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Made it home to Silicon Valley. Now for a lot of bouncing around the Bay Area as I vagabond my life for a while through the run of my show in San Francisco.
This show is a real departure for me. I am stoked to be doing my thing in theaters. It’s the right venue for talking.
Click here for the Facebook event page of my show run through August.
Click here for half priced tickets.
My one man show opens this Sunday, August 8, 2010 – EXACTLY seven years to the day of winning the NPS Indie Grand Championship in Chicago. Weird.
I have been self-employed for seven years. I am a whole new person. This version of me has never had a job.
RESIDENCE
The weirdest part about being back in the Bay is realizing just how settled I was at home in Worcester. The only key I own is for the lock on my storage unit in San José, which I’ve been renting since September 2002. I just put a few things in there yesterday and will be living out of a suitcase indefinitely. I may ask for a couch, floor or porch to crash on. I am f’n back.
I am determined to adjust my life to re-building a poetry scene here in San José, while designing new tours and making sure my family is in good spirits and health, along with my own spirits and health.
This is the smart list; borrowed from Derrick Brown:
Winter: Chill, stay warm and focus on local community.
Spring: Tour incessantly.
Summer: Stay cool, tour until it’s hot, then focus on community.
Autumn: Tour incessantly.
I am in a good place, but it’s a new place. I am full of ideas and oomph. I want people and poets to invest in this oomph. Give me your time and skill and I will give you mine. You have my word.
I miss Worcester. Most importantly, I miss the people of New England that invested in me and gave me their time. I hope they feel I returned the same and more. I hope they know they have given me one of the best homes I’ve ever had. I hope they realize how beautiful they are and keep investing in all the wonderful people that come through. Don’t invest in the wack, Worcester. Cut the fat.
I will be back. I still need you, Wormtown. I do, I do. Considering how much a part of Worcester I became, even with all of my coming and going, I am confident that anyone can immerse themselves into any community they believe in. I believe in you, Woo. I do.
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Top 10 Ways to Rock 25 Hours of Uninterrupted Performance:
10. Come ready to perform something– anything.
9. Staple your eyelids open.
8. Bring a donation. The event is free of charge. But it is not free in that "five-finger-discount" or "bro-deal" sort of way. Giving a little something will help ensure more Slumberfests in the years to come.
7. Don’t be the buzz kill (i.e. don’t come so blitzed that you cause a ruckus that makes men with blue uniforms and boom sticks ask David Perez difficult questions).
6. Sleep well the night before.
5. Show your hidden talent. Give us something we don’t already know you can do.
4. Bring a blanket and pillow. We think we have enough to go around but why take a chance.
3. Food might be good. We provide free snacks and coffee but we’re not trying to buy everyone burritos. There aren’t too many eateries around the venue. Plan accordingly.
2. Bring a friend or ten.
and the number 1 way to Rock 25 Hours of Uninterrupted Performance…
……I guess I only have 9.
See you soon,
The Fest
Questions:
408.636.3112
Location:
190 Martha Street, Studio H San Jose, CA 95113
(parking lot is through the
driveway between 4th and 5th)
Time:
8pm Fri. 6/25 – 9pm Sat. 6/26
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I’ve known and been talking with friends about moving back to the West Coast since February (read original post here) and now the time has come.
CATALYST FOR MOVING
I am looking to head back around August 1. I will putting on a one-man show in San Francisco on Sundays this August 8, 15, 22 and 29. It will be called In Search of Midnight: The Mike McGee Show of Awesome. Because of the scheduling, I will be in and around San Francisco for the entirety of August.
Another catalyst is the potential for Dave Perez and I to take the reigns of the San José Poetry Slam. This is all very up-in-the-air in terms of details, but I am sure my involvement with SJPS organizing is assured for the beginning of the poetry slam season in September.
Perez and I have formed Silicon Valley Performance Project (SVPP) as our banner for events we produce, such as our upcoming Slumberfest 2010. SVPP may be taking on some form of poetry slam for Silicon Valley as re-design of its current poetry slam.
LIVING SPACE
I AM PRETTY OPEN TO MOST CITIES ON THE PACIFIC COAST. I ask those of you in the Bay Area to keep an eye and ear out for any available room for rent in and around San José. If I do not find something in the area under my budget by September, I will probably look further into setting up residence in Portland, Oregon. I have a couple of possibilities for housing in Portland. No matter what, I am sure I will spend a lot of time there over the next few years.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Man. I am saddened to leave these people. Thanks to the fact that I make my living on the road, I know I will be back at least once a year. Who would’ve thought Worcester would become such a special place in my heart.
KITCHEN SESSIONS
My little baby show has made my stay here in Worcester a really fun experience. If you plan to be around New England around any of the KS dates below, please add yourself to the Facebook group here, as I will keep it going to inform people of all Kitchen Sessions I will be involved with. Here’s the letter I just sent to the Kitchen Sessions group members:
Hey, Sessioners.
I am about 75% sure that I am moving back to the West Coast around August 1, 2010.
I know that I WILL spend all of August in the SF Bay Area. I could end up in Portland in September. I may end up in San José. Because of this, I need to pack up my stuff and start prepping for the move.
Kitchen Sessions in Worcester will go into overdrive before I leave.
My first hope is to make these last ones fun & huge. —> Fuge™
Here’s my outlook of remaining Sessions:
June 12 (this Saturday): Mahogany Browne and Jive Poetic had to back out. There will still be a KS @ 8:00pm, I’m just up in the air on the feature.
Saturday, June 19: Vancouver Kitchen Session #1. Hosted by yours truly at the Foxy House in East Van. 7:30pm.
Saturday, July 3: Krista Mosca and Matthew John Conley feature. McKendy will mini-feature.
Saturday, July 10: Ken Arkind feature. Ken has promised all new poems.
Friday, July 16: Boston Diningroom Session. Not at my house. TBA.
Saturday, July 24: New York Invasion feature. Some of our favorite New York poets come up early to BBQ and perform in a “Backyard Session.”
Friday, July 30: BON VOYAGE! A KITCHEN FAREWELL. Co-Hosted with Simone Beaubien. Tony Brown & Mike McGee feature all new work.
My second hope is that someone, be it here in Worcester, Manchester, Providence or Boston (and yes, even Connecticut…) will take the reigns and create their own space for a new series of ongoing Sessions. I understand the general distaste of opening one’s home to something like this so frequently, but it pays off, I assure you. If one is interested in holding their own, I will always be a phone call away for advice and networking.
My goal over the next year will be to incorporate traveling Sessions while touring. If I have a day off, and you have poets and a space, I will try schedule and host a session.
Wherever I end up on the West Coast I will try to establish a new Session there as well. I will probably give preference to any New England poet that comes through to the new Sessions.
Beginning this Saturday, there will be a box/pile of things I do not wish to take with me. It will be the UP FOR GRABS PILE. Take a little bit f me home with you, won’t you.
I hope to see a number of you this Saturday. So far, only Bill MacMillan and Liz Heath are signed up.
Love,
McGee
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Since I’ve notified everyone in Worcester, Massachusetts, for the most part, and told my family in California, I figured I might as well make it known that I intend to move from Worcester, Mass. to Portland, Oregon. Probably this summer.
Barring anything that might make me move sooner, I am thinking that since the fall is a major touring season for me, I’d like to try to get settled on the west coast by September. I miss my family too often to live this far away now. I gave myself a year to live here and my family understood, but it’s getting harder to be this distant.
My father’s side of my family lives in Washington. My mother’s side lives in California. Oregon is a good central location. I have very close friends in and around Everett, WA who I love to visit, as well as in Eugene and Corvallis, OR.
LOTS OF THOUGHT
I want my family, given and chosen, to travel more. Shit — I want everyone I know to travel — but they are a sedentary lot down there in Silicon Valley and up in the Seattle area. If I move to a place they can get to in one flight or train, or even a 12 hour drive, they just might do it.
I’ve been considering this for sometime now, ever since the Elephant Engine Revival Tour last autumn. We spent a pretty solid week in Portland and I fell in love with the city itself, caught up with a surprising amount of friends in the area, and realized it’s proximity and low cost were key to being closer to San José and Vancouver, B.C., the Cities of My Heart.
Portland is a 1h:45m flight to San José and generally very cheap. Portland is also about 6-8 hours by train to Vancouver, or a 1h:10m flight straight through. Seattle’s an easy stop. Boise’s awesome and easy to get to as well.
MY TIME IN WORCESTER
I feel I’ve experienced as much growth in Worcester in the last 13 months as I did in the previous five years on the road. So much of it is thanks to Bill MacMillan and Tony Brown — my brothers from other mothers. I feel like I can be me and I like the me that I’m becoming thanks to the people who have become my New England family. My roommate Melinda Lee is the shit, plain and simple. I have felt very much at home here thanks specifically to Missy Mitchell, Dave Keali‘i MacKenzie, Sou MacMillan, Alex Charlambides, Liz Heath, Cyndi Keeley, Rushelle Frazier (before she moved), Heather MacPherson, Danielle Carriveau, Mark Palos, Sam Teitel, Roger Mindfucker (our cat), Anne O’Neill, Simone Beaubien, Danny Balel, Emily Mele, and a host of other people in New England. I haven’t forgotten any names, I just didn’t want to turn this into an acceptance speech. I will surely write that entry when I do actually move.
WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST
I am sad that so many others promised to visit me in my home while I was here and will have absolutely failed to do so before I move. I am just glad Finneyfrock and Weslowski are coming to do there own respective Kitchen Sessions this spring. And they’re coming from the WEST COAST… At this point, I will be too busy to really host anyone else before I move… Very, very saddening.
PORTLAND IS RAD AND GETTING RADDER
With the growing number of Write Bloody authors living and moving to Portland, it’s a perfect spot for a northern WB hub. We can put on shows/readings, get the ball rolling on events and brainstorm future projects. The city pushes the arts, has a fantastic transit system (which is a HUGE sell for us rare non-drivers), and loves their bicyclists, an activity I’ve missed since my Schwinn cruiser days in downtown San José.
Portland is alive and electric. It excites me. I feel I could be there even if I didn’t know anyone, although, it does also feel very, very transient. I think people come and go like mad, which is my plan as well. The gray skies will get to me in due time, but at least it doesn’t snow very often.
I think people should travel and really try living in other places. It’s easier than it seems and there are a number of people who do it enough to advise newbies. I said I would give Worcester a year and it turned out to be more. I will probably give Portland a year. I think it’s a good idea. You really get a feel for a city when you’ve spent a year there.
WHERE I TRULY BELONG
Of the entirety of the Bay Area, I would really only live in San José/Silicon Valley, but it’s three times the cost of living in Worcester. I am one of San José’s biggest fans, but I have spent 27+ years there (prior to touring) and I really just want to see more places and try out new environments for a while. I will return to San José, but I need just a little more stability and a girl-partner who is also a huge fan of Silicon Valley. And they would have to be a fan of it because anyone who didn’t grow up there has a hard time seeing it’s greatness. I couldn’t love a human baby as much as I love Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley Example of Greatness #2,482: 300 days a year of sunshine. 300. Yep.
SILICON VALLEY vs. PACIFIC NORTHWEST
There are really only a few places I feel I belong in a living situation and they are Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest (Eugene, OR to Bellingham, WA… Vancouver is the Pacific Southwest to Canadians.) I belong in Vancouver. I am so very much at home in Vancouver, but the cost of living there is fuckstupid, especially for an American. With my constant travel, I’d have to fly from Vancouver to U.S. destinations pretty often. I tend to have to book flights on short notice. I just did a sample search and a ONE-WAY flight two weeks from now from Vancouver to Denver is $309-USD. However, one-way from Seattle to Denver is $101-USD. Prices for Canadian flights to the U.S. are almost always three-times U.S. prices, across the board. I could bus it down to Seattle whenever I had a flight, but making the right bus-to-flight connection is a bitch-and-a-half and pretty costly over time. It’s a 2h:30m ride and you have to cross a border every time. I’ve done it and I despise it.
Vancouver Suckiness Example #2: Three short days a year of sunshine.*
I’d be better off living in Seattle, but Seattle has always felt like Vancouver Light. Aside from the awesome poetry people who live there, Seattle feels very, very sad. It is almost like 60 to 70% of the city is depressed. I feel it whenever I am there. The Seattle spoken word scene is pretty stellar thanks to Daemond Arrindell and Youth Speaks Seattle, but a thriving poetry scene is one of the last reasons I would move to a city. If it were my first reason, I’d be living in Vancouver already.
I did seriously consider moving to Bellingham, but it was only because I like the Poetry Night crew and their proximity to Vancouver, B.C.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles is a congested maze and nearly impossible to navigate without a car, but I do like it more than I did five years ago. I have some very close friends down there, but the traffic alone kills me. I don’t know how anyone does it. It seems to me to be the place so many people go to realize their dreams, only to get stuck in a job they despise and eventually abandon their reason for moving there. Success in the arts in L.A. must be limited to a very lucky/determined 2% of the population — if that.
There is so much sadness in L.A. and such a shattered spoken word and poetry scene. In all of my touring I have only ever lost money in Los Angeles. I’ve been paid a few times, but I feel like it was always out of Rob Sturma’s pocket and not really from the community around him. And merch sales? Doubtful. I think so many people are always broke in L.A. because they have to save their money to buy gas and keep their car running. I only ever go there to visit friends. Any gig I get is merely an attempt to deflect some of the cost of travel. But seriously, If I am wrong about L.A., please tell me so. If there is a growing spoken word scene I don’t know about, let me know. Da Poetry Lounge is always a fun gig for me, but it pays irregularly. A lot of poets would like to tour through L.A. but everybody outside of it has no idea where to start.
Orange County seems to have a decent reputation for gigs, but it’s one giant suburb.
Long Beach is the home of Write Bloody and Snoop Dogg, and it’s about an hour away from L.A. I can dig Long Beach, but it’s still too similar to the rest of Southern California. It’s a nice place to visit. All of it really is, but if you have no family there, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle.
THE MIDWEST
Chicago has always been a possibility, but one of the reasons I intend to leave New England is based on my ever-growing spite of the cold. I can handle rain and chill, but to-the-bone-kind-of cold really wears on me and keeps me inside too often. The cold here in New England starts in October and last through April. I have had two seasons of it. I would just be moving into a similar weather system in Chicago, which also has a summer humidity index that makes me want to punt fat babies. I could really only live there in the spring and autumn, if they show up. I love Chicago, but I would only live there for the people I knew and the fact that Chicago has THE BEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, but I would eventually despise the city for its weather.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Chicago is, without a doubt, THE HOME for funny poets. For me, the spoken word scene there has always been a draw for this reason. If you want to be a funny poet and like cold-ass winters and humid-ass summers, Chicago is the place for you. Male, female, emale, wemale — whatever — they are hilarious. Maybe it’s the food and weather. Being well fed and in constant sweaty/freezy conditions must help mold the humor… I am serious. Think about it. If you know the poetry slam/spoken word universe, Chicago has to be the funniest American scene. Germany is very, very big on humor in their poetry, as is Vancouver, but I think Chicago sets the standard as a scene. Hmmm.
I love you, ChiTown. I do, I do.
TIMELINE: JUST TALKING IT OUT
Since I have a bunch of travel this spring, I am going to try to spend as much time in Worcester this summer as I can. Depending on my finances, I will probably move toward the end of August, but I won’t know for sure.
I really don’t want to move while it is hot, so I may have to push it closer to June, which would kill my summer plans here, but would probably be a wiser move. I don’t make as much touring in the summer as I do in the spring and autumn. I would spend money to survive all summer, then spend money to move. I have gigs lined up this spring that would make a June/July move very easy. I am at a loss. I just don’t know.
What would be awesome is a road trip/poetry tour move. Any takers?
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Word to the nerd.
*I am kidding… Sort of.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
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Last night was awesome. As usual.
I was at the fourth annual Ill List poetry slam in Modesto, California. It’s a huge, invitational competition held in the State Theatre. 600+ in attendance to watch, Sonya Renee, Big Poppa E, John “Survivor” Blake, Ed Mabrey, Alvin Lau, Anis Mojgani, Scorpio Blues, Chad Sokolovsky, Adriel Lewis, and myself, compete for $1000.
I’ve performed at all of the Ill Lists in Modesto and they’re always awesome. I’ve always only ever made it into the top three, but this year…I came in the bottom three! This all thanks to my being late, missing out on the draw, taking the first slot, and the judges allowing score creep to settle. I also repeated poems from previous Ill Lists and I think that may have had some effect.
Since I knew I was mathed out by the second round, I went ahead and did a four and half minute version of Puddin’. That was incredible fun.
Sonya took first, Alvin took second, Scorpio took third, and “Survivor” took fourth. It was a good slam all around and the audience had a great time. I’d have to say that the Ill List is one of the best slams in the world. It’s pretty amazing to see such a small town come out in droves to see poetry on a cold Saturday night. Tickets for the event always sell out a day or two in advance. That’s over 600 tickets for a poetry event.
They should be holding Ill List V around this time next year. I may not be in it, but I certainly recommend to anyone in near Modesto to go check it out.
Sam Pierstorff organizes all of the Ill Lists and the regular Modesto Poetry Slams; visit them here: http://www.slamonrye.com/
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Word to the nerd.
2007: Go for it!
This entry was written by , posted on 9 December, 2007 at 2:51 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged california, ill list, modesto, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word, slam on rye, state theatre, theater. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Last night was awesome. As usual.
I was at the fourth annual Ill List poetry slam in Modesto, California. It’s a huge, invitational competition held in the State Theatre. 600+ in attendance to watch, Sonya Renee, Big Poppa E, John “Survivor” Blake, Ed Mabrey, Alvin Lau, Anis Mojgani, Scorpio Blues, Chad Sokolovsky, Adriel Lewis, and myself, compete for $1000.
I’ve performed at all of the Ill Lists in Modesto and they’re always awesome. I’ve always only ever made it into the top three, but this year…I came in the bottom three! This all thanks to my being late, missing out on the draw, taking the first slot, and the judges allowing score creep to settle. I also repeated poems from previous Ill Lists and I think that may have had some effect.
Since I knew I was mathed out by the second round, I went ahead and did a four and half minute version of Puddin’. That was incredible fun.
Sonya took first, Alvin took second, Scorpio took third, and “Survivor” took fourth. It was a good slam all around and the audience had a great time. I’d have to say that the Ill List is one of the best slams in the world. It’s pretty amazing to see such a small town come out in droves to see poetry on a cold Saturday night. Tickets for the event always sell out a day or two in advance. That’s over 600 tickets for a poetry event.
They should be holding Ill List V around this time next year. I may not be in it, but I certainly recommend to anyone in near Modesto to go check it out.
Sam Pierstorff organizes all of the Ill Lists and the regular Modesto Poetry Slams; visit them here: http://www.slamonrye.com/
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Word to the nerd.
2007: Go for it!
Originally published at Posted on MikeMcGee.net. You can comment here or there.
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The end of the Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival has had me in a whirlwind of emotion this past week or so. I will write about the tour soon…it is too much for one sitting.
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I was in Las Vegas this weekend for a performance at the Vegas Valley Book Fair with Derrick Brown and Amber Tamblyn. It was pretty damn awesome. That was on Friday, then on Sunday I attended a friend’s wedding which was attended by Feff and his girl Adriana.
Feff, who was once very chubby, has lost 70+ pounds through exercise and diet. He looks great, as does his lady, who committed to the ritual in April. Feff, once a heavy smoker and heavy fellow eater, is now a healthy jogger who loves him some veggies. Totally inspiring!
My lovely Miss Knowles joined me on the trip to LV and got to meet all the peeps. We had a great time and we got through to a point in our relationship where missing each other is a lot easier, even with me back on the road. I thought this coming week would be hard, but we know we’ll see each other for Thanksgiving and that makes the coming time apart so much more bearable.
Of all the gambling and such that comes with Vegas, the biggest highlight for Knowles and I was a place neither of us would have ever considered visiting. Mr. Dayvid Figler, poet, writer, lawyer, judge and all-around fantastic host and Vegas pal, took us to the Pinball Hall of Fame, just a bit off of the Las Vegas Strip. Opened out of love by Tim Arnold, the PHoF is a small wonderland dedicated to an all-but-dying phenomenon. I remember playing the occasional Cyclone or FunHouse game from time to time as a kid, and on Monday, I got to re-live many of those good times, achieving higher scores I never could as a child. I discovered a new love for pinball that I never knew was in me.
I spent less than $20.00 between Knowles and I, and we had a blast for a couple of hours; more than any casino on the strip. Talking with Tim, who was rebuilding an old machine while we played, was awesome as he has a wealth of information and knowledge of game machines. Mr. Arnold is probably one of the world’s foremost pinball experts.
I would compel anyone who plans to hit up Las Vegas to visit the Pinball Hall of Fame, support Tim and his awesome collection, and have a great time. Do be sure to tell a friend about this place. They will not regret spending a few bucks in quarters. I recommend everyone see it at some point in there lives.
Visit the Pinball Hall of Fame website here.
If you end up there someday, be sure to check out The Pinball Circus machine. It’s quite literally one-of-a-kind and by far one of the most entertaining machines I’ve ever played.
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A SHOW YOU CANNOT MISS!!!
“Open Mike McGee: A 24-Hour Solo Solstice Reading”
Friday, December 21st through Saturday the 22nd, 2007
Beginning around 9PM on Friday…
Ending around 11PM on Saturday.
Mike McGee will perform his poetry, other’s poetry, and more
over twelve 2-hour increments, with 5-15 minute breaks in between.
MACLA
510 S. First St
San Jose, CA US
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
Non-Profit Arts Organization
$3.00 tickets for every two hours.
24-hour Come & Go tickets will be $20 at the door.
For more info, email Mike at mightymikemcgee at gmail
or call MACLA at
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The Whale Revival is at UC Berkeley tonight, 7:30pm, in the Poly Ballroom in MLK Student Union.
Come hang, my Bay Area peeps! $7.00 at the door w/Student ID. $12.00 w/out.
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Word to the nerd.
2007: Go for it!
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Oh, December 2006! How I will miss you well into January.
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I have a girlfriend. Her name is Maiya.
Shane Koyczan introduced me to her in May. They are old high school friends. We hung out in her hometown in September, then proceeded to utilize phone cards and free phone minutes as much as possible over the last few months.
She met up with me in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. We stayed together for five days and four nights. We have many mutual Canadian friends. We introduced each other to our closest friends in B.C.
She saw every performance of mine and T.O.F.U.’s in Van. She is lovely. I love her. I’ve not met a woman who not only seemed to understand me this much, this easily, but was so willing to get to know me and understand who I am and why.
I feel the exact same way about her.
I miss her and those days. They were the best and saddest days I’ve ever experienced. To have spent so much time on the phone, and to finally hold her and be held by her was indescribable. I don’t like not being able to describe anything, but this is enough.
I might see her before March, but it is doubtful.
I will cast under a certain sense of sadness until then, but I will also be very busy doing what I love: talking to large groups of people, making them think, laugh and cry.
Maiya. Wow.
She just sent me a box of warm socks, an orange scarf she she knitted, and she made me an orange t-shirt I’ll have to post an image of to really understand.
I really like wearing orange. A lot of a lot.
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There is an interview with me in the newest issue of Writer’s Digest magazine. Feb ’07 issue to be exact. Pages 20 and 21. Get it it at your local newsstand or bookstore. Check the mom-and-pop bookseller spots before heading to Barnes & Noble, Borders or Chapters in Canada.
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To all San Joseans, there is an article in the back of the current issue of The Wave magazine about living as an artist in Silicon Valley. They quoted me a few times. It’s neato.
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I splurged and got myself a Care Bears hat for $3.00. It had been marked down from $21.00
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Happy Birthday, Bill MacMillan (
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I got some badass orange jackets, shirts, and a hoodie for Christmas. I also got a box of nicotine patches.
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Snow Patrol’s song “Chasing Cars” (my current listenings) is just too good and too pertinent in my life.
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 28 December, 2006 at 3:09 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged california, ill list, modesto, tons of fun university, Vancouver. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
