oh no 2

i'm behind on FAWM. Although, I'm feeling really inspired to learn how to play Flamenco guitar. I don't know who will teach me but I just might have to teach myself.

blizzard

People are losing their minds in NYC. On the subway, some guy was saying something like: Goddamnit / train service changes / Just because it "MIGHT" snow / what a city we live in.

Some lady took this very personally. She was like. "If you don't like it here, then why don't you go back to CINCINATTI where you came from." And I was like... burn. Everyone knows that people from Cincinatti are douche bags. Then, the guy continued. He was like, "saying it might snow is like saying the Jets might win the superbowl." And I was like whoa, lets not get ahead of ourselves. The superbowl was yesterday, and the Jets weren't even in it. So let's back up and examine our analogies before we start spewing them. Someone is going to get hurt. So the lady continued to take it personally. She was like, "this is my HOMETOWN. If you don't like it, go back from where you came from." So then he said, "I'm from Canada." And I was like.. well if he's from Canada, then why can't he deal with a little snow? This amount of snow is child's play for those of my readers from Colorado and the Midwest. Its going to be like, maybe a foot and people are like fortifying their houses and blowing up grocery stores. So then, after defending New York didn't work, she started defending the weather. She wanted him to know that it was going to SUCK and that the MTA really couldn't handle this shit. She said there were going to be BLIZZARD conditions, and 40MPH WINDS. She made sure that he understood that this was the FORECAST. So people on the subway were generally having one of two reactions, rolling their eyes, or laughing. Taylor and I were laughing our asses off. At one point I said to Taylor, I am making some service changes in the bathroom because I MIGHT have to poop.

For the record, my position on this snowstorm is YES CLOSE EVERYTHING. I want to go sledding with the other children that don't have to do anything.

So if someone is badmouthing the transit system because the city changed it because the weather is supposed to be really really bad, don't take it personally. Or do, because then riding the subway would be awesome. Magic happened.

watched that superbowl

i think its really silly that people watch the Superbowl just for the commercials. That's like saying you eat bacon for its nutritional content. Its like saying you participate in orgies because you like to meet new people. Its like saying you take heroine because you like needles. Its like saying you wear a jock strap because you like the way it makes your butt look. Anyway, I watch the superbowl to see who's going to win. I was pleased with the outcome. I like the Saints. They ain't no Broncos, but they done good. This morning we went to the I Got Dumped Brunch, a few short plays about getting dumped and other relationship woes. My favorite one was where a guy convinced his boyfriend and his girlfriend (they didn't know about each other previously) to have a threesome with him. That is some smooth talking.

until then, let me stand next to yr fire

I'm reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "A Coney Island of the Mind" so i don't actually have to visit Coney Island

Today is Friday, Feb. 5th, and its high time I wrote some more songs. Today is going to be a songwriting day. The only time I'm going to take a break from songwriting is to eat and possibly run if I get stuck. There will be no showering, there will be no TV, and there will be no going to the bathroom.

Last night we went to Ariadne auf Naxos, which is an opera, it has to do with Ariadne and Theseus, but after they kill the Minotaur, and Theseus has abandoned her on a desert island. She shouldn't have been surprised, Theseus was a real asshole, all she had to do was wiki him. So now I'm thinking that I'll write an opera. Since they all seem to be about strange things, I'm going to call it Pinocchio. But it'll take place after Pinocchio becomes a real boy. He'll realize it isn't all its cracked up to be, and thus, opera ensues. By this time, Geppetto is an extremely old man who has involuntary bowel movements. At the end of the opera (after 90 minutes) The Turquoise Fairy comes and turns Pinocchio back into a marionette, just so she doesn't have to hear him bitch anymore. The main aria will be sung by her.

A Box of Rain Will Ease the Pain

I think the universe was punishing me for something today (or someone else, and I just happened to be there at the same time). The 1 Train never came. Then when it did, it didn't stop. It just passed right through like we weren't even there. Then another one came, 30 minutes later... then I found out it wasn't making any local stops. Also my phone is missing. Probably forever, and since I don't have facebook I think that means that I'm dead to the world. :(

Waiting so long for the train though... I means I got a chance to listen to a lot of The Grateful Dead.

too much

I deactivated my face book profile, just so you know

this isn't permanent

happy fawm day!

doing FAWM for the 5th consecutive year this February. I'm putting the finishing touches on my first song, you can track my progress here