First thing: If you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, I have no idea what actually happened with Enron," maybe you should consider seeing a documentary called Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. I wasn't particularly interested, because it sounds boring and I didn't know a thing about Enron. I still don't understand what energy trading is, but otherwise I feel pretty solid on the sleazy awfulness that is corporate America, specifically Jeff Skilling and the hundreds of other jerks behind the Enron collapse. There's also a scene with Phillip Glass music and a strip club. It's on Instant Watch if you've got Netflix, and it's better than the trailer:
Second thing: I saw They Might Be Giants live for the first time this week and it was fucking awesome. Confetti cannons. I think it was so awesome that it was partially responsible for my plunge into total self-pity yesterday, when I felt bad about not being as great as they are, and why don't I write songs instead of novels, and then travel the world singing them to people who are really happy to hear them? And why is everything I do boring and provincial, instead of being about the cow under the sea? The same thing happens to me when I read Neal Stephenson novels. It's terrible.
Third thing: I am addicted to cleaning. I have strong urges to go through my possessions and get rid of juuuuust...a....littttttle....bitttt....more. It would be great but this is the month to do other things than clean. But my brain just doesn't want to think about other stuff. It wants to get rid of old shoes and shirts and things.
Which is totally weird, not helpful, and probably related to the....
Fourth thing: NaNoWriMo is horrible. Books are horrible. Writing is horrible. Narrative is my mortal enemy.
Fifth thing: It's sunny out. I am happy. My bike is good.
Sixth thing: We all look at the equivalent of War & Peace every single day. The internet is evil. I like simple sentences.
Fourth thing: NaNoWriMo is horrible. Books are horrible. Writing is horrible. Narrative is my mortal enemy.
Fifth thing: It's sunny out. I am happy. My bike is good.
Sixth thing: We all look at the equivalent of War & Peace every single day. The internet is evil. I like simple sentences.