Mostly responses to reading. Sometimes other stuff.

attended a classic colombian music concert in a bus terminal last night. the place was packed–people drinking & dancing on entrance ramps. # unfair things: watching tv in spanish & hearing nickleback as part of the soundtrack. i am now bleeding from the ears and nose. # intersection of david byrne and brian eno’s ”one [...]

reading harlan ellison. in the background, a spanish reality show with a light jazz soundtrack. cue matter/antimatter reaction. # the neverending party across the street that usually plays accordion waltzes filtered through 90s pop has now switched to un-tss techno. # i want the parrot in the neighbor's garden & the bag of geese who [...]

@ken_schneyer another excellent use for skype: magically finding 300 words of fiction from one of your friends in a timecapsule chat alert. # listening to messiaen's l'ascension while watching the fog burn & reveal the mountains around medellín. # the drama lama says, "peace, son, you'll get an aneurysm." # oh human interaction, you are [...]

"I cannot rest from travel: I will drink life to the lees" — tennyson # Have yelled the word "mortuus" at my brother, who is downstairs, for the past five minutes. #hobbies #jerk # Just explained furries to my dad. His response was crooning "i love you, you love me" like barney the dinosaur. # [...]

the best storytelling. http://bit.ly/axTRDf via @GreatDismal # is it clarion 08 celebration day? @ferretthimself & @Keffy are now fully operational @sfwa folks. # @rsdevin no; that was on one of my interminable roadtrips, so we only had a few hours to see it all. definitely someplace i'll revisit. in reply to rsdevin # "we have [...]