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Joey's big day
Four hour surprise house meeting after dinner last night, and then I had to wash dishes until 1 am. Fell asleep about 2 and woke up at 7:30. I can't function on less than seven and a half hours of sleep. Piles and piles of work due Friday, today the main day to get it done, and I can't work. Walked upstairs a moment ago to fetch myself a cup of tea ( Read more... ) -
Kid Rock lawnmower dream
Last night I dreamed I went with my mom to the lawnmower store to help her pick out a new lawnmower, and when we got there we found out what had happened to Kid Rock. He was making celebrity appearances at lawnmower stores, trying to sell lawnmowers. He seemed really proud of himself for being Kid Rock, and shook our hands a lot and kept pointing ( Read more... ) -
Overheard
One of my students says to the other, "Would you like to see the proof of that?" The other responds, "Yeah, kind of." I'm not bragging, I'm just saying. -
Fate and forty dollars
Fate intervened last night when we were free of obligations but unsure of how to live our lives. I was sprawled out on my friend Sylvia's couch when she asked if I was sleeping. I lifted my head just enough to say, "No!" and then let it fall again. It was seven o'clock. The situation was dire ( Read more... ) -
No other way
Scene from yesterday afternoon:
After approximately two weeks straight of collaborating on math problems through looming deadlines and the threat of absolute exhaustion, my officemate David and I found ourselves inexplicably in the possession of at least one day's worth of free timeWe were delirious and frightened with possibility. Not knowing how ( Read more... ) -
Real charisma
After clavicle surgery the nurses who helped dress me told me to find a girlfriend. They even helped out by sending home a little conversation starter: an x-ray of the titanium plate and bolts holding my shoulder together. I imagine myself approaching a strange brunette in the street, fumbling the x-ray. ``Hey look at this,'' I tell her, ``Look at ( Read more... ) -
A very adult decision
Sweeping one-handed yesterday, awkwardly pushing the broom with my limp left side, I was hassled by a passing housemate who described the image as "so sad". I told her, "Look, This is just the way I'm living now." And she responded, "Yeah, you're a grown man. If you want to go over the handlebars of your bicycle and shatter your collarbone, that's ( Read more... ) -
Who wouldn't?
Yesterday, everybody at Tim & Tom's Speedy Market was rocking out to Hotel California on the PA radio. What a shopping experience! -
Fake plastic buck's head
Dinner tonight at Maverick's Real Roast Beef, an authentic fast-food brisket joint located in a strip mall in Roseville, MN. The post office left unsolicited coupons as part of the Money Mailer trash mailing ("Like getting money in the mail!"), and how could we say no ( Read more... ) -
Dream wire
More dream imagery ( Read more... )