The day off was good.  The night before, Joe and I went up to our bar (Old Zinnie's) and splurged, played the video games.  There was a bit of tension when a guy came into the packed bar pretty late, obviously fucked up, and started screaming to call the cops, that he wasn't leaving. He kept pacing and had everyone on edge.  Buzz, buzz.  The cops ( Read more... )

The Faerie situation seems for the time being to be improving. We had a series of talks, agreed to get re-organized, to clarify our identity, vision, and goals. We had a meeting where I proposed that we all write on butcher paper what we expected of the venture and then discussed. Joe and I put the ideas into a format, a set of broad categories ( Read more... )

Well -- hehe -- to dream in bare, or obvious, bones ( Read more... )

Got so much I could/prolly need to post about. Going to step over those things for the time being, maybe post them tonight ( Read more... )

Thursday Night: Went to see "Secret Window" with Patrik. Movie was stoopid but I actually love some time in the theater anyway: Dim light, lean-y seat, popcorn. After that, we went for a few beers at the Pumping Station. Sat on the patio and had GREAT talk. He is excited about his renewed relationship with his fella, and I have to say just ( Read more... )

The opening for the photography show that I had poetry pieces in was last night: Action/Reaction. Beth went with me, and her friend Elizabeth met us there. I had really dreaded it: millin' and minglin' ... blech! Being billed as a "textual artist" when I saw myself as a poet, not a visual artist at all, made me a little nervous ( Read more... )

Finally!-- I am better. Turned out to be a nasty virus. The doctor prescribed me some double-timing antibiotics and a cough syrup that had a two-page warning about side effects, ingredients, etc. I was looped out of my cranium and on the couch for days ( Read more... )

When I go home, I go down Highway 64. It takes me a little longer (it's a four-hour drive) but it's prettier, more interesting than the northern Miississippi wasteland 4-lane ( Read more... )

Fantastic weekend, to say the least. There was my birthday party down at the sanctuary, which -- even if my old friends didn't all mix as well as I might've hoped -- was incredibly nice, to have all sorts of people I care about under one roof ( Read more... )

The city is clawing back ( Read more... )