the problem of locking entries is that a great very many people are far too clever for livejournal and do not hold court here. but sometimes there are things to tell them. so here are some news items, modified from the juicier stuff ( Read more... )

on tuesday afternoon we were released early (i feel like i'm a carrier pigeon or a wild racoon caught in somebody's garage when i say i was "released") from work because the federal government is a collective group of pansies and the district doesn't treat its roads. if i were pagan i'd say it was some type of present from a god of winter - do ( Read more... )

1. everything that i write has at least a minute bit of truth to it. this is because i can't be like all the iowa-educated writers who pen short story collections based upon the travails of children in south america. HELLO: i'm from pennsylvania: land of groundhogs, polka music and warring church picnics. when i write things, i base them on ( Read more... )

yesterday matt and i went to the joseph cornell exhibition that's on at the american art gallery in dc until the 18th. i'm not sure whether it's a travelling exhibit or not, but i'd highly recommend it if it's making its way to you.


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two years ago i went to paris and came home and wrote a story about marie antoinette's execution route, two-foot long baguettes, a crazy lady with a dog named angel, andy warhol's ten young elizabeths and a boy misunderstanding the significance of daryl strawberry baseball cards ( Read more... )

( photos from a few scattered dates )

this is probably all you need to know.