Esther Meroño and the Major of Doom

I was just putting my poetry portfolio together for this semester and I can't decide whether my poetry is getting better or worse. My professor this semester was much more critical than any other creative writing teachers I've had, but she didn't run me down as hard as other kids in my class during workshop and I have a lot of checks and some check pluses on the poems she's handed back to me. Is that good? Sometimes I wish there was some kind of objective machine you could run your poetry through that would tell you whether your stuff was any good or not and thoroughly explain why. I'm going on five years of college with a focus on poetry this whole time and I still don't know what good poetry is. Out of the 15 or so poems, I don't feel like there's really anything epic. Not in the Homer sense, more like Dickinson epic. I guess I did find out I'm prone to punchlines. That's at least helpful.

I have this terrible feeling that come May I'm going to find myself holding my bachelor's degree and wishing it was all of my tuition money instead so I can run away and become Indiana Jones.

Sometimes I Just Don't Say Hi

People I thought about this week:

Nada
Anne
Tom-I really really need to give you back your humidifier.
Davey
Reetu
Milo
Debbie
Jessica

I still remember. Even if I've disappeared. I'll be back soon.

This is Not an Apology

I'm not sorry for being myself so stop with the guilt trips. You know who you(s) are.

Baby You Can Have Whatever You Like

Money has never been a priority for me, but it has been the cause of a lot of stress and problems. I've got a few people droppin stacks on me this holiday season, so this song goes out to them. One day I hope the roles are reversed so I can gas up the jet and take them wherever they'd like.

http://hypem.com/#/track/954057

Nada, I'll be needing your wealthy Dubai prince pretty soon here...

I Luv Dem Shawties

So much can be expressed in just a few words or a few minutes of music or film. This is why I love poetry and movies like "Coffee and Cigarettes" and "Paris, Je T'aime." Oh, and because my attention span keeps getting shorter and so does my free time. Anyway, I just found out I missed seeing "New York, I Love You" at the Broadway. I always forget that theater exists and I even have a free movie pass for it.

I also think it's sad that I haven't been to my two favorite cities in the world. How can they be my favorites if I have yet to experience them? They just are!

Some News

I'm gonna use my blog as ad space right now. First, as you may know, I've been apprenticing with Velo City Bags since this summer and it's been fun for the most part. We were just interviewed by City Weekly for Gavin's Underground. Check out the interview here.

Even bigger news, we got our new website up today, which is awesome. Check that out here.

Also, I got to interview the singer/guitarist for Thrice, Dustin Kensrue, a few weeks ago and that just got posted over at slugmag.com over here.

Other than that, I'm basically living for tomorrow around 6pm when I go to In The Venue to see Thrice. I'm hoping I get run over by a bus or Rip Van Winkled after the show. Or maybe I'll accidentally fall into a crease in time and get transported into a happy and successful future where there are no late shifts and homework is a crime.

L for Left, R for Right

Wearing your earbuds in the wrong ears makes a difference... a big difference.

Things I regret this weekend:

Waking up so late Saturday morning.

Not coming up with a poetics paper topic.

Saturday night.

Missing Davey's alleycat.

Using food to make me feel better about it all.


Things I'm looking forward to this week:

Thrice concert on Friday.

Not having to work on Friday.

Hanging out with Ryan and Anna and friends on Friday.

Friday.