Today is the last chance for anyone who might be considering signing up for NaNoWriMo. http://www.nanowrimo.org/ C'mon you hosers, join me -- it's going to be fun! At 1,167 words a day, I figure it boils down to around 2+ hours writing/day. It doesn't mean you think you're a genius or ( Read more... )

I was riding the bus the other morning, and a rather large woman was talking on her cellphone. She was handling multiple calls, continually putting one friend on hold as another one called. The conversations were mostly gossip, bad mouthing mutual friends, really inane stuff that simply repeated itself. She was just talking to talk. Her ( Read more... )

I just went to Safeway because I needed six cookies and a box of cookies n cream drumsticks. While I was looking at the different kinds of cookies in the plastic canisters, I thought I saw my old manager Carrie, from Boudin restaurant. It looked like her. She was over near the pound cakes with this very involved concerned look on her face. I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I signed up for the US Half Marathon. http://www.ushalf.com/default.htm It's kind of daunting. I just did it on impulse. I've found that I NEED deadlines and goals to stay productive and successful. The Bay to Breakers was 7.5 miles and this one is 13.1. So I'll need ( Read more... )

I often wonder what seperates me from someone else. Coming home from work tonight two guys climbed on the bus. They were older, middle-aged, I took them to be gay. The younger guy had a cellphone with him and he kept opening it and playing the ring tone songs - to the point where the driver had to ask him to stop. He had a boyish appearance ( Read more... )

Since I quit drinking I"ve noticed I seem to thrive on routine. I think maybe it just feels good to be in control of my life. For instance, right now - it's 10:34pm. I've got 26 minutes to go to sleep. What to do with those 26 minutes.. I was waffling on whether to read the end of my Trumane Capote book, start a new self-help alky book, or ( Read more... )

I was off yesterday so I went to see "A Scanner Darkly". I go to movies by myself all the time. I remember I went and saw Bladerunner by myself, and when I came out of the tiny mega-plex down in San Jose (they were somehow charming to me back then - shingled facades, giant Welcome Back Kotter "1"s and "2"s on the walls) it was raining, just like ( Read more... )

I had the best day off yesterday. My friend Andrea is in town from LA for a couple months, so we've been on kind of an eating tour. Yesterday we went by a place I had never been before called the "It's Tops" Coffee Shop for breakfast. ( Read more... )

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I went for crepes with Moe yesterday and afterwards I had two scoops of ice cream (espresso/cookie dough) on a waffle cone by myself. Then later on I went jogging in Golden Gate Park and the sprinklers suddenly came on squirting me in my jogging clothes just like in Bosom Buddies. This is what I've been reduced to.