I wrote today for an hour with the kind laser intensity I haven't had since I finished my thesis.  Got down a solid 428 words of "Light Sensitive".  It's a non-genre story in the sense that all of the events that occur are grounded in our particular kind of reality, but it does contain a hell of a lot of lyncanthropy imagery.  It's about money, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a chicken-y sort of day.  Housemate N. thawed out an anonymous bag of chicken breasts sitting in our freezer and then made an enormous batch of fried chicken.  Later that evening I went to a parental dinner with Sar-bot and others at a chicken wings restaurant.

Last night I had insomnia followed by weird dreams.  I think this was a ( Read more... )

I'm employed.  Take that, stupid economy.

I was just hired to be an English teacher at a test prep center.  It's in Beaverton, but they'll pay me enough to make the commute worth it.  I start tomorrow.  I'll be working about 10-20 hours a week and making more than enough to cover rent, food, and fun times.  I might even get a car.

So now I'm a ( Read more... )

And then I said I'd post it to my blog, piece by embarrassing piece?  And I didn't?

Well, now I am.  Nobody expects undergraduate creative writing thesis to be a masterpiece.  While I enjoyed the process and I got a few good stories out of it, probably about half the prose that ended up filling the pages was serviceable and nothing more.  I'm sure ( Read more... )

Whew. The Tin House workshop is over. It was certainly an illuminating experience.

I spent the week in a state of chronic sleep deprivation and got my first real sleep last night. I feel more like myself now.

Tomorrow I'm sending out my resumé and cover letter to a few places.

I go to Peru on Wednesday. Woo!

Welp, it looks like two of my housemates (Bike Punk 1 and Bike Punk 2) are moving out in August. Know of anybody who's looking for a room? Send them my way. Hardwood floors, gas stove, and cheap rent ( Read more... )

Yesterday night I gave my first ever public reading along with the other three creative thesis students ( Read more... )

I finally, finally, finally finished a real draft of "Win" today. Finally. This is what happens when I have deadlines. I don't think I'm going to post it publicly on the internet, because it contains too many things stolen from my own biography for comfort. I may post a f-locked version here in the future. Who knows ( Read more... )

In summary: I did things.

The weekend was nice. My weekend starts early. On Thursday I went to the Pied Cow for hookah with Galactus and Posie and we received a free banana split that the kitchen staff had apparently made "by accident". Then I went to Dot's for a grilled cheese sandwich and a few too many whiskey sours to celebrate Flint's ( Read more... )

Yesterday I posted a new rough draft over at A. is A. It's called "Gainful Employment" and it's an absurd crime story. If you're into that sort of thing, you might want to check it out ( Read more... )