A beautiful redheaded woman in a 3-piece fuschia satin suit just came in to my office and talked a bit and then left. i know those 2 former items are unmistakably incongruous, as the communion of such a suit with such hair could prove disastrous. but this is ohio, and in ohio, she works it.

i want/need to go to a beach.

from this end (hell, that is) a friend from the past is not so sober. but see, i hear that by way of the city of lost angels, and not directly by way of said friend.

today i picked up a copy of Thisbe's Good People of New York at our lovely (3rd best in the nation!) metropolitan public library. i am _that_ bored.

wishing something parallel to what you wish re: poetry and yo bad self.

it's nothingsville here. except for journaling and the usual muck. trying to write one-pagers regarding my experience of a piece of media. not a review, mind you, just a highly sensual impression, if you will. bored project #423.

also picked up, read half of, and put back down sarah's book (manguso). gosh, i really didn't like it. that surprised me. i mean, i _really_ thought it was shallow. cavalier. etc. anyways, no offense. just blah.

have i mentioned the beach yet?

so i have been at the court one year officially today and ... whatever. i make $XXX a year being totally braindead until i get home and then i freak out like some makeshift martha stewart: crafts, power tools, sewing, building, upholstering. it feels good to get your hands on something, even if it isn't paper and pen, even if it's covered in cat hair.

my boss got married and his bride rode in on a horse, did i tell you that?

since the heat began, trouble sleeping, weird dreams. this morning ryan told me he had this dream that ohio was infested with dragons (too many 'reign of fire' previews, i say) and he had to sacrifice our littlest cat in order to kill them. apparently she had some secret poison sac in her cheek that would kill it upon ingestion.

so, basically, that's where we all are. cousin ben jones quit his job at the stop n' shop and wants to tour with a band that has 'animals' in the title. also, please just go listen to the august mix. it fits.