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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-31

starting a new daily notes notebook today, number 14 since my english teacher in high school encouraged me to start writing things down. # http://bit.ly/4ABIp6 #mockingtrombone #fonts #ithinkweveallseenthisbeforebutjustincase # it’s burns day, so read some robert burns: http://bit.ly/7W0oIB # playing a shell game with three novel concepts. except the shells are the novels and my [...]

Nocturno a Rosario

I listened to Librivox’s first collection of Spanish poetry last night, even though I have very little Spanish. Mostly to hear the way the language fits together, and to feel the cadence of their speech. I especially liked one poem on first listen, Manuel Acuña’s Nocturno a Rosario (mp3). The translation doesn’t impress me—though, to [...]

Amerrrrrrikaaaaaaaaaah!

Yes, I made that.

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-24

william shaff, illustrator: http://bit.ly/8yuTQc # “Don’t play around with that speed, now. It’ll meth you up.” — my brother # just had 3 ideas lock to one another &, without changing their original shapes, create a master shape greater than the sum of previous parts # this, instead of sleeping. #writing #worthit #geometricepiphanies #fatigue #stillworthit [...]

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-17

today i am wondering many things, the most interesting of which is: why does my mustache smell of a dryer sheet? #unknowable #science # one day i will be hungry enough to eat free raisin bagels, but that day is not today. #minutiae #freezerhunting #icaughtmeafridgerbearmomma # Theodore Sturgeon story, The Man Who Lost the Sea, [...]

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-10

Colorado # The rockies at sunset. # Staying in denver. Tomorrow we brave vail pass. Check the peril of our route on the cameras: cotrips.org # And off we go. Over the pass and on to glory. # Utah # http://twitpic.com/wu4lr – # http://twitpic.com/wuvn3 – # Staying in richfield, utah, a town brimming with excitement. [...]

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-03

My first night go newark i heard two gun shots. #expectations #fulfilled # Ah, i love these people. # Just ate the Best Steak i have ever tasted. My friends are exceedingly kind. # @nicoletaylor28 the county next to the one i live in is the birthplace of the meth-trailer, the pinnacle of homebrew poor [...]