money money money

That's what I need. Here's what is going to happen in the next month or so...

1.) Pawn video camera today. Hope for more than $50. It's a Digital 8, and I need to upgrade to a MiniDV, but I won't be able to do that for a year at least.
2.) I'm thinking about pawning or selling to a music shop my Peavey Raptor guitar. Whichever is a better buy.
3.) Get a job at Hungry Mother Park as a server until I move to Asheville again.
4.) In Asheville, dog/house sit for Dr. H.
5.) Work 40 hrs per week in the Biltmore Estate Winery for two months...June14-July 30ish.
6.) Sell ads for Out in Asheville magazine. Commission only.

I've got a few other entrepreneur ideas, but I don't know how legit they'd be. I thought about prostituting, but c'mon. I can't even handle it, so that was never a serious thought. HA.

I'm hoping to come up with some more stuff, but my checks from school working will be coming in soon and help me out. I don't want to just end up out of the negative. I want to end up in the positive, you know?

Stevo and I have been watching some Youtube since I hadn't even seen JT's videos. We watched some Fiona and she seems possessed when she sings. I find that kind of funny. She's witchy, you know, like Stevie Nicks. Mm.

Anyway, that's the news for now. We've got a lot more to get done today, so I'm going to sign off, but thanks again for reading. More posts soon.

out and about

I got my keys locked in my car today, but it was no biggie. The director of the 4-H camp center helped me out by taking Stevo on to class. I hung out with Stephen and Casey, incidentally, since she was driving back from Asheville. It was a good time.

Now, I'm at Chase's hanging with Jon, Evan, Stephen, Casey, and soon to be here, Travis. I think we're going to the Cabaret for a minute and then, hopefully, I'll be coming home. There's lots of organizing to finish.

Chase's house is really nice. I hadn't been in here; he moved from his old house.

That's the beat for now.

i woke up with a headache like my head against a board, half as cloudy as I'd been the night before...

Changed the lyric, since I feel only half as bad as yesterday. I've been up for a few minutes now, sipping on a Coke and typing so much that Carpel Tunnel will be knocking at my door.

I'm on my way to pick up Stevo, my friend from home. He got another DUI and he was only just legal for about a month. That's 2 in 2 years. He'll have jailtime, but he's thinking about going to rehab, too. That's a good idea, I think.

Anyway. More later.

what is morality?

: Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Sydney J. Harris

: A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
Lawrence G. Lovasik

: Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
William Shenstone

: The end never really justifies the meanness. -E. Duane Hulse.

And, my personal favorite:
: Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde

home again, home again

Well, I missed last Thursday's Drinking Liberally because there was simply too much going on. Friday, however, I made it to meet my mother to give her a carload of junk from my dorm room, to VW's house for a cook-in (V's mom was there from Kansas), and to see Kat Williams singing the blues at La Rues. It was great. Later that night, I realized I was starting to get sick.

Saturday, the moms, Jen's grandmother, Jen and I went to Malaprops to see Rue McLanahan. Oh man, it was awesome. She looks just the same, and we got a picture with her. She was awfully tired by the end of the book-signing, but that didn't stop her from letting the line go all the way through. Mom bought her book for $2.15 more in large print. She kills me. We went to T.G.I.Friday's for dinner and I came back to their room to get my frogs.

Oh yeah. The frogs. We bought two: Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and sure enough, Gilgie was being a big baby, thinking he's a god, hiding in the sea shell all damn day. Subsequently, he died, and we went back to buy a younger, more lively frog, which I named Utanapishtim, which is also from The Epic, but it means "he who has found life."

If you don't remember Utan, he's the one in the story that Gilgamesh finally made it to meet (after Enkidu's death), and he was supposed to live forever. He was spared by the Flood and he set Gilgamesh up with a test to brink Enkidu back to life. Of course, Gilgamesh failed.

I guess, even though I didn't want any frogs to die, it does the story justice that this time, in my tank, Enkidu survived instead of dying at the wish of Gilgamesh's mother. In the story, Enkidu died for Gilgamesh, and in my tank, Enkidu and Little Utan live. They grab life by the horns, ladies and gentlemen, and I love them both very much.

I'm also taking care of Jen's fish, Edgar, for a while. The things you do for love...ah. :)

So, now, I'm home, coughing, sneezing, and drinking a Coke. I'm getting ready to go to sleep to the sound of Bill Hicks: Sane Man in the background. Tomorrow brings less snot, with any luck.

Thanks for reading. Take care.

asheville break

My lover and I went to the WaHo this morning and had our usual All Star Special. We got to hold a baby that was in the next booth. His name was Issac and he sucked on Jen's finger with his one tooth that's sprouting. He kept making faces at me and when I stuck my tongue out, he smiled and drooled all over the place. His mom said that we should definitely think about having one. I told her I was going to wait a little while, but maybe sooner than later, we would go to the bank.

We saw Dr. David Hopes in his yard. He was watering flowers and I yelled out, "Hey, Dr. Hopes!" He smiled very big and waved in a gayish way to us. We were going to stop by, but Jen wouldn't let me.

Last night was the Women's Studies party of which only Dr. H. and I showed up. Then, mysteriously, the only girl in the class that didn't get the email happened to eat there and so she joined us. Lori and I drank Scout Stout and we all went back to her place to see Belly, her dog, and the dog she's sitting, Boudreux. Fun was had by all.

Fun is seriously underrated. It's good to be able to have fun wherever you are, I think, even if you're uncomfortable, because you can enjoy yourself no matter what. I think Stevo is probably the most comfortable person I know. I mean, he's insecure, just like everyone is to some extent, but that doesn't stop him from just being himself. I can't wait to be home again and see my friends there, though I'm going to miss everyone here.

I'm probably going to be in Asheville for most of the summer, which will be great because I'll be able to attend Drinking Liberally and hang out with my new friends there. What great people! Big hearts to Susan, Felicity, Gordon, Kai, Aric, Jeff, and everyone else whose names escape me.

crazy for feeling so blue

I've started packing most of my room, and I don't have too much more to pack before I leave. I've got one exam left, and a presentation for Women's Health, and that is tomorrow, so I'll be preparing for it today.

The final Women's Studies meeting is today, and it begins at 6 p.m., so I'll be glad to attend that, especially since I planned the event.

I had some crazy dreams last night, one involving a chainsaw and Brilliant said I was talking in my sleep this morning. I must do this a lot, but I never really know what I'm saying. It's almost like finding out about your drunken night of which someone kept track, since you weren't able.

When I woke up this morning, I watched some of the Buncombe County channel including the newscast from UNCA. I was impressed and disappointed, I guess, because it was nice looking and the camera interviews were very professional looking, but the newscasters spoke with no enthusiasm or emphasis. It did give me a good look at what I'd be doing if I worked in there.

I guess that's all for now. I still need to post my articles, of course. Who knows? Maybe I'll get to that today.

Thanks for reading. Tune in later.

you sucked up all the oxygen, how do you still breathe?

This post has been removed as I do not participate in pettiness.

It was put on after a voicemail pronouncing me dead.

waters of the head

Today is the Headwaters launch party, but unfortunately, due to computer and printing problems, the new issue will not be in today. I know this because my lover is privy to this top secret confidential information. They do have a proof, though, so it shouldn't be long. Probably middle of May. I'm reading "Pissed Off" at the party, and my mom is going to come to see the whole thing.

I'll send her back with books and gadgets I won't need for the next week. It should lighten my home-bound traveling load. Who knows, with ramblers like me?

I'm working on my last article for newswriting, and I'm doing it on biodiesel. If you didn't know, there are several pumps around Asheville, and they are sprouting up all over the world, actually. If you own a diesel car, you can easily switch to biodiesel, and if not, you can get a diesel engine put in OR use the gasoline-alternative, Ethanol 85. I'm still looking for someone to interview that uses biodiesel in his/her car, so if that person sounds like you, please contact me or comment on this blog.

Speaking of alternatives, I bought a menstrual solution. It's a Diva Cup, like the Keeper, I've heard. It's pretty cool, and I like it, especially in conjunction with the Glad Rags that I've been using as an alternative to maxi-pads. Good stuff. All cotton, washable, fragrance free, and NO dri-weave. (Which is good since that shit can give you a rash. Moisture, you know?) Anyway, I also have some organic natural tampons that I'm trying out instead of the bleachy tampacular devices I'm used to. Anyway, I highly recommend these alternatives, because not only are they either reusable or better for you, they can save you a lot of money. The Diva Cup and Glad Rags, especially. Everybody's lookin' to save some cash, right? So, you can support local artists or economy, right? Super.

Anyway, yeah. I still need to post the VT story, but I haven't been able to locate my flash drive on that.

Other news: Drinking Liberally is tonight at the Asheville Brewing Co. on Coxe Ave. if anyone wants to come. It should be a good time. There are new candidates to discuss, and Susan will be back from Florida. (She's my favorite of the women...well, she and Felicity, but Susan is usually there.) Looking Glass is the choice pitcher for the DLs, so there's another reason for you to come out.

My zine turned out well, except, looking back, I found a bunch of typos, and I was disappointed with myself about that. I think I'll keep revising it because I've had a few revelations to add since I turned it in. When I get it revised to where I like it, I'll go to Kinko's and get copies made for anyone who needs to know about the voice of feminism in stand-up comedy. There was tons of information out there, so the topic really deserves to really be done justice by yours truly.

Women's Studies is over, and I'm planning a party in place of the final period because I want to leave it with a bang instead of an "oh shit..." Yeah. Emails will be sent and beers will be imbibed, at least by me.

I guess that's the news for now. Take care and thanks for reading.

(P.S. During spell-check, it showed newswriting as misspelled, but it offered nauseating as a fill-in. So...yeah.)