Insomnia used to be the status quo and I would ride the wave of delirium. Now if I sleep less than 7 hours I feel a sadness deeper than space despite being incredibly grateful for all I have. Things change with age, I suppose. Your mileage may vary. I'm happier than I've been in years, but I have to be smart about resting sufficiently to keep up ( Read more... )

( A letter written to a friend, just preserving it here for posterity. )

Ah, rescue pets. When you don't love you, they still do.

Hey folks did you know that you can buy a thing and that the people who make the thing are certain you'd like the thing because you do this other thing that really has fuckall to do with the thing?

For those of you not yet enslaved to facebook, I bring a message.

If you visit http://nomoremrnicegod.com/jonray/skincage/ you will see that I have been busy! Things are complicated but going well. Best to you all.

Sometimes, when you walk through your yard in the dark, winding your dynamo flashlight, after watering the 50-odd copies of the Tucson Weekly you've just lifted from street boxes and laid on the ground to make a biodegradable weed barrier, you think to yourself: "Holy shit, I am crazy."

Oh wait, no, that's me.

Somebody made a ceiling cat shirt.

New monster on the block ( Read more... )

A commotion outside, revealed to be a handful of tiny birds fighting over the same branch. So it's not just us, after all.

On the other hand, this is pretty interesting:http://www.tibetsun.com/features/2009/03/

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