i have applied to five places: three libraries, a local jewish paper, and a grocery store. i'm now going to apply to borders and barnes and noble. if that doesn't work out then i will consider p.d.a. my job (and possibly my career). but this is not to say that i haven't been busy. i've written three stories--one of which i now feel a tinge of pride ( Read more... )

i just wrote a story. it's 1600 words, and i'm not sure if it's any good. i don't think it is because when i reread it i didn't feel good about it. plus i wrote it between 2ish and 6ish am. oh, well. at least i finished the 1078 page complete poems of e.e. cummings, or as i called it, goliath. but soon i shall be in chicago and all worries will ( Read more... )

tonight i worked on a story about a kid who tortures insects. i'm on the sixth page, and i think i might actually finish this one. then i watched some of rosemary's baby while drinking root beer schnapps. my face is warm and sort of numb. i'm listening to rosemary's baby and typing this. i figured that because i read the iowa kids' livejournals i ( Read more... )