Going to California

This blog may really become inactive soon. More so than ever before. Life is getting busier, days are getting warmer, and I am reading more. All three of those events contribute to less time on the Internets.

I did see the Weakerthans this past week though. It was a great show, one of the best in quite some time, and was made better by having John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats join John K. Sampson on stage for a song.

The reason I won't be updating again until possibly August is this: I'll be in California for the entire Summer. I recently took a job outside San Francisco teaching organic farming and social justice to kids. It starts in June and runs until classes start back on the East Coast.

Here is how my plans are looking. If you plan on being at any of these events or places, let me know so I can say hi.

May 9 - Radiohead & Liars in Charlotte
May 16-18 - Mattstock 2008
May 20-22 - Mets vs. Braves in Atlanta
First week of June through August 17 - San Francisco

Take care.

MP

Sorry for the Absence

I've been busy. With what? Figuring out my future, planning for the Summer, and watching far too much basketball.

I'll be spending most of the Summer working in the San Francisco area. This blog will likely go catatonic again during that period. I won't be able to shower for three weeks at a time, so the idea of Internet access is laughable.

Classes next semester include Stylistics in Poetry with Alan Shapiro, who just put out a phenomenal book called Old War. Other classes will include two for my music minor - Intro to Rock Music, and Sounds of War.

I like things on the internet that save time. I've been in love with Google Reader for a while now. The new love? An add on for Firefox that gives a pop up message whenever a new piece of mail reaches your Gmail inbox. Being someone who is compulsive about checking the mail and keeping it orderly (no unread messages), this saves me large swaths of time that I can better to put use by reading Stuff White People Like.

More on Cellar Door

Some more exciting news about the poem I have in the upcoming Cellar Door.

My poem, "Owls", will be one of many in there, with some great friends contributing too. Caroline Fisher, Julie Daugherty, Travis Smith, Amy Olsen, Jonah Garson, and more will have poems in the Spring issue of Cellar Door.

Besides the CD, there have been many exciting happenings lately - Carolina beats Duke, Hansbrough gets the SN POY, and Spring Break, but I just haven't been able to shake the cloud of the Eve Carson story. The past week has been heartbreaking and mind numbing. Closure looks a far way off, no matter what arrests and convictions happen.

Dry Spell

I received an acceptance letter for a poem of mine last night. Cellar Door will be including a prose poem of mine in the Spring Semester publication.

Dis Is Just Ta Say

I made this today. I think William Carlos Williams would have approved.

The Lolpoet. A new meme? I hope so.