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Online for a Limited Time Here's what happened... Post Date: 3/8/05 Original Journal Date: 3/8/05 What I need is clear and quiet writing time. But so much has happened in the interim, instead I will just quickly update us all. I actually have it on my to do list to update three times this week, so we'll see how that goes. No, seriously, it could happen. Maybe even one entry will actually be good. But also, my life is so overscheduled that I have a gridded Word document trying to keep track of it by both color coding and position. Seriously. And also, if you look at the bottom of the left hand column on the home page, you will see that I also added links to some of my favorite people on the web and also my column at BraggingRightsCorner. Speaking of BraggingRightsCorner, did you know Rick Schroeder recently produced a boxing movie? No shit. Anyway, four topics in random order. Las Vegas Poetry Slam Finals Those were last night. Here's the problem with a poetry slam. There are some extremely, extremely talented poets. And then there are more poets who have one really great poem that they read in the first round. But then you have to hear them read again in the second round, and that can be tedious. But during the intermission, RJ and I went and listened to gay karaoke, which made me feel better. No shortage of "Phantom of the Opera" there. Anyway, I didn't entirely agree with the scoring, though Kari, Scott and Andi (sp?) were all within half a point or so of each other, so that's about correct since they're all so much better than anybody else out there. Some bad strategy moves made by some of the better poets. But a good evening. The plan was to go out afterwards, but, um, that didn't happen. Yeah, I'll tell you the story later. It's amusing and all of those things. The San Francisco Trip I had such a great time. Firstly, Kari, you are an awesome travel buddy and not just because you think to buy beef jerky. Most of the really funny stories from this trip are from the "secret meeting" when we made fun of a certain demographic for the better part of two hours, so I can't share those. But I can say all of this: Sexy Dale's party was sexy. But also weird. How much do I love drinks from the Orbit Room? Todd is hot. 10:30am meetings on Saturdays can be productive. Who knew? Entire pitchers of good sangria. I miss that. Ethiopian. I miss that food. Gay western bars. I miss that, too. "Constantine" is a questionable choice for a midnight movie. But since I slept through at least half of it, I can't comment all that much, now can I? What can be gayer than living above the STARBUCKS at 18th and Castro? There were so many stories. But now I just don't have the energy. I need to be a better journal writer. Seriously. How the Frapachino Ruined Coffee Houses Across America As a side note, can I just say that the Frapachino ruined coffee houses? I mean, think about it. Think about how you used to go into a coffee house and it was quiet except for that relaxing steam sound from the espresso machine and you could talk and it was lovely and perfect. Now, however, we all feel we need frozen coffee drinks with whipped cream and chocolate shavings on top. Yep. Apparently that's what we feel we need. So every ten minutes in your average coffee shop the blender goes off and whatever you're talking about or doing is, well, ruined. Did we really need ice cream blended coffee drinks? Did we? I don't think so. My Mom Got Email Beware! She's got an email account now! The email will be flying! FLYING! I once asked how she could live like that?ithout an email account. So there you go. She loves this email already, I can tell. This woman, she corresponds like a demon. Also... I LOVE BO BICE!!!! Missed ya! I LOVE BO BICE, TOO!