I am
sixteen tons
of
fresh-roasted Indonesian
coffee.
I am
wearing
flip-flops.
I
am trained to
write pretty
words.
I am
enjoying
living in
Memphis.
I am
locked out of
my
car,
again.
I am
literate,
rarely
articulate
I have a thing for girls in
glasses.
I have a thing for girls who read more
news than I do.
Listen. Seriously. I've recently been paying attention to
Yo La Tengo's
records, and I've
come to the conclusion that I really should have been paying
attention since the day I saw
Janeane Garafalo introduce
"
Sugarcube" on
MTV. That was a really good day, but the network has only gone
downhill since Kennedy left.
I graduated with a Bachelor's in creative writing from Ball State
University. Unsurprisingly, I'm not making a living with that
degree.
I am, however, scrounging a living with some
freelance graphic design, but that's mostly
layout. I don't
make the
art, I make
it look good in a brochure.
I also work for a Web design/online marketing firm.
On top of that, I write for a geeky
public radio blog.
On top of that, I write (what I think is, at best, passable)
poetry.
On top of that, I'm a
singer-songwriter. You could
probably guess that I don't really have time to play out much, but
I'll play whatever show I'm asked to play. Especially if I get
paid.
Also, I just shaved off my beard. I feel naked. And cold. So cold.
Poetry.
Reading
poetry.
Breaking
things.
Trivia.
Balancing
pretention with
accessibility.
Singing the Powerpuff Girls theme song while sprinting to the
rescue.
Elaborate, slow, but thorough dish-washing.
Irrelevant cultural references.
1. A decent cup of coffee.
2. Macaroni.
3.
Tony
Hoagland's collection of poems, "
What Narcissism Means
to Me."
4. A decent record.
5.
Ultra_velma's
will to help me stop smoking.
6. A way to play that decent record.
Early evening, I've fallen
asleep watching "
The West Wing" or "
Mad Men." After that, I'm
awake and drinking
another cup of coffee and playing guitar
while
waiting for
something to start happening. Fridays are my
relaxed,
creative, and
aloof days.
I don't watch TV. It's not a political thing, it's that I cry at
bad TV and sappy commercials.
You can best me in an argument.
You can best me in an argument while looking hot.
You can best me in a game of Monopoly without resorting to shady
corporate dealings.
You can outwit me in a game of chance.