apparently i'm right where i'm supposed to be, therapy-wise ( Read more... )

david berman is a hero of mine. nobody is surprised by this.

lately, he's been getting alot of press because he's going on tour with the silver jews.  for years now, i've been waiting for a new book of his, and wondering why it hasn't materialized.

well, i'll tell you why.

turns out (and this should be almost not news at this point) that david ( Read more... )

it's hyperthyroid!

now who's glad he didn't start taking dangerous anti-depressants?

better? good? ok?

hard to say. right now, i feel fine. i'm taking buseprine(sp?) which helps the anxiety a lot. i still haven't slept. if anything, this experience has given me nothing but scorn for the medical profession. i know you guys are busy, but dammit, greg house gets it right. he doesn't just toss people out with advice to take benadryl. ( Read more... )

well, i suppose you could say the axe finally fell. panic attack. emergency room. blood pressure way elevated, pulse at about 116. twelve hours total, just to be told to use some bendaryl ( Read more... )

well, isn't this highly unusual? two posts in two days? my word, young man, what has gotten into you?

i'll tell you what.

I CAN NO LONGER SLEEP.

it started out innocently enough, i guess. a few nights waking up at five or so, and not being able to get back to sleep. work stress, etc., etc. easy enough to diagnose.

but now that everything is back ( Read more... )

you heard it here first.

work, as of late, was getting outrageously stressful. i mean, about as stressful as a job in a graduate school could possibly be. on top of that, i haven't really been getting much sleep, either. as you can imagine, this makes for an all-around good time being had. i will confess that i did watch a fair share of 'the king ( Read more... )

!it's on, niggaz!

mark and i have opted out of a traditional main-course setting format this year, and are doing a series of appetizers. what these appetizers will be exactly is a secret until the moment of the extravaganja. it will still be a miraculous culinary experience, saints be praised.

my house (in burrillville, so... my dad's house), ( Read more... )

    in fact, there's no real reason for me posting, other than stalling on finishing a statement of purpose for doctoral programs ( Read more... )

david berman, amazing poet and personal hero of mine, mentions in this interview that the future of poetry, and indeed the current status of poetry lies in shambles because it has fallen into the hands of nerds. nerds like wallace stevens, nerds like well... whoever teaches poetry workshops at your local college. essentially, his feeling (which i ( Read more... )