Due to a very silly LJ fuckup, my last post got deleted after quite a bit of writing - isn't that annoying? Gosh fucking damn it ( Read more... )

Last night's multi-flat dinner went amazingly well. Haggis must, must be added to all Thanksgiving feasts - it fills a space that nothing else can fit into ( Read more... )

Oh my gosh, what fantastic days these have been. Chronological list format:
Friday: Got up and did that poetry reading. Extremely well-recieved, especially since I think that stunned silence is a great reaction to my work. I may or may not aim high with my Edinburgh poems in terms of publication, but I'm extremely pleased with them in terms of ( Read more... )

Long day yesterday - started out at Media Company, where I did my first-ever covert interview/intro training session. I felt a little sneaky, but this is publishing, eh? After that I went to Susies's Diner (51 West Nicholson) for marvelous vegetarian lunch and an atmosphere that achieves hippie nirvana despite plain white walls and scrubbed wood ( Read more... )

Very, very quick: I can't wait to see Bee Season!! I loved the book and the film looks stunning. Here's to hoping it's still playing somewhere when I get back to the States...
Now to give a very dull presentation on the Scottish Green Party. Break a leg, me.

I'm running on four hours of sleep and the elation of being completely finished with the brunt of my schoolwork for this quarter. Media Companying has never been woozier or less lucid. I spend my time instead programming my Yahoo Music radio and reading this fantastic article about the modern usage of the term "propaganda". Not quite sure if the ( Read more... )

My two favorite restaurants of this very moment are Human Be-In (2-8 West Crosscauseway) and The Forest Cafe (3 Bristo Place). I know, I am a gosh-darned hippie. At least hippies can eat well in Edinburgh ( Read more... )

Your Heart Is Purple
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Wow, almost done with my shitty, shitty essay

but I want to go to Dogpatch USA!

Arkansas can wait, now is the time to write the conclusion.

Frustrating day at the Media Company, but it's thankfully close to over, as I need to go to the uni library and write a long essay about the role of women in the poetry of Henryson and Dunbar! Zip Bam Boom, Thrilling!
Oh no, am I a Metrospiritual?!? [925.M] And I figured I was just a West Coast Californian... but no, Sebastopol has subtly and ( Read more... )