Hit the ground running ... (National Poetry Writing Month)
As I posted yesterday, it's National Poetry Writing Month, and I'm a masochist, and I'm involved. Starting off with a haiku or two (one about the wife tomorrow, I believe) is a good, easy start. Here's the one for today.
April Fool's Day today
Temptation for whimsy high
Might claim I'm pregnant
"NaPoWriMo 2010: I've Got A Bad Feeling About This"
By Hannibal Tabu They can't all be sparkling jewels, kids. I've been doing non-stop fiction for months, I may take some time to warm up but I am in the game here, people!
Carry on.
Playing (Music): "Dwyck" by Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth ... hey, anybody hear about Guru or Nate Dogg? Are they okay?
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: masochism, napowrimo, poetry, randomness, writing
Shotguns
I went to Oakland a few weeks ago. Never mind why, some business got transacted and I'm back to tell the tale.
Anyway, during my trip I caught up with my Oakland homeboy and all-purpose kook The Truth Sayer, who took the photo below. He enjoyed some of my fine hospitality at Kincaid's Taphouse, where a sister named Tennille (as in "The Captain and ...") brought nourishment and tolerated our jokes.
The other member of this assemblage of crazy was libertarian crusader and carb-hater Jere Krischel. We may not agree on much politically, but he's one of the best people I know. He got into Oakland for business the day before (no, I won't say what he was doing either) and the rental company gave him the sweetest ride -- an almost-brand-new Grand Marquis.
Jere picked me up to coordinate with El Sayer of El Truth at Jack London Square, and the ride there was part Blues Brothers and part police chase. With Jere's ponytail and my penchant for cursing fools out at the drop of a hat, Jere decided that we were codier versions of Vincent and Julius from Pulp Fiction and demanded we do a shot for shot remake. Luckily, Jere is super busy and crazy ADD, so one recreation photo managed to settle things ...
"... we definitely needed shotguns for this sh**!"
... for one wildly entertaining night in Oakland. Maybe Jere will post the recording of our dinner conversation one day. I make no promises ...
Playing (Music): "Armada Latina" by Cypress Hill feat. Marc Anthony and PitbullLabels: comedy, friends, movies, oakland, randomness
Scattershot (work friends phones politics gratitude life)
BANG! BANG! Bullet point blog shots to your dome, home skillet!
- Today I flew to Oakland at 7AM for an all-day staff meeting. I didn't really consider it the best usage of my time, but I got some good news: I got a raise at my job that will kick in within a month, plus a nice little bonus based on merit. Me! Merit actually recognized! I'm so flabbergasted at that I think I'll start a new savings account.
- I also was extraordinarily blessed to hang out with my friends, libertarian kook and activist Jere and anti-Obama crusader Jabir. We ate at a place in Jack London Square called Kincaid's and recorded what might one day be one heck of an amusing podcast. Jere and I also re-enacted a scene from Pulp Fiction because the rental company stuck him with a Grand Marquis that had less than 9,000 miles on it. I almost wanted to make out with this car. I love domestic sedans, I won't apologize for that.
- When I got home to my beautiful wife and sleeping daughter, I ordered my new phone, the Nokia N900. I also got a hard rubber case to protect it. My laughable Samsung Behold 1, which I could only review like this will likely be used as a spare camera/MP3 player for the car. I'm excited to step back into the 21st century, but a little nervous about getting all my data up and running on a new OS which is not exactly user friendly. More news on that as it develops, as the phone should be in my hot little hands by Wednesday.
- Saskatchewan.
- My dinner at Kincaid's with Jere and Jabir got me really interested in this book and how DDT could save millions of lives (while, admittedly, whacking a few along the road) as well as spur on development on the African continent. Maybe I'll expand on that. Maybe.
- My stepdaughter's mother got me some down slippers. I barely know the woman. I find that extraordinarily kind and generous, and appreciate it a great deal. I am very blessed to have some very good people in my life.
- Shut up, you're drunk!
- Also got a very nice comment about my good friend Craig, who I miss dearly but who (like many of my friends) simply operates outside of my periphery right now. The good thing is that like many other friends -- Inpu, Dana, Malik, McGowan, some others -- the second I see him we'll fall right back into that old rhythm, like we never missed a beat. I'm very grateful for that too.
- I think the $12 backpack I carry my work computer in is starting to show some signs of wear and tear ... I bought it on a whim at a Sav-On in Westchester late one night.
- Why is this bullet point blog not on The Hundred and Four like the last one I did? It's more personal. The last one was more "look around at the world" and what not.
- I will say, musically, that I'm enjoying the surprisingly smart mixtape from Malcolm and Martin and the singer London's new project, both of which have me itching with ideas for a mixtape of my own. Lloyd's also been dropping some digital heat, while Chris Brown's been engaging his Euro-pop side with songs that would likely rock Catch One. Mateo's new project is also a revelation, so far.
- Sleep now. Early morning watching Fraulein Fussenfeiffer (my daughter Ella's nickname is "Fuss," which I have morphed into Doctor Fussenstein and more weird configurations, which are at least close to being spoken in English) while the wife teaches, then (I think) a 3D screening of Alice in Wonderland and maybe time for my weekly haircut at my barber's new shop (he's a co-owner), Head of The Line Barber Shop, 5420 Adams Boulevard, 323-691-8475. Clean shop, nice neighborhood, an organic cafe next door, ample street parking and some hilarious freakin' barbers crackin' jokes in there.
Playing (Music): "I'ma Rep Texas" by Chamillionaire
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Not my smartest move ...
It's 2:11 AM as I start typing this.
I just got done writing a major and difficult scene for my third novel. I've been all over Google Maps, keeping my eye on a TGIF and a building in Tokyo, Japan (see the photo, courtesy of Nikuyakun) and outlining action scenes in my head. I got to a huge plot point and backed the material up. I feel good about it. It could be years before I can explain why I was so interested in this picture
(Photo by Nikuyakun)However, it's 2:11 AM and the sink's full of dirty dishes, and oh, yeah, I'm out of wash cloths and jeans, so I'm headed to the 24 hour laundromat down the street. I have to be at work in less than seven hours. I could blame one element of my life being two hours late, making me sleepy and throwing me off of my rhythm, but my little girl let me sleep until 10AM today, which went largely without interruption given that the wife and baby are out of town. I should know better, basically, and should have worked more quickly. But I didn't. So tonight's gonna be a long night. Bygones. Playing (Music): "Go Crazy" remix by Krave feat. Lil Jon, Flo-Rida and PitbullNOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: randomness
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