolbar, so I'll never miss a weekly installment of your esoteric effuse. Though I dunno if it's just my Safari browser or your intent, but the list of links on the left side (Archival/Oh The Humanity, etc.) aren't active at all for me. Is that the way love is supposed to be? I was sure there was a part of the picture that I was missing, but maybe that's the point.

Anyway, love from Brooklyn.

M

Posted by: Matthew at June 14, 2003 11:57 AM

This website does not cope well with browsers like Safari or Camino, for reasons I am loathe to attempt comprehending. I'll put it on the list of things to do.

Posted by: xtop at June 14, 2003 01:42 PM

I have the same problem with Safari. Also, get a haircut.

Posted by: Sam Humphries at June 14, 2003 02:41 PM

If you save the world too often, it begins to expect it.

Posted by: Muckenhoupt Carl at December 10, 2003 06:34 PM

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Posted by: Blandy Charley at May 19, 2004 03:55 PM
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