i'm reluctant to blog over the clark coolidge post because i love his words more than mine right now.

however. i'm going to let you know that if there is any question in the world that i'd like to remove from all conversation... or maybe even just conversations with ME... it is : so, what do you do?

this, after, say 15 minutes of conversation with my wonderfully conversational PhD student and partner.

when i feel defensive i say: i write.

when i feel amused i say: i walk dogs.

lately i just feel annoyed by the question. so my answer, after a long pause, is: i work and i write.

this i am posting because i am willing to bet that there are other PhD candidate's partners in the world with the exact same *issue.*

to you young & single PhDers out there: DO NOT ASK THIS QUESTION.

if you must. DO IT BEFORE 5 MINUTES OF CONVERSATION RE : YOU AND THE UNIVERSITY has passed.

after that it is just annoying & comes off as *just being polite.*

and, honestly, after that... i'm not going to be very polite. i'm just going to be bored.


***

i post this because i CARE.

i post this because it seems to be a daily occurence.

lucky for me there is Lucipo & some Duke PhD's [and ers] that are also Poets.

thank you for listening.

reading clark coolidge

"How should I angle to stand you so you / constantly emit me?"

from

ONE OF THE QUITTER'S OBLIQUITIES

three years ago today magdalena and i hooked up.

now we have dogs that refuse to let us sleep in and celebrate properly.

married life.

last night

was a great night! thank you!

**

i think everyone should read what tony has been writing over at unquiet grave. that's where i'll be until i get stills from conrad & mary from last night.

thanks again!

one strange thing about this new homeland is the large number of senior citizens jailed/charged for selling drugs out of their homes. today, a 93 year old man.

the many things this can mean.

mostly, though, maybe durham is NOT the city to grow old in... since you might have to sell drugs to pay yr bills.

TONIGHT

minor american calendar

[we are excited so we are announcing TWO readings and calling it a calendar... we will try to have a once a month deal.]

AUGUST 25th, 2007
7pm, reading at 8, jamboree following
FREE [BYOB and BYOI]

CA CONRAD
will read! [and chat!]

MARY KALAYNA
will present the documentary
VENEZUELA: JOURNEY WITH THE REVOLUTION

SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
TBA

NOVEMBER 2nd, 2007
7PM, 8PM reading, jamboree after
[BYOB and BYOI]
FREE

KATE GREENSTREET
will read



CHRIS VITIELLO
TOO!


811 wilkerson ave
DURHAM,NC

EVERYONE! you have to see this!

Dottie has a new website, watch her read a poem from her new book AWE

Go to BIRD IN SNOW


--CAConrad

maggie & i just took percy & bear to Locopops and of course we got interviewed for a show on NPR.

and of course maggie & percy were the stars of the show.

[they have locopops for doggies and the heatwave has made our doggies VERY BORED.]

we'll let you know when the story will be airing. i bet they put a cute pic of poods licking his pop on the web. if they are smart... they WILL.

Is this what it means to be an academic in America?

Yesterday on my night stand was a copy of The Communist Manifesto right next to Suze Orman's The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke and The First-Time Homeowner's Handbook: A Complete Guide and Workbook for the First-time Home Buyer. I almost took a picture when I finally noticed the comic constellation. These are all books I recommend, by the way. I think, though, Orman's is probably the most useful for poets. She's a lesbo I hear.

Maggie

ron silliman found our dear Itinerant.

i've decided against visiting SF next month. too soon. too soon.

so.

you'll just have to come to durham.

especially you, Sara Wingate Gray.

i shit you not i just saw a spider that looked more like a crab just walk through my back door like he was invited.

i'm seriously considering flying out to SF next month for robin blaser. i'm not sure if i should. first off... maybe it is too soon for me to be in San Francisco again. it could make me feel even more homesick than i feel already. i like what ken rumble said to me... "you could be in Paris and still feel homesick." it isn't about Durham being "bad." it is about San Francisco being where i lived and where i always wanted to live growing up.

what i like about durham is i only work 5 hours a day. and i can spend the rest of my time writing... or... when we've actually finished setting up house i can spend the rest of my time writing. i actually prefer the high heat to the SF freezing ass summer. the music scene is awesome. people have time to spend... you can actually get things DONE here. there are a lot of super creative people and they all seem to crave the company of others so there is a community here that is up & ABLE to spending time doing what it is they really want to do. in SF i was tired ALL THE TIME. and sick. i worked my ass off and maybe would get out to one of the millions of events and then crash. maybe it was choice fatigue [and i said no a lot] but there is no choice fatigue here. not yet.

[there is heat fatigue.]

anyway, i was saying i might go see robin blaser in SF because i really would like to see him & my pals... i've never seen robin blaser read & i feel like i should take advantage of the opportunity. but then... there are so many places i haven't been on this side of the country... like DC, kaplan , how do we know what's going on there?

we'll see. i may not be ready to tease myself with SF right now. i may have to venture to Philly or New York instead.

it is really fucking hot here.

Ailanthus Webworm Moth!


thank you Erin Wilson.

maybe we will turn our porch light OFF at night now.

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please tell me what this is people:

TONIGHT

minor american calendar

[we are excited so we are announcing TWO readings and calling it a calendar... we will try to have a once a month deal.]

AUGUST 25th, 2007
7pm, reading at 8, jamboree following
FREE [BYOB and BYOI]

CA CONRAD
will read! [and chat!]

MARY KALAYNA
will present the documentary
VENEZUELA: JOURNEY WITH THE REVOLUTION

SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
TBA

NOVEMBER 2nd, 2007
7PM, 8PM reading, jamboree after
[BYOB and BYOI]
FREE

KATE GREENSTREET
will read



CHRIS VITIELLO
TOO!


811 wilkerson ave
DURHAM,NC

and let our house readings begin....

we are excited to announce....


Saturday, August 25th
at 7pm
READING AT 8!

Minor American HOUSE PARTY
(this is a BYOB) and bring yr own INSTRUMENT!!!


811 Wilkerson Avenue
Durham, North Carolina

CAConrad will read!!!!!!


Mary Kalayna will be showing the amazing short (TOO SHORT!) documentary VENEZUELA: JOURNEY WITH THE REVOLUTION http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/Strike/English2006/JourneyWithRevo.htm

EVENT IS FREE!
(books and dvds available for sale)

JAM ON THE PORCH AFTERWARDS!

hi.

i'm feeling too homesick to blog now-a-days.

maybe in a few weeks.

everyone here says : o, it will get better.

but.

they are all PhD students. so of course it gets better for them.

i should start a self help group. PoPhD: partners of PhDs.