"Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself.
Typings of a well-traveled, talky, funny, hobo-poet.
EDIT 1:31pm PST: On August 29, 2009, I officiated the marriage of Audra and John Scholtes. Today I welcome their son John Allen to the world. Congrats, family!
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There is something so welcoming to a writer about waking up to the temperateness of California at the close of a mild summer. How it calls me outside before the West Coast is ready to start another Monday. Maybe it is a calm before a storm. I have shelter. I have a coat. I have people. I will be fine.
It is a rare instance when I am wakened by my bladder while it is still dark out. It too is welcome.
McBLADDER: McGee, I am full and it is time to write.
McGEE: How dare you. I have a *go-kart to rebuild with my ex-landlord. Anyway, you’re a bladder! What writing is there for you!?
McBLADDER: Hush now. I can make life very difficult for you.
McGEE: Oh, you have, my friend! Oh have you!
It seems to be just as rare for me to fall asleep to the conception of a goal and to feel that goal double-bold in the morning. To keep wanting to do what I told myself to do the night before. To do more of what I started when I was a boy. To write like my life and, moreover, our lives depended on it.
This is the beginning of scratch. Rebooting with little-to-no capital to start with other than my wits and an unparalleled support base. I am proof that being a care-free hobo-poet only expands your reach and name. I never set out to be rich. I don’t know that I ever can be. I really do not care if I ever will be. The more money I have = the more meals I buy for people. This must be my karmic balance to the pantries I’ve raided throughout the world. I despise buying things I don’t need and I do it less and less each year. For my home in Worcester I bought a food processor and rarely used it. Stupid. I bought a website product I will never use. Idiotic. My wardrobe consists of mostly shorts and t-shirts. I despise buying clothes and specifically loathe clothes with any sort of corporate advertising. One can fit more complete outfits in a suitcase when one’s wardrobe is mostly garments of little fabric. In 2007 and 2008, I spent most of my earnings on airlines, restaurants and diapers. Sounds like a fat, jet-setting baby. I must have been. I have the intent to rail against excess, but that is tempered by the hypocritical excesses I dip into from time to time. I am embarrassed by the sheer size of the box I left in Worcester, full of bathroom amenities and products for use by males when bathing and after. These items now fill a zip-loc sandwich bag.
I am on the most interesting path I have ever set foot. This is redemption for me, the writer. An emancipation from the talker I’ve become. There comes a time when a man has to say nothing for a while and simply write it down. I am the luckiest man I know. My brain is incredible. I have been very wise to hang onto it.
And even though we ain’t got money…
When I returned to California in August, I knew that I was embarking on one of the more difficult journeys of my life. Returning to one of the most expensive states in the country, but still my beloved. Returning to a family struggling to make ends meet. Returning to Silicon Valley where art is born, becomes a teenager, then runs away to San Francisco or the East Bay, visits very rarely and never calls home. Returning to a region that hasn’t been very kind in the departments of love and relationships. I think I’ve not been as patient as I claim to women. I think I assumed I was awesome and that the right woman would see that. I now have evidence that they have seen it, told me about it, and I was still oblivious to it.
Freeze/Don’t move/You’ve been chosen as an extra in the/movie adaptation of the sequel to your life
Art is not only alive and well in San José and Silicon Valley, but it abounds and all of the artists I know here are enthusiastic about the changes in this city. There are open mics and showcases of performers all over the south bay. Music is alive and aloved throughout “Tecca.” Audiences throughout downtown San José, in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Campbell are coming out in numbers I have never before witnessed. They are made up of engineers, analysts, and builders from Cisco, Google, Yahoo!, Adobe, LinkedIn, Facebook, eBay, HP, Apple and more. The people seeking artistic outlets in Silicon Valley are also artists looking to be inspired without having to make the 45-mile drive to the greater Bay Area. When I left downtown San José seven years ago to see these United States and to fall in love with Canada, my city was a ghost town that left little reason to stay. It simply could not compete with my wanderlust. Timing is gorgeous. Now I believe the opposite may be true. I dare this burning wanderlust to drag me away from my city. San José is mine and I will always love it. I am so pleased it has been figuring itself out.
Seven years on the road and nearly half a million miles later I am wiser than I expected to be. I left on September 10, 2003 headed for Los Angeles without an escape route, with only a dozen or so shows booked, on a tour that never really ended. I submit as fact: that tour is over now. I am no longer on the road. It makes so much sense that I had to move to Worcester (New England’s answer to San José in so many ways) to learn how to be home. To have Tony Brown and Bill MacMillan at hugs reach. To have Melinda Lee in the room next to mine, so many hours on that wondrous porch! To have Alex Charalambides a phone call away, ready for pho at the drop of a hint. Real talk and cheap tacos with Bobby Gibbs. That knowing look from Sou MacMillan that says, Yep, I get you. You’re family. Myow-myow. Game Nights in The Basement. It all adds up to an experience that readied me for this next chapter in my life. I miss them and love them and they know this and they all understand my needs and wants. It was the only way I could leave them and the best way to end a tour that was probably a year too long as it stands.
To have truly ended my seven year itch with The Oversocial Mofo Revue – a show that was a culmination of every live show I had seen in that time – on September 10, 2010 was apropos.
Day to day/Where do you want to be?
This in no way counters one of my most absolute truths: Everyone should travel. No exclusions. The one exception to this rule is that any of the Everyones that claim to be artists – especially those of any solid, honorable repute – should travel and bring a whole lot of their art with them to share with the people they meet. Go and learn and meet and love and despise things. Just be sure to be there. Like, actually. Be there times 3. Don’t expect to make any money. See the world. Laugh and cry because you’ll need it.
She thinks she missed the train to Mars…
You have not. You cannot. You are the conductor. Set that schedule and abide. Not seven years. Not even one. Two weeks or a month should suffice. Keep your job just in case or be ready for a new one when you return. Go, because you have to. Because the view from your window hasn’t changed in years. Because it will destroy you to wonder any longer. If you set out for seven, I’m sure we’ll run into each other on The Road at some point. But no matter what, be sure to stop by San José in your travels. It’s full of good pho, salsa, computers and me.
I recently saw a crazy man flailing and dancing, singing along to something as I passed him on the street. One of those moments when a guy like that is making his way toward you and his presence causes you reconsider your destination. You have to pass him to get where you’re going and it could go poorly. He could make eye contact and start talking crazy to you or just punch you for being a two-legged moose that looked at him wrong. Maybe he’ll accuse me of stealing his beard or god. But, as I got closer, I saw the headphones hanging from his ears and the iPod in his hand. He wasn’t insane, he was just crazy for music and unafraid of showing it to the people of downtown San José. I think that is probably a good outlook to have in life. I find myself dancing way more often now.
I am also on a mission to produce 1,000 pages of writing by September of next year. Stories, poetry, screenplays… 1,000 pages. 1,000 pages. 1,000 pages. Maybe more. More posts here for sure.
*for my fellow Hedberg fans.
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 20 September, 2010 at 4:20 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged rebirth, reboot, San-Jose-California, touring, Travel, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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.
This entry was written by , posted on 4 August, 2010 at 6:32 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged Bay Area, california, home, poetry scenes, San-Jose-California, silicon valley, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
So, the last Kitchen Session in Worcester (#18!) is almost one year to the day from the very first KS featuring Simone Beaubien. Such interesting timing.
This final Kitchen Session Worcester will feature Tony Brown and I, with mini-features (four poems) from Megan Thoma and Melinda Lee (yes, my roommate, who has yet to read at a KS!)
Tony’s my homie who deserves a feature with all the advice and support he’s given me since before I moved to Worcester. Best neighbor a guy could have.
Megan’s been to most Kitchen Sessions and is super-supportive of the local community.
Melinda’s a fucking badass.
I will state right now that since this will be my last hoorah at my house in Worcester, Massachusetts, I will probably cry like a leaky faucet. A fat, sweaty, good-smelling, leaky faucet. I will try to make everyone cry. I promise.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
1. Normally, I have two sections of “The Openers” prior to the feature; 10 single-poem readers and 5 two-poem readers. In order to accommodate as many readers as possible, I have a 33 person sign-up list on the Facebook Group. It may NOT fill up, but either way, it’s going to be one long night. 33 sign-ups, ONE POEM EACH. No two-poem limits for this one. I know I am crazy, but I want everybody to get a chance to read.
I like the number 33. A. Lot.
I am hoping to utilize this as an opportunity for people to stay intimate with this house and its residents. I fear that my departure will stop people from visiting Melinda, Tony and Missy. That would be wack. They like company. Be company.
There is a small crew of people that are looking to run irregular Boston Sessions. Since I run the Facebook Group for KS, I am thinking of just passing it to them to run. I’d stay on to help. Or I might make it a central hub for all Sessions that pop up. If you’re on it, please stay with the group, if not, consider joining.
MY POSSESSIONS
I want to rid myself of as many possessions as possible. Anyone who attends and donates $$ will get a “thing” from my personal stuff. Books, arts, crafts, clothes, furniture… stuff. The money will be split amongst Tony, Melinda, Megan and I.
This will be seed money for me in the west and coverage money for expenses I may leave Melinda with until she finds a roommate.
I highly recommend arriving before 7:30pm. RC Weslowski’s feature had 40+ in attendance. I imagine this one should come close.
Man. Let’s have way too much fun.
This entry was written by , posted on 20 July, 2010 at 2:52 PM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged kitchen-sessions, moving, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I guess I jumped the gun yesterday on my flight issue from Boston to SFO.
As of yesterday, there was only one flight available from Boston to the Bay Area total between July 25 and August 5. I held the flight for July 27. As of this morning, there are several flights available… So frustrating. So aggravating.
I just now booked my flight on United Airlines for the morning of Tuesday, August 3rd.
This now means there will be no Kitchen Session on July 24. I am moving the last Kitchen Session back to Friday, July 30.
But I get to stay an extra week in Worcester.
Woot!
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Word to the nerd!
This entry was written by , posted on 17 July, 2010 at 9:24 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged boston, flights, flying, moving, sfo, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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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This entry was written by , posted on 9 June, 2010 at 3:33 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged california, kitchen-sessions, mailing list, moving west, oregon, portland, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Kitchen Session #14 starts on Saturday, May 22 at 8:00pm Eastern Time.
The video below is streamed live from Worcester, Massachusetts.
There will be a host of opener poets performing never-before-read work, then a mini-feature from Tony Brown. Our feature tonight is RC Weslowski of Vancouver, B.C.
Your host with the most to roast is yours truly, Mike McGee.
This entry was written by , posted on 22 May, 2010 at 11:24 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged kitchen-sessions, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word, poetry, rc weslowski, Vancouver, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
My good man Matt Gano of the Seattle Poetry Slam scene, and the go-to-guy for Seattle Youth Speaks, lands in New England today for a series of shows between here and New York City.
He’ll be at The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show tonight at Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove Street in Worcester. Open mic at 9pm.
He’ll also be featuring at GotPoetry? Live? tomorrow night (Tues.) at Blue State Coffee in Providence. Then at the Boston Cantab on Wednesday night.
I am sure he has more shows lined up this week and next. You’ll have to go to a show or find him on Facebook to know the when and where. Word has it that he may come back to the Woo with Mahogany Browne for our May 22 Kitchen Session, featuring RC Weslowski.
I love Gano, and this his first ever spoken word tour. I want to make him feel very welcome on the east coast. This dude is pretty swell and choice.
If you can, go out this week and support my homie. For now, check him out at Matt Gano’s Blog.
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 10 May, 2010 at 11:01 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged boston, cantab, dirty gerund poetry show, matt gano, New-England, ralph's, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
With all the various poetry slams gearing up for the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul this August (National Poetry Slam), I have been thinking about two ideas involving summertime and slam.
I haven’t been a member of a national poetry slam team since 2004. Seems ages ago. I love most aspects of slam, but I really love the politics and strategy that build up around the events leading to NPS. Ekabhumi and I can chat on the phone for hours and hours on the enigma that becomes poetry slam’s social ramifications.
We’ve joyously discussed (not always agreeing on) every part of what it means to
1) prepare to get on a team
2) ready the whole team while maintaining individual identities
3) strategize in ways that benefits EVERYBODY as best as possible
Poetry slam is not my favorite game. Until the day it limits itself to a square board with letter tiles and word scores, it will only ever be my favorite human sport.
But I do thoroughly enjoy it. In my limited team and individual coaching experience, I have seen numerous positive results — statistically and socially — when performance poets actually listen to me.
In my opinion, NPS is the super bowl of poetry slam (not my words, but I agree), so I firmly stand by the notion that those coming to play the game should play to win, while maintaining a positive outlook on growth, character and art. It’s not easy.
I enjoy the coaching side of poetry slam very much, but I rarely have much time for it.
SUMMER RETREAT IDEAS
IDEA #1
By July, most poetry slam teams know who they’re up against in NPS bouts. By July, I know most of the poets in those bouts. A team makes their way to my house in July. They bring edibles for the whole weekend and we cook and discuss strategy and work on performance. I will book a Kitchen Session for that weekend and they will sign up to read.
It will be mostly conversation.
IDEA #2
Same as above, only I fly to them and spend the weekend in their city. No gigs, just working out kinks and offering ideas.
Either way, I don’t want to make money off of a team, but I don’t want to lose money either. Idea #1 would require team travel. Idea #2 would require a travel ticket for me in which I do not want to pay for.
Idea #2 is easier because I wouldn’t have to limit it to July. If your team is selected in April, and you want my help, that might be possible. I have such a nutty schedule as it is, it would help if I am already coming to your region to perform anyway.
I guess if you know I am coming, and have a team preparing for NPS, or a poet prepping for WoW or IWPS, gimme a holler. I may be down to help.
I love the game, but I love even more the game that happens off stage. It’s probably the most important strategy few poets ever consider before the big game.
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 9 May, 2010 at 9:39 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged coaching, discussion, performance, retreat, summer, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
With all the various poetry slams gearing up for the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul this August (National Poetry Slam), I have been thinking about two ideas involving summertime and slam.
I haven’t been a member of a national poetry slam team since 2004. Seems ages ago. I love most aspects of slam, but I really love the politics and strategy that build up around the events leading to NPS. Ekabhumi and I can chat on the phone for hours and hours on the enigma that becomes poetry slam’s social ramifications.
We’ve joyously discussed (not always agreeing on) every part of what it means to
1) prepare to get on a team
2) ready the whole team while maintaining individual identities
3) strategize in ways that benefits EVERYBODY as best as possible
Poetry slam is not my favorite game. Until the day it limits itself to a square board with letter tiles and word scores, it will only ever be my favorite human sport.
But I do thoroughly enjoy it. In my limited team and individual coaching experience, I have seen numerous positive results — statistically and socially — when performance poets actually listen to me.
In my opinion, NPS is the super bowl of poetry slam (not my words, but I agree), so I firmly stand by the notion that those coming to play the game should play to win, while maintaining a positive outlook on growth, character and art. It’s not easy.
I enjoy the coaching side of poetry slam very much, but I rarely have much time for it.
SUMMER RETREAT IDEAS
IDEA #1
By July, most poetry slam teams know who they’re up against in NPS bouts. By July, I know most of the poets in those bouts. A team makes their way to my house in July. They bring edibles for the whole weekend and we cook and discuss strategy and work on performance. I will book a Kitchen Session for that weekend and they will sign up to read.
It will be mostly conversation.
IDEA #2
Same as above, only I fly to them and spend the weekend in their city. No gigs, just working out kinks and offering ideas.
Either way, I don’t want to make money off of a team, but I don’t want to lose money either. Idea #1 would require team travel. Idea #2 would require a travel ticket for me in which I do not want to pay for.
Idea #2 is easier because I wouldn’t have to limit it to July. If your team is selected in April, and you want my help, that might be possible. I have such a nutty schedule as it is, it would help if I am already coming to your region to perform anyway.
I guess if you know I am coming, and have a team preparing for NPS, or a poet prepping for WoW or IWPS, gimme a holler. I may be down to help.
I love the game, but I love even more the game that happens off stage. It’s probably the most important strategy few poets ever consider before the big game.
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Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
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Fridays are a little wak in terms of posting anything I actually want people to read.
I will just use Fridays as a link day, sending people to sweet websites, and balance it with a short, personal update. Weekends are generally lame for posts, but since I am determined to post daily, I want to have content for each day of the week.
CHICO, CALIFORNIA
Performed at Chico State last night and it went well. The best part of my stay in Chico was surely my time spent with Kyle, Heather, Lor, Sarah, and Tazuo. It was good to catch up with them.
The gig was fun. It felt like impromptu stand-up comedy. I went mostly humorous and felt the audience riding along with me.
Chico’s a cute town. I enjoyed my time here, but this is not a place I could settle in. The summers in this region of California are blazing hot and humid. Makes me feel gross.
Tazuo’s doing an invitational slam on June 10. Should bring more quality spoken word to Chico. Not sure where it’s being held, but there will probably be information at ThePoetTazuo.com
YESTERDAY’S POST ON HEALTH
Been getting tremendous response to my post on better health and developing a healthy living regimen. I really appreciate everyone who’s chimed in with advice and personal accounts.
I’d like to clarify that when I said I was developing a 7-year plan, I think some people took that as I planned to wait for 7 years to be healthy. No. Sheesh. I just meant that I should be wholly different and at peak health by the time I am 41 years old. These new habits should be normal within 7 years. This plan started yesterday. I’ve already doubled my water intake. I’ve also been sleeping a lot more, not pushing myself to stay awake. Seven hours of sleep as opposed to 4-6.
I’ve talked to a lot of people and I don’t want to worry so much about my health at 40. If I do this right and pace myself, I should be fine. I have accomplished a lot more difficult things in my life. I can do this.
I am also now convinced that a Master Cleanse is not for me, plus, I feel pretty cleansed whenever I eat right anyway.
I just have to stay set on my sights. I think if I can drop 60 pounds, I’ll feel pretty damn good.
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY SLAM FINAL
I am hosting the Slam Free Or Die Final on Saturday night.
It’s going to be rad. More info here…
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 7 May, 2010 at 8:42 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged chico, Friday Post, Travel, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.