I’m bracing for everyone to hate it, but I’m hoping people will at least acknowledge it as an improvement? It seems to be crashing Internet Explorer, but I’m choosing for the time being to believe...colors for all the elements in question so that text doesn’t start disappearing completely when the browser acts up). Originally published at Wrecking Ball . Please leave any comments there.

Eep. Now that I’m actually thinking about it, it’s maybe a teensy bit insane that we’re trying to, uh, completely “rebrand” the grad program in the span of, like, two weeks? But really? Posters and cards...worry they may be a bit too antiseptic for some of the personalities involved. But whatever. It’s a start. Originally published at Wrecking Ball . Please leave any comments there.

We've now had three band practices with Christie, and everything's going really well. So well in fact that we've not only been able to go over our old tracks but actually write a new one and rehearse it...expecting to be ready to gig by January (frankly, we're almost ready now). So yes, we're looking for gigs from January onwards, so do keep us in mind promoters. I can't wait, it'll definitely rock

First MFA application sent out today. To do: 4 comp rhetorics. 1 MA in Lit.

...to write a blog later last week. I had decided to take a wandering over to the museum for a little while, since I had nothing else better to do, and not to mention, I wanted to go see a movie the MFA was offering. So while I waited for the 4 pm showing of The Romance of Astrea and Celadon I decided to check out the Art Nouveau Jewelry exhibit and the Assyrian Wall Carving collection from the...

 I'm pissed that we lost the game. But I'm still inappropriately happy, because we smiled and said "hi". I fail, don't I?

Different day. Rant. sorry guys. I just SAOFHFODSVAKFSE)@#RRRRRRRRRRR. yeah that's about it. I don't know who's lisening, but I hope someone is, when I open my window late at night and talk to the stars...meaning. So why try? I can't. Why not give up? I can't. Why not find someone to love? He left. "That is the dream, it is what it seems./ Behind every desire/ Is another one" 'Weightless'

Hallejuhah ! My mentor signed off on my 3rd Semester Enhancement Project!  I'm done! I'm done! I'm done! It's 30 pages or so on the use of the second-person pronoun and how it affects the reader...the reader to hypothesize a circuit of communication. There is an irresistible sense of being called into a relationship with the I . They are moved to respond on a deeper emotional level.    

We can send a car to find you, if you ever lose your way..... IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE? So, here's how it works: 1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player...To Jamrock, Damian 'Jr.Gong' Marley No one replied to the Disney meme, and this makes me sad. No, no seriously. In the first days of the year: --Seen Him a lot. --Talked to Him none. --fuck.

Nope, I don't have any young-uns to ship off on the school bus... I'M the one choosing first outfits and packing a lunch. Well, dinner. I'm back in classes for my MFA on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. On Tuesdays I'm taking a workshop with Lewis Buzbee, who just had his first middle grade book come out (STEINBECK'S GHOST). The senimar, on Wednesdays, is in doing book research. Exciting stuff! But it's...