| So's the life. . . |
[Sep. 7th, 2004|02:50 am] |
It's been a while since I really updated this thing. And I guess, ya know, I haven't really even had the time to debrief myself to know what I would even write. But I'm feeling it now, so here it goes:
1. Travelling. There's been lots of it. There's going to continue to be lots of it until the end of the month. I'm heading back out to Chicago on Saturday. My mom and sis will be there! Wooohooo! I'm beyond excited. Then I get back and stay in town for about a week and a half. Then if all goes as planned, Patch and I are off to the grand ole lone star state to pick me up a CAR! That's right, I'm getting me a new (used) car. It's a gold Volvo. I'm happy. Then we road trip it back up here. It's going to be gooooood times indeed. We're so going to be businesswomen on this trip. If anyone needs to make a call, I've got a cell phone.
2. Work. I'm doing a lot of it. I am starting to become convinced that I only work in Seattle. I live elsewhere. I did get yelled at by a client tonight. It was great.
3. House. Loving it. I really really really need to clean my room. But to do so would mean entering into my anal phase where EVERYTHING must be cleaned. And since I don't have $$$ for laundry, it's a hopeless situation. So Friday, clean clothes, clean room, good clean fun.
4. Writing. Fucking fabulous. The show on Sunday night was incredible. I feel really honored to have been a part of that show. There were definitely some really intense times during the planning of it and during the show itself. Overall, I feel better for having done it. I even sold some of my lil chapbooks made specially for the show. And now I have a secret project that I'm going to start working on. . . heeheehee.
5. Surgery. I'm thinking I want to take this more seriously. It's becoming more pressing of an issue. I contacted the doctor I want to go to in Plano to see if I could set up a consultation with him. Now I just need to figure out how to get the $$$. If I could get someone to co-sign a loan I could probably pull it off within the year. Otherwise, I'm going to start looking into fundraising options. That just makes the time frame MUCH bigger.
Yeah. Now I'm going to try and sleep on break. That's a funny one. |
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| Alright y'all. . .COME TO THIS! |
[Sep. 4th, 2004|01:35 am] |
Announcing GENDER BENT! A sensational spoken word affair featuring 19 Bent writers on the themes of gender and sexuality! This one-time-only show will be on Sunday, September 5th at the Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Avenue, from 8-10 PM (Doors at 7:30). Prepare to be roused, thrilled, riled up and incited to write your own gender manifestos! Tickets are limited, and available at the door for $10. We expect the show to sell out, so get there early!
Performers include: Patch Avery, Jaime Barber, Soulchilde Bluesun, Son’ Boothroyd, Cal Burnap, Rebecca Cooper, Jacob D’Annunzio, Matt Goldenberg, Chad Goller-Sojourner, Tara Hardy, Shira Hasson-Schiff, Amy Mahoney, Moorea Malaat, Kory Martin Damon, Zaedryn Meade, Sabrina Roach, Zan Scommodau, Taylor Xavier. |
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| Walk along the lonely street of dreams. . . |
[Sep. 1st, 2004|02:21 am] |
Wooooo! back at the shelter. Been doing a lot of housing project shifts lately. The shelter is now totally different and my favorite lil reporting office (the tiny one) is now surrounded by demolished walls. So when I look out my window I see a nice pile of crumbled drywall. It's kinda sad.
Fucking intense/good/exciting rehearsal tonight. I'm really excited about this show, y'all. There's a shit load of talent going into this. . . we're rocking the gender mic like it's never been rocked before.
SEATTLE PEOPLE: come to the GenderBent show!
It's going to be held at the Capital Hill Arts Center
doors at 7:30 (and it's gonna fill fast, so get there!)
it's some $, but I don't remember how much right now.
I'm going to be hosting it with the beautiful, talented, fabulous Tara Hardy.
In other news, it's back to the windy city for me in 10 short days. Gettin to see the ma and the sis is REALLY exciting! Wooohooo! I'm also excited about hot dogs. I'm not so excited about the $15 crap coffee they sell there though. But other than that, the trip is making me HAPPY! Wooo. |
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| eyes open wide |
[Aug. 31st, 2004|07:20 am] |
must . . . stay. . . awake. . .
just a little bit longer. . . how come the last 30 minutes of a graveyard shift go. so. slow?
i have successfully completed the sunday new york times crossword puzzle during this shift. woooo. being in a little room for almost 9 hours all by my lonesome has been very, very productive
that's my excitement for this shift. well, that and my co-worker taking a 3 1/2 journey to auburn all in the name of lending a hand to a woman that showed up on our doorsteps w/ her 2 y.o. son in the middle of the night in downtown seattle.
oh, and the guy that stood outside the door to my office for an hour and yelled at me. then he went across the street and threw packs of playing cards against street signs.
turns out jesus christ superstar is the only cd i have on me that will keep me awake right now. |
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| things i need to remember |
[Aug. 27th, 2004|07:01 pm] |
bad ideas:
working the shelter during a full moon
pulling two doubles within 48 hours to do so
having no money
or time |
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| Gender Bent Show- Sep. 5th |
[Aug. 26th, 2004|06:26 pm] |
Announcing GENDER BENT! A sensational
spoken word affair featuring 19
Bent
writers on the themes of gender and sexuality!
This one-time-only show
will
be on Sunday, September 5th at the Capitol Hill
Arts Center, 1621 12th
Avenue, from 8-10 PM (Doors at 7:30). Prepare
to be roused, thrilled,
riled
up and incited to write your own gender
manifestos! Tickets are
limited,
and available at the door for $10. We expect the
show to sell out, so
get
there early!
Performers include: Patch Avery, Jaime Barber,
Soulchilde Bluesun, Son’
Boothroyd, Ken Bowman, Cal Burnap, Rebecca
Cooper, Jacob D’Annunzio,
Chad
Goller, Tara Hardy, Shira Hasson-Schiff, Amy
Mahoney, Moorea Malaat,
Kory
Martin Damon, Zaedryn Meade, Sabrina Roach,
Zan Scommodau, Taylor
Xavier.
Gender Bent is organized by Bent Writing Institute
in conjunction with
FTM
2004: A Gender Odyssey. For more information
about Bent, email
wordyfemme@hotmail.com. For more information
about the FTM 2004
conference,
check out www.transconference.org. |
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| D'oh! |
[Aug. 25th, 2004|06:53 pm] |
I'm back!!! (I will post a lengthy "how my trip went" post later. . .but for now, it's HOROSCOPE TIME!)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The astrologer Forest Fickling did a
statistical study of 50,000 people, analyzing the data to determine
which
signs were the best and worst in various categories. He found that
Capricorns work the hardest, accomplish the most in the shortest time,
and daydream the least. But I hope you'll rebel against these natural
inclinations in the coming weeks. Between now and September 16, I
think
you'll achieve the greatest success possible if you daydream a lot
more and
don't work as hard as usual.
Funny, I just calculated that I have almost 100 hours of work within the next two weeks. good thing i can daydream at my job. |
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| SHELTER QUOTES! |
[Jul. 28th, 2004|09:40 pm] |
"lady, i've got a problem with my baaaaaaaalllllllls"
"someday i'm gonna come and sex on you"
"he was a hit and run. i hit it and quit it." |
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| SEATTLE AND OLY!!! COME TO THIS! |
[Jul. 28th, 2004|03:17 am] |
Bent Writing Institute announces its third semi-annual Student Showcase
featuring writers Michelle Tea, Justin Chin and Bent students. “Two
Nights,
Two Mentors” will be held at Re-Bar, 1114 Howell Street Seattle, WA,
98101.
Tel. 206-233-9873. Michelle Tea will read with Bent students on August
1st
and Justin Chin will read with Bent students on August 2nd, 2004.
Doors at
7:00pm, show at 7:30 both nights. Tickets are $6-10, sliding scale,
available at the
door.
Michelle Tea and Justin Chin will also present writing workshops on
Tuesday,
August 3rd, from 6-9PM. Cost is $15 for one, or $20 for both. To sign
up
in advance, email wordyfemme@hotmail.com. We expect these to sell out! |
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| Open Letters |
[Jul. 23rd, 2004|02:05 am] |
Dear Time,
Please pause indefinitely so I can sleep.
Thanks.
Dear July 31st,
You are taking a long ass time to get here. Please hurry it up.
Dear Writing,
Where the fuck did you go? I miss you when you're not around.
Dear House,
I'm sorry I haven't been there for you. I will clean you and give you good tenant lovin as soon as I can. |
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| BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH |
[Jul. 22nd, 2004|02:47 pm] |
Hey, Patch. . . . guess we're having some friends for "dinner", eh?
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| Whoa |
[Jul. 21st, 2004|11:01 pm] |
I just realized my mom is leaving Texas.
Like leaving Texas for good.
And Justin's leaving Texas.
(thank god he's moving here!)
This is fucking with my head so much I've kind of ignored it.
When will it hit home that my mom isn't simply on vacation in Detroit but that SHE LIVES THERE??
This is weird.
My mom hasn't lived *anywhere* besides Plano since I was born.
Whoa.
I am sleep deprived in a MAJOR way. And there isn't going to be a long stretch of sleep in the near foreseeable future. In fact, I am giving up on ever sleeping again and putting myself on a caffeine IV. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 20th, 2004|12:46 am] |
fuck friendster and its "scheduled maintenance". how the hell am i supposed to waste the next bagillion hours at the shelter?
today has been loooong. went to the doctor today and she kind of started the "weight loss and excercise" blah blah blah blah "diabetic" blah blah blah blah. after showing me that my hemoglobin a1c is just a tiny, tiny bit high (and i've been having sugar w/in the past couple months, so it was actually a helluva lot lower than i thought). but i am now getting a free! sample of testosterone gel, so we'll see how that goes. and i'll be getting another vial in the mail sometime soon-ish. so, back on the schedule again! i've been rather inconsistent and ya know, i'm sick of it.
i have exactly 8 days left of the clinic job. . . crazy. i've been there for 2 1/2 years. but it is so time to move on. even though i'm probably going to have days of missing it.
and then. . . the big summer vacation kicks in!!!! holy crap am i excited. i haven't had a BIG SUMMER VACATION like this in a long, long time.
other than that, it's all work, some play, making me a very very tired boy. |
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| My love has come along. . . |
[Jul. 18th, 2004|07:05 am] |
Okay, y'all, I saw CYNDI LAUPER last night. I stood outside the venue on the sidewalk, really, but i did SEE her. But the best part was HEARING her. . . holy shit, she is my queen.
Highlights:
*Opening w/ cover of At Last
*Sisters of Avalon
*a "French" version of She-Bop (she continuously said that it was "sung in French because I'm sophisticated now") apparently "in French" means to a waltz beat with an accordion (which sounds fuckin awesome, btw)
*I DROVE ALL NIGHT
*True Colors (complete w/ shout out to PFLAG while wearing a rainbow flag draped over her shoulders)
*her son (who's maybe 7 or so) coming out onstage with her to play the drums. CUUUUUUUUUTE. .. he even had a bit of a diva moment
then I had to go to work. But seriously, I saw Cyndi! |
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