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Sunday, September 8, 2002 - 09:01 p.m. -
I've got the solution to the people-don't-know-what-to-make-of-me problem: A T-shirt with an upward-pointing arrow bearing the slogan "I'm with sports-related injury!"

Sunday, September 8, 2002 - 06:22 p.m. -
Walking around with a wounded face is educational. I can actually see people's story-constructing machines operating as they half-assedly stifle their double-takes. Same thing I do when I'm on the other side of the injury divide, but I hope I don't look as conflicted.

I'm pretty sure I don't look like someone who gets in fights, so I reckon the #1 call is mugging victim. But nobody asks, everyone pretends not to notice my enormous bruised eye-socket and bandage. (What could lie underneath?) Will I start asking everyone I meet with cuts, etc. "So what happened to you?" We'll see.

Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 03:31 p.m. -
Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I took a hard kick to the head last night and ended up with 17 stitches and a massively swollen black eye. Whee! It hurts! I get a scar!

Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 03:24 p.m. -
Holy jeebiz. Cops are finally showing their true colors.

Friday, September 6, 2002 - 10:13 a.m. -
So blogging has become so well recognized that it's definitely now post-hip. The right-wing National Review has a few blogs onsite, and I had even pitched a blogging article to the Institute of Capricious Meddling before the bad craziness went down there a couple of weeks ago.

Oh, and the blog-book is coming out. Or is it out already? Yeah, look - there it is. Go O'Reilly!

So is blogging the next killer app? Is this the publishing revolution the tech pundits kept promising? Will 01d-$k001 bloggies turn up their noses (I mean, moreso than they already have) when cletustheslackjawedyokelsblog.com goes live?

I've always liked the phenomenon, not least because the word was derived the same way I found my username. Amputate and resect! RESECT!

Thursday, September 5, 2002 - 04:00 p.m. -
I'm working today, for the first time in a couple of months. It's nice to know some money's coming in, but it's also a reminder that I need to keep hustling. I hate that part of freelancing, but not so much that I'll dump the other parts until or unless I must.

On that note, I'm also looking for full-time employment. For the next year or two I need to focus on pulling in the money and paying off my ridiculous debts. I'm going back to the old library for a few weeks, and that might lead to other gigs, but I can keep writing on top of that. I'll loathe getting up early (~6.30 or so, I guess...I know, I know), but I reckon the routine will be interesting after four years w/o one.

Wednesday, September 4, 2002 - 06:21 p.m. -
DVD Commentary of the Damned Excellent reviews of DVD commentary tracks for awful films. Thanks, AV Club!

Wednesday, September 4, 2002 - 06:19 p.m. -
I'm in the new place. All is well, but for my painfully slow-seeming dialup connection.

Big thanks to Jill, Tom, Shanti, Therese, Paul, X, and Michael for helping me move stuff, Jill and Michael for help cleaning, and Tera for the Big Truck. I am rich in friends.

Monday, August 26, 2002 - 10:14 a.m. -
From MISC: "This past Saturday was proclaimed "Car-Free Day" by certain local lefty advocates. Certain other lefty advocates mounted a day-long political fair the same day, at a site approximately two miles from the nearest public transportation."

Sorry, I just had to tweak Paul. Clark actually seemed to approve of the event, but the left is always quickest to point out its own hypocrisies. Mea culpa, sometimes.

Monday, August 19, 2002 - 02:58 p.m. -
Good flash. I hate love.

Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 12:24 p.m. -
I had a nice, moderately drinky evening with PG Paul, Red, Bethany, and B's college friends Mark (of Champale) and Valeria (sp? of course) visiting from NYC. As witty and charming as all of B's friends, they tolerated a dumb art installation politely and were rewarded with the Jade Pagoda. V mentioned that the restrooms at her workplace were worse than the ones at bars - turns out she works for Conde Nast's Epicurious website. Ha! Pigs!

And so this morning I was killing time waiting for the caffeine to kick in before I go looking for a new apartment, paging through blogs I don't read very often. Dear old Geegaw linked to a tasty-sounding* soup recipe that looked low-carb, so I checked it out. Now, I am not like my sister in this regard - recipes really don't interest me that much. Anyway, turns out that this particular chowder was brought to the Web through the grace of Epicurious. Were B's friends engaging in deep-consciousness viral marketing? Am I just a demographic? Is it OK to feel used? * What does this mean? Synesthesia is cool and all, but I han't (oops, meant to write "haven't" but liked that better) ever heard flavors before.

Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 12:23 p.m. -
Very nice cartoon.

Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 11:56 a.m. -
This is the best keychain I have ever seen. And it's based on the best animated GIF I've ever seen.

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 01:51 p.m. -
"FBI In Your Library." Check it out. Things are getting worse. We are so fucked.

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 01:21 p.m. -
Perhaps you've all heard that my laptop's hard drive crashed irreparably. I'm halfway decent at backing up, so I didn't lose too much stuff, but it is irritating and I've spent way too long trying to deal with it rather than seek work. Fortunately, I had just sent out a bunch of queries.

I've decided to order a new desktop machine from Dell and I'm getting a pretty good one for <0 after rebate and write-off. Thanks for the tip, Shanti.

Now, back to work-seeking.

Thursday, August 8, 2002 - 03:19 p.m. -
Headline: "Man ends up with barnacle stuck to his penis" Explain that to your sweetie.

Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 12:27 p.m. -
Just got another please-buy-cable-or-we'll-keep-sending-you-more-of-these cards from whichever company owns cable these days. Nothing else to do on the trudge upstairs to the recycling bin, so I read bits of it, including this gem: "You'll get all your local channels, plus MUST-HAVES like Canadian channel CBUT..."

How have I lived without CBUT all these years? Is that why I feel so empty inside? Maybe a little CBC is all I need to kep from crying myself to sleep every night. God bless you, cable owners. Your check's in the mail.

Monday, August 5, 2002 - 01:55 p.m. -
Looks like Paul's acquiring blood-consciousness, his people being Old Southern Charmers. Will he return to lead them in a New Secession? King Paul the First, ruling his humid nation from Rome, GA. I salute you, sir.

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