katrina tales

everything on me hurts! i just sneezed and it almost killed me.

i spent the morning radio show doing a crossword puzzle and soliciting my listeners for help. one man called in and was very helpful. and he turned out to be from new orleans! he is collecting stories about Katrina in advance of the anniversary, so if you have one, you can try sending them to katrina.tales. it's a gmail address.

the greatest

I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I’m Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a baaaad man, you heard me I'm a baaad man, Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so since he's so great, I'm a make him fall in eight, I'm a baaad man, I'm king of the world! I'm 22 years old and ain’t gotta mark on my face, I'm pretty, I easily survived six rounds with that ugly bear, because I am the greatest.

boxing is the greatest! radio is the greatest! cats are the greatest! coke icees are the greatest (except this one is keeping me up tonight)! Russian is the greatest! Except listening comprehension! crushes are the greatest! sparkling water is the greatest! to many parties is the greatest! hypnosis is the greatest! espresso machines are the greatest! writing statistics memos at work is the greatest!

"summer's ardent rustling is like a festival outside my window."

• Muhammad Ali (secondary quote Anna Akhmatova)

awesome things!

Loved Ponyo. Loved boxing. Loved work. Things are looking up.

I left my phone on the bus. Sucks.

Had a nice trip to LA, with my mom and brother bickering the whole way, and the over-full car of stuff threatening to decapitate one of us at every wrong turn (of which there were many). Woo hoo. But I got to see Tabby and Rita, so that made it worthwhile.

Sorry I can't seem to update lately.

He's a mad man!

A MAAAAD MAN!!

Had a productive day at work. At home, not so much. I did manage to eat that tuna salad. Nice going, me! But there's still a lot to be done.

Another Futurama quote: "Who needs courage when you have a gun?"

I'm having a madwoman freakout....gotta go shower and sleep, and edit blog entries.

• Bender Bending Rodriguez, Futurama

the nothing

The heavy hitters and the chichi music
all on your radio

I am slowly, slowly deleting my old posts as I archive them to my computer. I have had this blog for a long while. It's tedious going, but I want to make sure I record all your comments along with the post because the comments are usually the best part (hint, hint).

I spent today writing letters. I only have the addresses for 4 people, though. The rest of the packages will probably stagnate for months before the others get around to sending me their contact information. Their loss. These letters are awesome!

They are about: how I'm probably going to foster a golden retriever soon. And about my job. And about life plans. And about my boxing lessons. But I managed to make it all interesting, unlike here, where I'm just listing. Because I'm tired. From writing letters. And I can only manage sentences and fragments of a few words long. And I have a radio show in 5 hours. And I want to punch through the ceiling like a Superman in a hurry! But instead of going to the point of action, I just keep going up, up and away.

I watched Wizard People, Dear Reader with some friends today. Many of them were nonplussed for most parts, but some of them enjoyed it. Then we played a Harry Potter trivia game. My team partner kept asking things like "Is the last Harry Potter book out yet?" Clearly, I was the heavy hitter on my team.

• Brimful of Asha, Cornershop

want to, want to, put you together

want to more and more

I forgot all about blogs. I haven't read them. I haven't updated them. They are so long and tedious, and living life is so much more fun. What have I been doing with my spare time? Sleeping. And diagnosing myself as to why I'm sleeping so much. Working. Hanging out. Working out. Watching movies (Hellboy II was awesome). Watching TV shows (going to watch the fantastic Richard Armitage* in Robin Hood Thursday at the clubhouse with a friend after we make chocolate covered strawberries). Looking at dogs and deciding not to get them when it comes down to it. They are so high energy, and I am not. And plotting, plotting, plotting. I'm hoping we're st ill on the exposition of my story.

*not the former secretary of state.

abjure

Man goes beyond his own decision
Gets caught up in the mechanism
Of swindlers who act like kings
And brokers who break everything
The dark of night was swiftly fading
Close to the dawn of day
Why would I want him just to lose him again

No.

• The Scarlet Tide (Elvis Costello/Allison Krauss)

the not awesome things

oh the cuckoo
she's a pretty bird
she warbles as she flies
but she never
says cuckoo
till the fourth day of July

Up in the air! It's a bird, it's a plane! It's my life!

It's probably tedious and obnoxious and not good reading at all to read about the good things in someone's life (unless you're my mom). Well, let me assure you, this is an exercise to keep from despairing about the utter directionlessness of everything. The summer is melting me, heart and soul. My sleep doctor, who cost a pretty penny, gave me useless advice about going out in the sun more and taking medicine that costs $150/month. I signed up for eHarmony for god knows why, but now regret it and don't know what I'll do for the next 3 months of rejections. I have a great internship, and it's not what I want. I feel like my entire two years of school has been a waste, but I can't think of anything better to have done, except maybe to have gotten an esthetician's license. I have a new BFF, but he's very, very far away. The number of children in Texas without health insurance is astounding. Only the number living in poverty is more so. I'm starting to begrudge my radio show all the work and exhaustion it causes, and I don't feel like I'm enjoying music like I used to. I listened to the Sugababes on repeat this morning, and now I feel like gagging. And the other day I went to get my cupcake, but they were sold out.

• Traditional

awesome things?

A work conference with really Good People, another trip to Barton Springs, a dinner with geeky ladies, a party where we all had to wear hats, a party where we drank tea, an evening of Sufi devotional music in the hot Texas outdoors, an interview at a spa, joining a gym and going two days in a row, while reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, seeing the Brothers Bloom with Andy, playing D&D, my mom's planned visit next weekend, having half of today off for the holiday, being really good friends with both my cats, seeing Christine this coming Sunday, having Saturday completely free for yoga and working out and invoicing for my work, depositing my paychecks at the bank today, thinking up the name "Rusty Pickens."

This is so tiresome.