He broke his hand which sent him into shock, and when I got there one of the students was dripping cool water on his head and another was holding a personal fan close to his face while still others crowded around him. His face was yellowish and his pupils were barely responsive. A few hours and hospitals later, we were eating ice cream in the ( Read more... )

the following things this year may be attributed to stress ( Read more... )

It occured to me today that I had fallen off the world. This was when I was talking with one of my colleagues in the MFA program, who said that he had the choice the other day to get a hair cut or go to the bathroom ( Read more... )

Night before last there was lightning and hail. I couldn't believe it. It was almost like being in Florida again. Then at four in the morning, I woke up. I heard the earth groan. The house swayed back and forth, as if it was floating at sea. And I lay on my bed on the floor, asking myself almost out loud if I should get into a doorway, when I ( Read more... )

So, I realized that obsessing over thinning hair is styoopid ( Read more... )

It began Sunday night. I was feeling feverish towards the end of poker night. I attributed it to the massive levels of THC and the scant levels of H2O. All night I was up with fever. In the morning, my roommate took a three second look at me and forced me to go to the doc ( Read more... )

The wanderlust has been creeping up my arms like hairy-legged arachnids. Bothersome, insistent, and I have had to stammer through their chitchatchattering - clicking in the threads of my Persian rug: stay in bed, you don't want to work, you don't want to play, you have papers and bills and heartaches and headaches and your an addict an addict an ( Read more... )

I won't tell you my resolutions ( Read more... )

why is it impossible to get laid?

sigh.

I am writing about dreams. Doing research for this, I have taken quite a few naps and tried to pay attention to my daydreaming. Both for content and for structure ( Read more... )