It just so happened that it was my turn to workshop in both poetry and fiction today,
and I got the literary shit kicked out of me.

My poem was so tight, the most fucking minimalist shit I could come up with. It was a fucking prose poem. It all hinged on one thing, all striving for one realization, for one moment. And they didn't get it. Well, 80 ( Read more... )

I fucked up and didn't get tickets to see the pumpkins at the fillmore. they're playing 8 shows in 11 days, how crazy is that? if their new single "tarantula" been on any of their old albums I wouldn't have doubted it, it sounds that authentic ( Read more... )

i just put $75 of gas in my car. i don't think i've felt so dirty in a long time ( Read more... )

I applied for the poetry concentration of the creative writing emphasis of the literature department this quarter. I meant to apply for fiction also, but got really lazy and didn't fill out the paperwork (or have the correct ratio of stories to page length, bastards!). Anyway I got into poetry concentration so now I am allowed to take any upper- ( Read more... )

Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains was just in my house.

saw tv on the radio, ratatat, the mars volta, three nights in a row. saw the thermals last night. all but mars in the city, mars in berk. Crazy times. Fucking Crazy ( Read more... )

went to see the orchestra. the rach 2 stimulated my brain in very pleasing ways. the brahms symphony wasn't bad either.
saw sebadoh. they're old and somewhat unimpressive but got to rocking a few times

things that i don't believe in:
astrology
ghosts
i think i've affended a few people lately by stating these opinions

and my god, i cannot stand ( Read more... )

so in addition to seeing tv on the radio at the fillmore march 29th, i will be seeing ratatat at bimbo's march 30th (also in san francisco), and will be seeing the mars volta march 31st, at the berkeley community center. it's like a 3-day mini coachella compensation! stoked.

despite having listened to two rather in-depth speeches pertaining to the great misfortune that can befall one if one does not purchase concert tickets simultaneous to their release, gavin failed to buy our tickets. the only reason he was buying them in the first place is because i don't own a credit card, retarded, i know. we do however each own a ( Read more... )

i accidently cut my thumb while slicing myself a bite of cheese, and just now as i sat to play my favorite piano piece, i started to bloody up all the keys. all the while i couldn't help but continue the song, so i did, and by the closing chords my keyboard was like a newspaper. (get it?)