so it looks like Black Eyes and Neckties (the ones from bellingham, yeah) are likely playing a gig in Swansea I helped set up in the basement of my friends' practice space. On Sunday. Just about to visit lovely Bridgend (never been, don't smirk, the unwillingness of anyone to go anywhere, ever, is becoming a real pet peeve as the countdown starts) ( Read more... )

today I drop off my pen drive to get a second printing of the chapbook done by friday, which is the first in a series of Global-Poetry-System related events, that improbably enough, seem to be coming together pretty nicely ( Read more... )

Well, this has certainly been an eventful week.

I'll need to be careful with music selections.

"Lately life has just been feeling meaningless. Like I don't see the point."
"You need a new interest, Ceri."
"Graham, you're right. Perhaps I'll embark on some new form of sexual deviancy I haven't yet explored."conversation from one side of the bar to another. later he asked me if I would ever consider pulling a man off for money. The rest of the ( Read more... )

--> how people (even good, creative, well-intentioned people) are prompt and ready to be in touch with you when they want you to do something for them/show up to their events, but suddenly forget how to answer e-mails when, say, due to re-imburse or pay you for aforementioned stuff ( Read more... )

tommorrow at 555am I take a train to London for the Southbank Centre's workshop/orientation for all the partners in the Global Poetry System. I don't have a place to stay or much money, but hey-- flexibility. go see some art galleries and shit, come back with a GPS Plan of Attack.

for kids back home curious about Welsh vs. English accents, here's a broad stroke. Also a fairly hilarious interview. The band (Future of the Left) is from Cardiff and speaking for camera, so the accent is a bit toned down. But you can still tell the diff between the London interviewer and our Welsh boys here.

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. . . this isn't the single they're ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamt I was in my growing-up-neighborhood of Lake City,(Caerllyn?) but all the signs were in both English and Welsh. So how do you say "Used Cars" in Welsh? Very odd ( Read more... )

I sent off the visa-app-packet yesterday. I posted a lengthy note re: What That Probably Means on both Myspace and Facebook and I figure that covers pretty much all of you; I'll spare the long post here ( Read more... )

-- If you're the praying type, could you send a few up for 1) My 89 year old Grandma, who caught pneumonia? I'm not going to make a long Grandma Post right now, but she's very important to me and lots of people. 2) My Aunt Betty, who just had a kidney removed, and there was cancer in it, so now they're going to see if she has Cancer ( Read more... )