Hey Wiki, You're So Fine

I can't wait until I'm famous enough to complain about my Wikipedia entry. One of the poetry listservs I subscribe to has been having a discussion of this very thing, with plenty of people quibbling about the facts in their bios. It's already to the point that any poet who has published a book or two is profiled in the world's fastest-growing encyclopedia. Some day soon, everyone on earth will merit a Wikipedia bio, and the question will arise: Is it OK to adjust your own entry?

(Tangentially, Adam has been working on a company wiki. You can guess what song, with clapping but without cheerleading routine, I've been singing the last 24 hours.)

5 years and counting

Five years ago today, Adam and I went out for drinks at Radio. A few days later, we had dinner at Lo Coco's. Our lives have never been the same. We just had dinner at Lo Coco's, for old time's sake, and now I'm so full I can hardly move.

public slash private

I discovered that if you google my name, this blog appears at the top of the list, which makes me more than a little uncomfortable. This project has always negotiated that weird space in between public and private (as do most blogs). Naturally, if I didn't want to be read, or if I wanted to be anonymous, I wouldn't be blogging. Still, I only had three readers (hi guys!) and that was fine by me. Of course, I may still only have three readers (hi again!).

10 years and counting

I got an email about my high school reunion. I had thought I would go. I'd been planning on going. But now that I've actually got the invitation, I don't really feel like going. I've just remembered that I didn't particularly like high school the first time. As curious as I am to see how people turned out, I'm not sure it's worth $50 and spending a weekend in Chico in August (if you think the heat in the bay area is bad). And really, I'm not sure I'm all that curious. I can barely think of more than 5 or 10 people I might like to see (and odds are they won't be there, either). Maybe I can satisfy my curiosity by just googling a few names.

I have 3 jobs

and I'm so anxious right now I can't work on any of them!

I'm editing, and I'm writing; both freelance. Plus, I'm back at Mills fulfilling my role as office drone for a few weeks. It's actually lovely to see people in an office every day, and they treat me well, and I have good company at lunch. It's hard to ask for more than that. Of course, I think I'm having a relationship with the photocopier, and he isn't treating me very well. Always standing me up and making me wait for some unspecified reason.

fragments

Three poems from my series Fragmentum will appear in Mirage #4/Period(ical), edited by Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy. I'm very pleased. The fragments began out of my inability to write lyric poems, leaving holes and gaps of understanding.