Ask me something.

Ask me anything.

Begin.

Bad day:
1. My great-uncle LC died today.  He was like 90 or something. His brother, Memaw's husband, died a couple years before i was born, so he was the clos
est thing i ever had to a granddeddy. He was quiet, fiercely independent, a hard worker, a WWII vet, Mason, Bremen's foremost house painter, and my first hero ( Read more... )

Hello!

Well what have i have been up to.

Grad school.  Professional writing masters degree.  Creative writing primary focus, composition/rhetoric secondary.  Books.  Books.  Books.  Writing.  Writing.  Writing.  Playwriting sucks goat balls.  I'm not good at it, and that may be because i find most plays to be offensively convoluted.  Pinter-inspired ( Read more... )

So the deal is that i've been asked seven questions.  If you wanna play, leave a comment as such and i'll come up with seven for you.  Then you do the same thing i've done (answered the questions and invited your friends to play along) and the meme rolls happily along ( Read more... )

Hello, Livejournal!

First off, MAN DO I MISS YOU.  I miss the format, i miss the early mornings posting my 5am rambles, i miss the folks (all of you!), i miss looking at my "flist" every day, i miss typing the qualifier "to save LJ real estate," i miss it all.  Mostly, though, i miss WRITING ON LJ.  You know, to post on LJ means to measure one's ( Read more... )

The other day one of the assistant principals told me she'd seen the pictures of my kids on Facebook.  She remarked, "That girl is all yours."

Indeed, she is very much like me.  This past summer has been particularly memorable thanks to Curly's matriculation into a completely new and untrod level of craziness.  She makes up songs about Jesus and ( Read more... )

 Here's the text of the poem that my student wrote about me ( Read more... )

These are my good friends from the local Atlanta band KOSKEE.  If you're a fan of hardcore, you should check them out.  They do NOT sound like any of the emo/screamo/pussy shit you hear on corporate radio.  A drummer, a guitarist, a bassist, and two CRAZY singers.  Their live shows are not to be missed.  I have had the pleasure of photographing ( Read more... )

Nothing makes a Florida vacation complete quite like a good argument.

We were on the deck outside the condo when she told me she didn't think i made overt efforts at showing my love for her.  "The Facebook posts are nice and all, but could you hold my hand once in a while?  Not huff when i need you to change Logan's diaper?  Not disappear to the ( Read more... )

Something i saw on a friend's LJ.

Tell me your name and I may forget. Tell a good story, I'll remember your face with it. Live a great story with me & I'll never forget you.

Here's mine.

One night about five years ago i was driving back from my mama's house in west GA to my home in NW Atlanta -- about an hour's drive. Along the way, i was waxing ( Read more... )