I had some odd dream. Unusually complicated, I remember thinking, though it's lost to me now. Trains, I think, and the usual independent appearance of groups of people with no connection to each other outside of my protagonist (precisely the same cast as my astronaut/pissing blood dream of last week). More importantly, it ended with, as I recall, ( Read more... )

I bought one sweater today and received two as birthday presents, one of the latter two of which was from a shop owner I've met, I believe, once before. HRRM. I LIKE SWEATERS A LOT. Two are golden-ish, one of which is a tee-sweater (YEAH!), one of which has brown polyester elbow patches and looks pretty much like the one Sinatra has on on Where Are ( Read more... )

First thing this morning, I stepped out on my balcony, and a dove shat on me.

God needs new writers.

So, perhaps you've heard of the great ICEPOCALYPSE of naught-seven. Well, meine town was fairly well smacked by it. Houses burned, gangs formed, suddenly it's a desert and everyone's driving dune buggies with machine guns mounted upon them. I write this entry on a 64 bit Amiga, connected to the last pay phone in civilization. I've just eaten my ( Read more... )

My interlibrary loan request of George Sanders's (impossibly rare and out-of-print) Memoirs of a Professional Cad SUCCEEDED. 'Awaiting arrival.' YEAH. Best public service ever.

Also, turns out I wear child-sized underthings. Which, it was pointed out, puts me in the market for Spiderman Underoos and what not. Happy New Year, indeed. But, speaking of, driving to Houston in crappy rainy weather/heavy traffic calls. Delightful!

Keep it shady, pops. Long posts and such impending, I should think.

Suffice to say, am still breathing ( Read more... )

Today I was the first customer in and last customer out of my bar. Not that I was there the whole day, but, still. I've lived the dream!

Anyway, off for the holidays.

I had a hypoglycemic episode in my short story final yesterday. I may or may not have used the phrase "metaphysical semantics."

Now that's entertainment!

Story #2. Yeah!

( Hard Cheese )