Haiku 6/1
Drove back to Brooklyn
getting passenger sunburn
sleeping through Jersey.
Haiku 6/2
Put in my notice
IN YOUR FACE, MOTHERFUCKER
STABBED WITH A FREELANCE.
Haiku 6/3
Work kinda blew by.
Went out to eat with Kareem
drank beer and shot dice.
Haiku 6/4
Slept through my alarm
for a solid half hour.
Sleepy, compounded.
Haiku 6/5
Skillet mac 'n' cheese
sitting on the floor eating
getting mad primal.
Haiku 6/6
Won't focus at work
got my mind going elsewhere
psyched on the future.
Haiku 6/7
Homemade spaghetti
made a terrific mattress
for booze to sleep on.
Haiku 6/8
Sharon's last day here
chilling outside in the heat
just shocked or something.
Haiku 6/9
Getting rid of my
late '90s coffee maker.
My youth is leaving.
Haiku 6/10
Left my job early
took the train straight to the beach
and was there by two.
Haiku 6/11
I miss my Sharon.
Interviewed my replacement
the tables have turned.
Haiku 6/12
Three hour delay
on my flight to Chicago
to apartment hunt.
Haiku 6/13
Got credit info
then played wth Annie's three dogs
and crashed out early.
Haiku 6/14
I keep comparing
Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston.
It gets confusing.
Haiku 6/15
Flight delayed a bit
endless buses and trains home
my own bed felt good.
Haiku 6/16
Packing some boxes
watching a Chevy Chase flick
hanging with the cat.
Haiku 6/17
Packed all my CDs
then my iPod got erased.
No Wu 'til July.
Haiku 6/18
Pizza and beer session
catching buses to and from
tuned out loud neighbors.
Haiku 6/19
Successor training.
I keep saying "Whatever,"
"It doesn't matter."
Haiku 6/20
Last day at my job.
Skipped dinner, drank until one
didn't get misty.
Haiku 6/21
Wake 'n' bake beach trip
Manhattan enchiladas
nap plus ten hours.
Haiku 6/22
Packed up some more stuff
rained like crazy for a bit
made homemade pizza.
Haiku 6/23
Packed boxes all day.
Tacos with TN and Kat
drowned in tequila.
Haiku 6/24
Put things in boxes.
Put rain on my new sneakers.
Put beer in my mouth.
Haiku 6/25
Sold a ton of books
and then, guess what I did?
I packed some boxes!
Haiku 6/26
Almost done packing.
Wish I had two big boxes
for the random shit.
Haiku 6/27
Ate lots of chicken
and got the itis real bad.
Cured it with coffee.
Haiku 6/28
Sharon's back in town!
Guess what we did? Packed a lot!
And plotted ill shit.
Haiku 6/29
Last day in Brooklyn.
Got rained on at the beach and
went to bed early.
Haiku 6/30
Loaded up the truck
full of boxes and dressers.
Another gray hair.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Haiku Diary - May 2008
Haiku 5/1
On a work field trip.
Rooms where they test perfume and
a vat of lipstick.
Haiku 5/2
Evening time jogging
when there's less pollen falling
makes breathing better.
Haiku 5/3
Brainworms from Richmond
played two shows in NYC.
Both were bananas.
Haiku 5/4
I got a massage
but with no funny business!
Still feel like jelly.
Haiku 5/5
It's the fifth of May.
Drank tequila before bed,
and woke up sweating.
Haiku 5/6
Ritzy beer garden
a not-ritzy area
abundant douche chills.
Haiku 5/7
It's been a fast year
sad can feel like yesterday.
Rest in peace, Z-Man.
Haiku 5/8
My tattoo's finished
It's almost in my armpit.
That shit fucking hurt!
Haiku 5/9
Ate lots of cookies
while slacking off on the job
then got high at home.
Haiku 5/10
Sharon's video
coffee'd up in the dark
watching bad ones too.
Haiku 5/11
Copied some more zines
went to "Harold and Kumar"
and cooked yam biscuits.
Haiku 5/12
Ran out of work to
go to a daylight punk show.
We need more of these.
Haiku 5/13
Sharon's out of town
so I got real macho and
saw a musical.
Haiku 5/14
Cleaning out my desk
at home knee-deep in papers
pairing down to move.
Haiku 5/15
So bored at my job
I almost want to work to do
tired of internet.
Haiku 5/16
It's a rainy night
walking to bars stumbling home
dreaming damp and slow.
Haiku 5/17
A bachelor party.
Went to bed when it was light out
closed down a strip club.
Haiku 5/18
Still pretty banged up
and just dragging ass all day.
Took some zines to stores.
Haiku 5/19
Think I got pinkeye
sure I'm sick of my job and
happy for Sharon.
Haiku 5/20
Sharon got me cake.
If you're not down wiith chilling,
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 5/21
Burned some fried chicken
made the whole apartment smell
but made my night rule.
Haiku 5/22
Possible layoffs.
If I'm fired before I quit
I'll be furious.
Haiku 5/23
Baton Rouge guest house
antebellum cinderblocks
no ancestor's screams.
Haiku 5/24
Sweating while i eat
in a barn dancing to soul
watching friends get hitched.
Haiku 5/25
Scooby Doo mansion
full of beignets and whiskey
waiting for the ghosts.
Haiku 5/26
Past Mississippi
kindly Jesus freak sculptures
by a small bayou.
Haiku 5/27
Something must be wrong.
Didn't want to leave the south,
wake from the liquor.
Haiku 5/28
Ten hours at work.
Only catching up because
they pay me hourly.
Haiku 5/29
Packing for Richmond
feel like I just left the south.
Well, eh, whatever.
Haiku 5/30
Perfect Richmond night
running my mouth, filling it
holding down the porch.
Haiku 5/31
Out seeing friends
in the heat, under storm clouds.
Get better, Nathan.
On a work field trip.
Rooms where they test perfume and
a vat of lipstick.
Haiku 5/2
Evening time jogging
when there's less pollen falling
makes breathing better.
Haiku 5/3
Brainworms from Richmond
played two shows in NYC.
Both were bananas.
Haiku 5/4
I got a massage
but with no funny business!
Still feel like jelly.
Haiku 5/5
It's the fifth of May.
Drank tequila before bed,
and woke up sweating.
Haiku 5/6
Ritzy beer garden
a not-ritzy area
abundant douche chills.
Haiku 5/7
It's been a fast year
sad can feel like yesterday.
Rest in peace, Z-Man.
Haiku 5/8
My tattoo's finished
It's almost in my armpit.
That shit fucking hurt!
Haiku 5/9
Ate lots of cookies
while slacking off on the job
then got high at home.
Haiku 5/10
Sharon's video
coffee'd up in the dark
watching bad ones too.
Haiku 5/11
Copied some more zines
went to "Harold and Kumar"
and cooked yam biscuits.
Haiku 5/12
Ran out of work to
go to a daylight punk show.
We need more of these.
Haiku 5/13
Sharon's out of town
so I got real macho and
saw a musical.
Haiku 5/14
Cleaning out my desk
at home knee-deep in papers
pairing down to move.
Haiku 5/15
So bored at my job
I almost want to work to do
tired of internet.
Haiku 5/16
It's a rainy night
walking to bars stumbling home
dreaming damp and slow.
Haiku 5/17
A bachelor party.
Went to bed when it was light out
closed down a strip club.
Haiku 5/18
Still pretty banged up
and just dragging ass all day.
Took some zines to stores.
Haiku 5/19
Think I got pinkeye
sure I'm sick of my job and
happy for Sharon.
Haiku 5/20
Sharon got me cake.
If you're not down wiith chilling,
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 5/21
Burned some fried chicken
made the whole apartment smell
but made my night rule.
Haiku 5/22
Possible layoffs.
If I'm fired before I quit
I'll be furious.
Haiku 5/23
Baton Rouge guest house
antebellum cinderblocks
no ancestor's screams.
Haiku 5/24
Sweating while i eat
in a barn dancing to soul
watching friends get hitched.
Haiku 5/25
Scooby Doo mansion
full of beignets and whiskey
waiting for the ghosts.
Haiku 5/26
Past Mississippi
kindly Jesus freak sculptures
by a small bayou.
Haiku 5/27
Something must be wrong.
Didn't want to leave the south,
wake from the liquor.
Haiku 5/28
Ten hours at work.
Only catching up because
they pay me hourly.
Haiku 5/29
Packing for Richmond
feel like I just left the south.
Well, eh, whatever.
Haiku 5/30
Perfect Richmond night
running my mouth, filling it
holding down the porch.
Haiku 5/31
Out seeing friends
in the heat, under storm clouds.
Get better, Nathan.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Haiku Diary - April 2008
You did a half-assed job, maaaaan...
Haiku 4/1
Writing Group meeting
hoping for some May flowers
soaked to the damn bone.
Haiku 4/2
Busting ass at work.
I’m going to Florida
gotta get ahead.
Haiku 4/3
Stone cold rejected
by my number one school choice.
Chicago’s looming.
Haiku 4/4
Up super early
walking dead in Florida
shuffling with the greys.
Haiku 4/5
Did some old folks stuff
and saw giraffes and cougars
in a tourist trap.
Haiku 4/6
In St. Augustine
running into an old friend
and getting rained on.
Haiku 4/7
A delayed flight home
sugary margaritas
doing freelance work.
Haiku 4/8
Tired. Recovering.
Gonna have no life this week
thanks to freelance work.
Haiku 4/9
Finally well-rested
annoyed at work, feeling my oats
gets me through the day.
Haiku 4/10
Did no work at work,
then got my tattoo shaded.
Ouch! Delirious.
Haiku 4/11
Went out to Newark
to see Sharon's video.
Ate lots of hot wings.
Haiku 4/12
A fancy party
only guy in a t-shirt
full of Manhattans.
Haiku 4/13
Topped off that freelance
and chilled for the afternoon,
relaxing my mind.
Haiku 4/14
So, uh, did laundry
and ate leftover black beans
then died in my sleep.
Haiku 4/15
Anniversary.
Four years with Sharon so far.
We got a pizza.
Haiku 4/16
Worked on some writing.
Proud of those five syllables
want to use them more.
Haiku 4/17
Beers with an old friend.
Sharon and I stayed up late
finishing "The Wire."
Haiku 4/18
Big margarita
tapping my foot on the train
sugared up my night.
Haiku 4/19
Mashed sweet potatoes
stuffed into whole wheat biscuits
served with some salmon.
Haiku 4/20
Played reggae all day
mediocre Tex-Mex food
grape Dutchmaster wrap.
Haiku 4/21
Dry cleaner is late
pushing onto the subway
meeting is canceled.
Haiku 4/22
Leftover lentils
and up late on a school night,
the week crawling by.
Haiku 4/23
Antsy at my job
leftover lentils again
what the fuck ever.
Haiku 4/24
Chilled hard all night long
fighting off my allergies
full of cheddar sauce.
Haiku 4/25
I hope those cops fry-
getting a way with murder.
Sean Bell RIP.
Haiku 4/26
Astoria train.
Spent more time on the subway
then I did hanging.
Haiku 4/27
Epic housecleaning
then went to my friend Reid's and
biked down to Coney.
Haiku 4/28
Catfish dinner jam.
A full-on nerd convention
talking about books.
Haiku 4/29
This one flew right by
full of writing and cooking
and all the big hits.
Haiku 4/30
Wicked tired, dude.
Started nodding at like ten,
couldn't hardly write.
Haiku 4/1
Writing Group meeting
hoping for some May flowers
soaked to the damn bone.
Haiku 4/2
Busting ass at work.
I’m going to Florida
gotta get ahead.
Haiku 4/3
Stone cold rejected
by my number one school choice.
Chicago’s looming.
Haiku 4/4
Up super early
walking dead in Florida
shuffling with the greys.
Haiku 4/5
Did some old folks stuff
and saw giraffes and cougars
in a tourist trap.
Haiku 4/6
In St. Augustine
running into an old friend
and getting rained on.
Haiku 4/7
A delayed flight home
sugary margaritas
doing freelance work.
Haiku 4/8
Tired. Recovering.
Gonna have no life this week
thanks to freelance work.
Haiku 4/9
Finally well-rested
annoyed at work, feeling my oats
gets me through the day.
Haiku 4/10
Did no work at work,
then got my tattoo shaded.
Ouch! Delirious.
Haiku 4/11
Went out to Newark
to see Sharon's video.
Ate lots of hot wings.
Haiku 4/12
A fancy party
only guy in a t-shirt
full of Manhattans.
Haiku 4/13
Topped off that freelance
and chilled for the afternoon,
relaxing my mind.
Haiku 4/14
So, uh, did laundry
and ate leftover black beans
then died in my sleep.
Haiku 4/15
Anniversary.
Four years with Sharon so far.
We got a pizza.
Haiku 4/16
Worked on some writing.
Proud of those five syllables
want to use them more.
Haiku 4/17
Beers with an old friend.
Sharon and I stayed up late
finishing "The Wire."
Haiku 4/18
Big margarita
tapping my foot on the train
sugared up my night.
Haiku 4/19
Mashed sweet potatoes
stuffed into whole wheat biscuits
served with some salmon.
Haiku 4/20
Played reggae all day
mediocre Tex-Mex food
grape Dutchmaster wrap.
Haiku 4/21
Dry cleaner is late
pushing onto the subway
meeting is canceled.
Haiku 4/22
Leftover lentils
and up late on a school night,
the week crawling by.
Haiku 4/23
Antsy at my job
leftover lentils again
what the fuck ever.
Haiku 4/24
Chilled hard all night long
fighting off my allergies
full of cheddar sauce.
Haiku 4/25
I hope those cops fry-
getting a way with murder.
Sean Bell RIP.
Haiku 4/26
Astoria train.
Spent more time on the subway
then I did hanging.
Haiku 4/27
Epic housecleaning
then went to my friend Reid's and
biked down to Coney.
Haiku 4/28
Catfish dinner jam.
A full-on nerd convention
talking about books.
Haiku 4/29
This one flew right by
full of writing and cooking
and all the big hits.
Haiku 4/30
Wicked tired, dude.
Started nodding at like ten,
couldn't hardly write.
Haiku Diary - March 2008
California tumbles into the sea/that'll be the day I go back to Annandale...
Haiku 3/1
Got pilled the fuck up
and stood outside a nightclub
freezing my ass off.
Haiku 3/2
B65 bus.
We could have walked home and back
for all we waited.
Haiku 3/3
Guess what? It's nice out!
Guess what? I'm in an office!
I'm climate controlled!
Haiku 3/4
Psyched out about school
should be hearing back any day
scared I won't get in.
Haiku 3/5
Ran myself ragged
over the last week or so.
Premium good times.
Haiku 3/6
Wrote all day at work.
Hey, what the hell, I got paid
to be creative.
Haiku 3/7
It's Streetmeat Friday!
The hot sauce was no joke, son.
Our meat's the streetest.
Haiku 3/8
Saw an awning fall
when I was high in the rain.
City Island date.
Haiku 3/9
The Red Hook sunset
supermarket parking lot
big thing of T.P.
Haiku 3/10
Skipped a free rock show
to go and do my laundry.
What happened to me?
Haiku 3/11
Don't slack on your mack.
If you're not down with chilling
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 3/12
Cranking out this zine,
watching it come together,
eating chorizo.
Haiku 3/13
Got some freelance work
editing some filth-flarn-filth
with "sex" in the name.
Haiku 3/14
Got into grad school!
One thing - It’s in Chicago.
Tough decisions soon.
Haiku 3/15
Serious dude date
weed, cheeseburgers, daylight beer
the roof, Prospect Park.
Haiku 3/16
Dicked around the house
thinking about Chicago.
it was dreary out.
Haiku 3/17
Anti St. Patrick’s.
Cooked some Korean food and
didn’t touch a drop.
Haiku 3/18
Got a sweet tattoo
of an angler fish from Myles.
Ill shit from the depths.
Haiku 3/19
Went out with work folks
while coming down with a cold
nodding on the train.
Haiku 3/20
Went to a punk show
saw some old friends, drank whiskey
and secondhand smoked.
Haiku 3/21
Fuckin’ Equinox!
Wind just about crashed my bike
damn winter headcold.
Haiku 3/22
Stupid move alert:
Getting drunk at 5pm
to fight a headcold.
Haiku 3/23
A good tax return
biking around bugging out
nervous energy.
Haiku 3/24
Ill Italian meal
and then walked over the bridge.
New "CSI"s on!
Haiku 3/25
I’m the only March
at the office birthday bash.
They all sang to me.
Haiku 3/26
Made lots of copies
just stacking up my zines like
Lil Wayne stacks paper.
Haiku 3/27
Went to a reading
by an old family friend
for his book release.
Haiku 3/28
I left work early
because I lead a wild life
you don’t understand.
Haiku 3/29
I turned 29
had a fish fry at my place
then saw some burlesque.
Haiku 3/30
Post birthday clean-up.
Guess I’ll wipe the collard greens
off the kitchen wall.
Haiku 3/31
Hank Junior was right
about hangovers hurting
more than they used to.
Haiku 3/1
Got pilled the fuck up
and stood outside a nightclub
freezing my ass off.
Haiku 3/2
B65 bus.
We could have walked home and back
for all we waited.
Haiku 3/3
Guess what? It's nice out!
Guess what? I'm in an office!
I'm climate controlled!
Haiku 3/4
Psyched out about school
should be hearing back any day
scared I won't get in.
Haiku 3/5
Ran myself ragged
over the last week or so.
Premium good times.
Haiku 3/6
Wrote all day at work.
Hey, what the hell, I got paid
to be creative.
Haiku 3/7
It's Streetmeat Friday!
The hot sauce was no joke, son.
Our meat's the streetest.
Haiku 3/8
Saw an awning fall
when I was high in the rain.
City Island date.
Haiku 3/9
The Red Hook sunset
supermarket parking lot
big thing of T.P.
Haiku 3/10
Skipped a free rock show
to go and do my laundry.
What happened to me?
Haiku 3/11
Don't slack on your mack.
If you're not down with chilling
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 3/12
Cranking out this zine,
watching it come together,
eating chorizo.
Haiku 3/13
Got some freelance work
editing some filth-flarn-filth
with "sex" in the name.
Haiku 3/14
Got into grad school!
One thing - It’s in Chicago.
Tough decisions soon.
Haiku 3/15
Serious dude date
weed, cheeseburgers, daylight beer
the roof, Prospect Park.
Haiku 3/16
Dicked around the house
thinking about Chicago.
it was dreary out.
Haiku 3/17
Anti St. Patrick’s.
Cooked some Korean food and
didn’t touch a drop.
Haiku 3/18
Got a sweet tattoo
of an angler fish from Myles.
Ill shit from the depths.
Haiku 3/19
Went out with work folks
while coming down with a cold
nodding on the train.
Haiku 3/20
Went to a punk show
saw some old friends, drank whiskey
and secondhand smoked.
Haiku 3/21
Fuckin’ Equinox!
Wind just about crashed my bike
damn winter headcold.
Haiku 3/22
Stupid move alert:
Getting drunk at 5pm
to fight a headcold.
Haiku 3/23
A good tax return
biking around bugging out
nervous energy.
Haiku 3/24
Ill Italian meal
and then walked over the bridge.
New "CSI"s on!
Haiku 3/25
I’m the only March
at the office birthday bash.
They all sang to me.
Haiku 3/26
Made lots of copies
just stacking up my zines like
Lil Wayne stacks paper.
Haiku 3/27
Went to a reading
by an old family friend
for his book release.
Haiku 3/28
I left work early
because I lead a wild life
you don’t understand.
Haiku 3/29
I turned 29
had a fish fry at my place
then saw some burlesque.
Haiku 3/30
Post birthday clean-up.
Guess I’ll wipe the collard greens
off the kitchen wall.
Haiku 3/31
Hank Junior was right
about hangovers hurting
more than they used to.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Haiku Diary - February 2008
Like a velvet glove cast in Bakelite...
Haiku 2/1
Stuck at work 'til 8.
Got tipsy and ordered a
Proclaimers CD.
Haiku 2/2
Caught up on reading
and started a new story.
Hardly put on pants.
Haiku 2/3
Eighth grade me's jealous;
Watching graffiti, skating,
"The Low End Theory."
Haiku 2/4
Walking to the train
full of coffee in flurries
and Mexican jazz.
Haiku 2/5
Full of leftovers
hyped up and manic all day
threatening to rain.
Haiku 2/6
Why are birds singing
with a month of winter left?
It is sixty out...
Haiku 2/7
Went to an art play
and thoroughly enjoyed it,
cos I'm cultural.
Haiku 2/8
Super lazy day
VHS tapes of stand-up
beer on the futon.
Haiku 2/9
Two gin sips away
from starting the dance party.
Three from throwing up.
Haiku 2/10
Oh, consequences.
Machiavellian payback
for Catholic juice.
Haiku 2/11
Fifteen degrees out
and the boiler is broken.
Hard times in NY.
Haiku 2/12
The heat's still broken
at least I can't see my breath
slept in a knit cap.
Haiku 2/13
Slush city nonstop
jacked up on cafe negro
fastest jog ever.
Haiku 2/14
Happy Valentine's!
Cooked like crazy for Sharon
and the heat's back on.
Haiku 2/15
Half day on the job
Chinatown bus to Boston
to walk in the wind.
Haiku 2/16
Walked around all day.
Got drunk with some knucklehead
friends from junior high.
Haiku 2/17
Dreary bus ride home
questionable buffet food
hangover sleep-off.
Haiku 2/18
If the bank is closed
then I shouldn't have to work.
Got Popeye's instead.
Haiku 2/19
It's a full moon out
I can't focus or relax.
Should be out howling.
Haiku 2/20
A lunar eclipse
seen from a windy rooftop
by the rape castle.
Haiku 2/21
Got vegan tapas
and then some beer at an old
Village speakeasy.
Haiku 2/22
Barber school haircuts
dickhead move and penishead hair
what you're paying for.
Haiku 2/23
Got the cabbie lost
with my drunk backseat driving.
My cat scratched my face.
Haiku 2/24
Walked around a lot.
Had drinks with a high school friend.
Tipsy DiGiorno.
Haiku 2/25
Life, laundry, lentils
looped the park, landed some work
lauded for rocking.
Haiku 2/26
Baked some yam biscuits
then went out for a drink.
Starting to like gin.
Haiku 2/27
Bolting for the bus
with a stomach full of food.
Belching Mexican.
Haiku 2/28
Work stacked on my desk
couldn't do street meat Thursday
settled for salad.
Haiku 2/29
Late Friday at work
compensated by drinking
with Neil and Jess.
Haiku 2/1
Stuck at work 'til 8.
Got tipsy and ordered a
Proclaimers CD.
Haiku 2/2
Caught up on reading
and started a new story.
Hardly put on pants.
Haiku 2/3
Eighth grade me's jealous;
Watching graffiti, skating,
"The Low End Theory."
Haiku 2/4
Walking to the train
full of coffee in flurries
and Mexican jazz.
Haiku 2/5
Full of leftovers
hyped up and manic all day
threatening to rain.
Haiku 2/6
Why are birds singing
with a month of winter left?
It is sixty out...
Haiku 2/7
Went to an art play
and thoroughly enjoyed it,
cos I'm cultural.
Haiku 2/8
Super lazy day
VHS tapes of stand-up
beer on the futon.
Haiku 2/9
Two gin sips away
from starting the dance party.
Three from throwing up.
Haiku 2/10
Oh, consequences.
Machiavellian payback
for Catholic juice.
Haiku 2/11
Fifteen degrees out
and the boiler is broken.
Hard times in NY.
Haiku 2/12
The heat's still broken
at least I can't see my breath
slept in a knit cap.
Haiku 2/13
Slush city nonstop
jacked up on cafe negro
fastest jog ever.
Haiku 2/14
Happy Valentine's!
Cooked like crazy for Sharon
and the heat's back on.
Haiku 2/15
Half day on the job
Chinatown bus to Boston
to walk in the wind.
Haiku 2/16
Walked around all day.
Got drunk with some knucklehead
friends from junior high.
Haiku 2/17
Dreary bus ride home
questionable buffet food
hangover sleep-off.
Haiku 2/18
If the bank is closed
then I shouldn't have to work.
Got Popeye's instead.
Haiku 2/19
It's a full moon out
I can't focus or relax.
Should be out howling.
Haiku 2/20
A lunar eclipse
seen from a windy rooftop
by the rape castle.
Haiku 2/21
Got vegan tapas
and then some beer at an old
Village speakeasy.
Haiku 2/22
Barber school haircuts
dickhead move and penishead hair
what you're paying for.
Haiku 2/23
Got the cabbie lost
with my drunk backseat driving.
My cat scratched my face.
Haiku 2/24
Walked around a lot.
Had drinks with a high school friend.
Tipsy DiGiorno.
Haiku 2/25
Life, laundry, lentils
looped the park, landed some work
lauded for rocking.
Haiku 2/26
Baked some yam biscuits
then went out for a drink.
Starting to like gin.
Haiku 2/27
Bolting for the bus
with a stomach full of food.
Belching Mexican.
Haiku 2/28
Work stacked on my desk
couldn't do street meat Thursday
settled for salad.
Haiku 2/29
Late Friday at work
compensated by drinking
with Neil and Jess.
Haiku Diary - January 2008
Like a beer in the motherfucking bathtub...
Haiku 1/1/08
Started off proper,
eating good at the potluck
and biking around.
Haiku 1/2
It's windy out. Worrrd.
Work was super-mad wack. Worrrd.
Worked on grad apps. Worrrd.
Haiku 1/3
Got my new glasses
the new prescription is strong
made me off-balance.
Haiku 1/4
Weird dog licks my feet
after eating a dead mouse.
Almitra housesits.
Haiku 1/5
I'll do whatever
Sharon's doing. Except for
like, being a girl.
Haiku 1/6
A healthy balance
of jogging and deep-fried food,
green tea and liquor.
Haiku 1/7
Hail hail laundromat
with your reality shows
Game Boys and fried rice.
Haiku 1/8
Pissed off at my boss
couldn't focus afterwards
ate Korean food.
Haiku 1/9
Grad applications
polishing up my writing
and hoping real hard.
Haiku 1/10
Sat inside writing
until I got cranky and
started deleting.
Haiku 1/11
Think I'm done writing
and not soon enough, my man
driving myself nuts.
Haiku 1/12
I feel like I'm young
and living in the city.
RIP TRAVIS.
Haiku 1/13
Lil' celebration
because I sent off my first
grad application.
Haiku 1/14
Toughest thing ever:
Lifting weights in boxers while
listening to Queen.
Haiku 1/15
Bed at 9:30.
What am I? Geriatric?
Dreamed about coffee.
Haiku 1/16
The heat is broken.
Rum and spaghetti warm me
five blankets in bed.
Haiku 1/17
Life's a lot better
when you're at work for less than
half your waking hours.
Haiku 1/18
Stuck at work again
open bar compensation
makes no sense at all.
Haiku 1/19
Spent four whole hours
writing about how much I
love the Wu-Tang Clan.
Haiku 1/20
Feels like winter out
went to see Kareem and Myles
ate a meatball sub.
Haiku 1/21
Did more grad school stuff.
Prob'ly won't get in at all.
Waste a few haikus.
Haiku 1/22
Writer's group meeting!
Glad to be at it again.
Ideas already.
Haiku 1/23
Stayed home cooking up
tilapia tacos and
QT with Sharon.
Haiku 1/24
Work release party
questionable buffet food
deflicted tuna.
Haiku 1/25
There were a lot of
serial killer looking dudes
at the metal show.
Haiku 1/26
Cigarette party.
Our parents will never know
just what we're up to.
Haiku 1/27
Two longboard missions
plus a walk to the movies.
Still felt chill all day.
Haiku 1/28
Nine hours at work.
Caught attitude for leaving.
Come on grad school. Please?
Haiku 1/29
Extra hungry and
I don't know why. King fishwich,
donuts, potatoes.
Haiku 1/30
So much I can say.
Describe a scene, make jokes, or
knock out opponents.
Haiku 1/1/08
Started off proper,
eating good at the potluck
and biking around.
Haiku 1/2
It's windy out. Worrrd.
Work was super-mad wack. Worrrd.
Worked on grad apps. Worrrd.
Haiku 1/3
Got my new glasses
the new prescription is strong
made me off-balance.
Haiku 1/4
Weird dog licks my feet
after eating a dead mouse.
Almitra housesits.
Haiku 1/5
I'll do whatever
Sharon's doing. Except for
like, being a girl.
Haiku 1/6
A healthy balance
of jogging and deep-fried food,
green tea and liquor.
Haiku 1/7
Hail hail laundromat
with your reality shows
Game Boys and fried rice.
Haiku 1/8
Pissed off at my boss
couldn't focus afterwards
ate Korean food.
Haiku 1/9
Grad applications
polishing up my writing
and hoping real hard.
Haiku 1/10
Sat inside writing
until I got cranky and
started deleting.
Haiku 1/11
Think I'm done writing
and not soon enough, my man
driving myself nuts.
Haiku 1/12
I feel like I'm young
and living in the city.
RIP TRAVIS.
Haiku 1/13
Lil' celebration
because I sent off my first
grad application.
Haiku 1/14
Toughest thing ever:
Lifting weights in boxers while
listening to Queen.
Haiku 1/15
Bed at 9:30.
What am I? Geriatric?
Dreamed about coffee.
Haiku 1/16
The heat is broken.
Rum and spaghetti warm me
five blankets in bed.
Haiku 1/17
Life's a lot better
when you're at work for less than
half your waking hours.
Haiku 1/18
Stuck at work again
open bar compensation
makes no sense at all.
Haiku 1/19
Spent four whole hours
writing about how much I
love the Wu-Tang Clan.
Haiku 1/20
Feels like winter out
went to see Kareem and Myles
ate a meatball sub.
Haiku 1/21
Did more grad school stuff.
Prob'ly won't get in at all.
Waste a few haikus.
Haiku 1/22
Writer's group meeting!
Glad to be at it again.
Ideas already.
Haiku 1/23
Stayed home cooking up
tilapia tacos and
QT with Sharon.
Haiku 1/24
Work release party
questionable buffet food
deflicted tuna.
Haiku 1/25
There were a lot of
serial killer looking dudes
at the metal show.
Haiku 1/26
Cigarette party.
Our parents will never know
just what we're up to.
Haiku 1/27
Two longboard missions
plus a walk to the movies.
Still felt chill all day.
Haiku 1/28
Nine hours at work.
Caught attitude for leaving.
Come on grad school. Please?
Haiku 1/29
Extra hungry and
I don't know why. King fishwich,
donuts, potatoes.
Haiku 1/30
So much I can say.
Describe a scene, make jokes, or
knock out opponents.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
2007 Haiku Diary
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl...
Haiku 1/1
Woke up to dim sum.
Sleepy day, a sleepy day.
My friend Lew's in town.
Haiku 1/2
Hung with an old friend.
He doesn't like Less Than Jake
like back in high school.
Haiku 1/3
Finished some reading
went to Veggie Castle with some friends
then I did laundry.
Haiku 1/4
So hungry all day.
Full of cheap beer and new tats,
alone on the bridge,
Haiku 1/5
Got a second flat
on my way to the air pump
to fix my first flat.
Haiku 1/6
Cold lampin' all day.
Three meals of Mexican food
watching "Serpico."
Haiku 1/7
Got drunk closing up.
Biked home in the pouring rain.
Boy did I get wet!
Haiku 1/8
Job hunting morning,
then slacking all afternoon -
dude time with Joey.
Haiku 1/9
Food's always better
when it's stuffed into more food
and topped with some cheese.
Haiku 1/10
Dumb job interview.
I've been down on shit lately.
Need better focus.
Haiku 1/11
Shards of broken glass
in a gob of mayonnaise
wiping off my hand.
Haiku 1/12
Bean pies in Bed-Stuy
job leads and that collie weed
gray skies for these guys.
Haiku 1/13
Afternoon inside
listening to some records
before Manhattan.
Haiku 1/14
Shoot me in the face!
I had quite the hangover
and I worked 'til four.
Haiku 1/15
Martin wanted peace,
so I won't whoop my neighbor
for their loud music.
Haiku 1/16
Got an interview
for the perfect freelance gig.
Well, come on, cosmos!
Haiku 1/17
Sugar mouth all day
from fake-puking condensed milk
for a photo shoot.
Haiku 1/18
Giving up seitan.
A fun-crusher four-flusher
will do that to ya.
Haiku 1/19
It's flat tire Friday!
Everything's tiring me out,
nothing's going on.
Haiku 1/20
Fighting off a cold,
so I worked on some writing,
hearing the wind blow.
Haiku 1/21
It sure is winter.
I've been waiting to say that
for a good long while.
Haiku 1/22
Last night's burrito,
bacon egg and cheese, tuna,
broccoli fried rice.
Haiku 1/23
Pretty easy day
and a sorta restless night,
up and down the stairs.
Haiku 1/24
Utility days
are when you spend all your time
taking care of bull.
Haiku 1/25
Now it's pretty cold
and I made the same dinner
as the night before.
Haiku 1/26
Byers came to town
on the coldest New York day
since '03 or so.
Haiku 1/27
Went running with Jeff
and then walked around all day.
My feet hurt like hell.
Haiku 1/28
Fuck it whatever
Jesus Christ and motherfuck
Goddamn it to hell.
Haiku 1/29
Got some Razorcakes
with an article I wrote.
I'll send one to Mom!
Haiku 1/30
All week leads up to
tomorrow's job interview.
Can't think beyond it.
Haiku 1/31
Had an interview
for a job I'd really like,
and not just for rent.
Haiku 2/1
Been a bit depressed,
acting unmotivated,
not sure what to do.
Haiku 2/2
Went to a wine bar,
felt out of my element,
then quit complaining.
Haiku 2/3
Jonathan Richman
What an excellent showman
By all means, see him
Haiku 2/4
Barfing through my nose
old enough to know better
kinda embarrassed.
Haiku 2/5
Didn't get the job
that I'd been stressing about.
Whatever. Their loss.
Haiku 2/6
Fighting off a cold
in the February cold
while job leads turn cold.
Haiku 2/7
The fucking heat broke
Had dinner guests on the way
I made a huge meal.
Haiku 2/8
Walked around a bunch,
and had my first physical
in about four years.
Haiku 2/9
Jogging in the wind
losing feeling in my nose
wearing four layers.
Haiku 2/10
Neil and Jess are here!
We can walk around and eat
both at the same time.
Haiku 2/11
Chicken and waffles.
I wanna base my life on
chicken and waffles.
Haiku 2/12
Hung with a toddler.
"CSI: Miami’s on.
What's my life come to?
Haiku 2/13
Think I've got pinkeye.
Staring at some proofreading;
man, this temp job blows!
Haiku 2/14
Ophthalmologist
Trudging, dilated pupils
New York ice and snow.
Haiku 2/15
Worked for an hour,
took my first piss test ever.
Futility strikes!
Haiku 2/16
It was a T day!
Temping, Twin Peaks, Third Ave. Traipse
and Tofu Tacos.
Haiku 2/17
A fucking slushfest.
We're overrun with gray slop
and homemade pizza.
Haiku 2/18
Bartended real late,
dreading temping tomorrow,
but loving pancakes.
Haiku 2/19
Super tired day.
Running on three hours sleep,
oatmeal and bagels.
Haiku 2/20
Chillin' with a book,
getting paid to sit and read,
slackest temp gig yet.
Haiku 2/21
Made a rad chow mein
and didn't do that much else.
I guess that's OK.
Haiku 2/22
Been on a Kinks kick,
reminded of boomboxing
my porch in high school.
Haiku 2/23
Ten-hour workday,
ton of bagels and pizza,
saw The Lemonheads.
Haiku 2/24
Saw the "Reno" flick
with a crew of ten people,
laughing like crazy.
Haiku 2/25
Drank too much coffee,
a great winter antidote,
for cabin fever.
Haiku 2/26
Thought I'd get more done,
but just ate lots of chicken
and rode the subway.
Haiku 2/27
Kinda jumpy day.
Standing instead of sitting.
Is sugar to blame?
Haiku 2/28
Caitlin's moving van
had a dead battery and
wouldn't start back up.
Haiku 3/1
Getting out of bed,
spending the whole day waiting
to go back to bed
Haiku 3/2
This job recruiter
swears more than Richard Pryor
and works for Avon.
Haiku 3/3
Hard rockin' all day!
Band practice, guitar alone,
then a hardcore show.
Haiku 3/4
Ate tons of tofu.
Sharon's video art show
while I bartended.
Haiku 3/5
Hardly left the house,
did some cooking and cleaning,
went through my old clothes.
Haiku 3/6
Worked on some writing.
Actually kinda bored
Went out for Tex-Mex.
Haiku 3/7
Had an interview
and a double cheeseburger
to balance it out.
Haiku 3/8
Sell-out job proof test
taken on a desk marked with
graffiti ideals.
Haiku 3/9
Friday night at the
"Birthplace of Rollerdisco."
Poured one for Biggie.
Haiku 3/10
I saw a cyclist
run a light and hurt someone.
Good day until then.
Haiku 3/11
An excellent day.
Skateboard mission in the park
and breakfast nachos.
Haiku 3/12
Slept away the day,
hardly left the fucking house,
feel like a damn blob.
Haiku 3/13
Petite mal seizure
Six-hour hospital wait
Should've just stayed home.
Haiku 3/14
Slept 'til 4pm,
wondering what's up with me,
calling the doctor.
Haiku 3/15
Sleep schedule's still fucked.
Fancy benefit dinner
for my sister's job.
Haiku 3/16
DJ Wintry Mix
was up in the cut, so I
stayed at home, dancing.
Haiku 3/17
Errands in the slush
just like islands in the stream.
Did some Irish stuff.
Haiku 3/18
Slushtown, U.S.A.
Having some coffee and eggs,
and getting fresh air.
Haiku 3/19
Just ice cold lampin'.
Wonderin' what's happenin'.
Killin' time and feelin' fine.
Haiku 3/20
Bike ride to Harlem,
windy all the way uptown.
Soul food steamer tray.
Haiku 3/21
The first day of spring,
my first day at a new job.
Such fresh beginnings!
Haiku 3/22
Train to Bensonhurst
for a cancelled appointment.
Fuck Dr. Rocco!
Haiku 3/23
All day proofreading
copy about foundation,
lip gloss, eyeliner.
Haiku 3/24
Made seven pizzas
all day for my birthday jam.
Fed them to my friends.
Haiku 3/25
Did that crappy thing
where I woke up hungover
at dawn, by mistake.
Haiku 3/26
Lots of new music!
Took a walk to sort it out.
Headphones, Union Square.
Haiku 3/27
It's spring's first warm day
In and out of the house, just
sweating out Thai food.
Haiku 3/28
It's Epilepsy
if you have multiple seizures
that are unexplained.
Haiku 3/29
I'm twenty-eight now,
filling myself with fried fish,
starting a new job.
Haiku 3/30
Didn't do fuck all
but spend some tax return cash
and make mushroom soup.
Haiku 3/31
Sharon's outta town.
Total bro-fest at the crib,
just me and the cat.
Haiku 4/1
Life story tellers
had a boring convention
while I bartended.
Haiku 4/2
Atlanta zing wings
three week old baby nephew
delirious tired.
Haiku 4/3
We can blame hot wings
for what happened this morning
on the thundermug.
Haiku 4/4
Ate some barbecue,
hung with the little nephew,
lousy plane ride home.
Haiku 4/5
Back at New York speed,
blowing through the city and
landing freelance jobs.
Haiku 4/6
Two job interviews,
a little babysitting.
Tired out by night.
Haiku 4/7
Running around town
like I don't even live here,
acting cultural.
Haiku 4/8
Watched couples make out
while I stood behind the bar
counting down last call.
Haiku 4/9
Not quite rested up,
sitting nodding at my desk.
A cat in the sun.
Haiku 4/10
Went to two doctors
who were both running behind
so it was no prob.
Haiku 4/11
Dicking 'round online,
a slow day at the office.
American dream?
Haiku 4/12
Spring rain, just like douche
flushed the city through the day,
causing discomfort.
Haiku 4/13
Anniversary!
We've been together three years!
Don't get sick of me!
Haiku 4/14
Always stay up late
when you plan on resting up.
Theremin party.
Haiku 4/15
Bus ride in the rain.
Blues - Can you make the train talk?
Hey secondhand smoke.
Haiku 4/16
A discography
of my high school hardcore band
is now in the works.
Haiku 4/17
Got super tired,
got drunk for a second wind,
couldn't trick myself.
Haiku 4/18
Bus back to New York.
Nothing profound crossed my mind.
Had fun in Richmond.
Haiku 4/19
Cheeseburger party
at Joey's spot in Bed-Stuy.
Grease your blues away.
Haiku 4/20
Tired and grouchy.
Is it allergy season?
Am I getting sick?
Haiku 4/21
Aimless wandering
through the nicest day so far
wearing my tea shades.
Haiku 4/22
Catching up on sleep
from this week-long tear I had.
Enjoying freedom.
Haiku 4/23
Spent the day outside.
Start a new job tomorrow,
desking all summer.
Haiku 4/24
First day on the job
was busy in a good way.
Think I can handle.
Haiku 4/25
One job in the day,
another job in the night.
Ninety-nine cent Coors.
Haiku 4/26
Twelve hour work day.
Won't have time to spend the cash
that is coming in.
Haiku 4/27
Ate lots of tacos
because life is hardly life
without some tacos.
Haiku 4/28
Spent all day outside
except when I was sleeping
or watching "Twin Peaks."
Haiku 4/29
Where else but Target
can I find shower curtains?
Thanks monoculture.
Haiku 4/30
Have to act busy
even with no work to do.
Beware. Manager.
Haiku 5/1
Packed myself three meals.
Fueling my all-day work-day
with those Tupperwares.
Haiku 5/2
Quit my dumb ol' band
We were stagnant for too long
Hope they aren't too pissed.
Haiku 5/3
Just got two paychecks.
Reminded why I do these
twelve-hour work days.
Haiku 5/4
Art show at a church.
Thought I was open-minded-
Jesus is creepy.
Haiku 5/5
Ted Leo brings it!
Bartender fucked up my tab,
so I got some shots.
Haiku 5/6
Had a shitty brunch
then some delicious pizza
to balance it out.
Haiku 5/7
All loved Jonny Z.
Now we'll keep on loving him
while we miss him, too.
Haiku 5/8
Everyone knew him
and if they didn't like him,
they loved him instead.
Haiku 5/9
Funeral plans came.
Being sad is exhausting.
Couldn't get to sleep.
Haiku 5/10
Missed the barbecue
but there was beer left over
at my evening job.
Haiku 5/11
Tired and stressed out.
Went to a reggae concert,
and laid my blues down.
Haiku 5/12
It's good to see you,
but wish I didn't have to.
Funeral in town.
Haiku 5/13
Crossing Virginia.
Parents' houses, health food stores
and funeral homes.
Haiku 5/14
Jonny's funeral.
Take-out Mexican, drive home.
Jonny's funeral.
Haiku 5/15
In the New York swing.
Having some crunch time this week
going out of town.
Haiku 5/16
A slow day at work,
and packing in the evening.
Puerto Rico bound.
Haiku 5/17
Nap all afternoon
drink some Puerto Rican coffee
try to sleep that night.
Haiku 5/18
Walk through Old San Juan
and try not to imagine
pirates being there.
Haiku 5/19
I don't know why but
"Parents Just Don't Understand"
is stuck in my head.
Haiku 5/20
Read "Dune" on the beach
only wearing sunglasses.
Ate lots of hot wings.
Haiku 5/21
Vieques ferry
scratching at all my sunburn
watching the seagulls.
Haiku 5/22
Airport clusterfuck
and crazy San Juan traffic
made it hard to leave.
Haiku 5/23
I went back to work,
cooked some ravioli soup
and went out skating.
Haiku 5/24
Drunk across the street
locked out of his place, shouting
into his buzzer.
Haiku 5/25
A friend from Richmond
bartends at a whiskey bar.
That shit got ugly.
Haiku 5/26
Hit up Brighton Beach
water was so cold it hurt
bike on the subway.
Haiku 5/27
Cleaned my apartment
for the entire afternoon,
then watched three "Twin Peaks."
Haiku 5/28
Marinating food,
a rooftop and a backyard.
It's all for soldiers!
Haiku 5/29
So hooked on "Twin Peaks."
I stayed up late watching it.
Gonna be tired.
Haiku 5/30
The zombie movie
made me scared to ride my bike
through the park at night.
Haiku 5/31
Work's by the subway.
I don't breathe Manhattan air
on many workdays.
Haiku 6/1
Finally hot out.
Read The Onion site at work,
then ate lots of rice.
Haiku 6/2
Super duper hot
and my parents were up here.
Mom made ill brownies.
Haiku 6/3
Bottled my homebrew,
ate lots of cheap Chinese food,
listened to records.
Haiku 6/4
Got zines in the mail,
ate leftover Chinese food,
did some damn laundry.
Haiku 6/5
So-so day at work,
tired for no good reason.
Went for a bike ride.
Haiku 6/6
Another bad sleep.
Zoned out all day on the job
then got cheezeburgerz.
Haiku 6/7
The "Twin Peaks" pilot.
Can someone lend it to me?
I have to see it.
Haiku 6/8
Flew to Chicago,
then drove down to Milwaukee.
Neil's getting married!
Haiku 6/9
Brewery wedding.
Congratulations Neil and Jess-
You're married, I'm drunk.
Haiku 6/10
Booze taste in my mouth,
Hollandaise sauce on my eggs,
plane back to New York.
Haiku 6/11
Five of the last ten
weekends were spent out of town.
What a crazy spring.
Haiku 6/12
The cats woke me up
so I was groggy all day,
cursing them felines.
Haiku 6/13
Work flew right on by,
the train home came right away,
I cooked paella.
Haiku 6/14
Scared my homebrew's flat.
Went to Prospect Park and saw
The Neville Brothers.
Haiku 6/15
Rode my bike around.
All is cool when you're going
to a Blowfly show.
Haiku 6/16
Central thunderstorm
at the Television show,
margarita full.
Haiku 6/17
Rock rock Rockaway
that's where I spent my whole day.
So lean back, lean back.
Haiku 6/18
Made a vegan meal
ate it with my vegan friends
went to vegan sleep.
Haiku 6/19
Worn out and tired,
on autopilot all day
while work was stressful.
Haiku 6/20
Went home after work,
had some Terrytime and
an ice cream soda.
Haiku 6/21
Sharon's video
got projected at a bar.
Lots of people came.
Haiku 6/22
Kinda hungover
headachy all day at work.
My friend Mike's in town.
Haiku 6/23
Crappy and sleepy.
It's Mike and Ryan's birthdays,
and I cooked alllll day.
Haiku 6/24
Pizza for breakfast,
biking home and then jogging.
Bro triathlon.
Haiku 6/25
Work as usual,
ate leftovers, did laundry.
Pretty boring day.
Haiku 6/26
Middle of the road
Italian ristorante,
I'm dusting the crops.
Haiku 6/27
Running in the park
felt like I was swimming laps.
Thanks, humidity.
Haiku 6/28
Humid city swims
boozehound's howl, barflies buzzing
food delivers late.
Haiku 6/29
I can't win at work.
Stay ahead and I miss stuff,
thorough and I'm late.
Haiku 6/30
Make crockpot chili
ate lots of crockpot chili.
Leftover chili.
Haiku 7/1
A skateboard mission
all the way across Bed-Stuy.
"Son! Do a ollie!"
Haiku 7/2
Hiding in the tub.
Hissing at me, on the john.
I’m the catsitter.
Haiku 7/3
Got an eye exam.
The proofreader needs glasses!
The writer can't read!
Haiku 7/4
Meat cooked with fire.
Happy Birthday U.S.A.
We're still evolving.
Haiku 7/5
Oh Lord, what's that smell?
Left some weed in my wallet
from last night's get-down.
Haiku 7/6
Rockaway house show.
Lost in Queens for two hours
seeing LL's hood.
Haiku 7/7
Steve Ritt was in town.
See hippies, New York's not bad.
Just go to the park!
Haiku 7/8
Ninety-plus degrees
spent the day at Brighton Beach
didn't do much else.
Haiku 7/9
Slow at work today.
Didn't slack constructively.
Answered some emails.
Haiku 7/10
The humidity
on the streets is swimmable,
the sky is orange.
Haiku 7/11
It's performance art
if you pour stuff on your head
and I hate the crowd.
Haiku 7/12
Helped move a futon
right after I went running.
Got it all sweaty.
Haiku 7/13
Drove down to Philly
after work, eating cheese fries,
saw Jorge and Janelle.
Haiku 7/14
Hit the Jersey Shore,
saw Richmond friends in Philly
and stayed up too late.
Haiku 7/15
Philadelphia,
the city where it's still cool
to be a wigga.
Haiku 7/16
Walked the bridge with Jeff
then ate a fly curry that
made me forget work.
Haiku 7/17
Got a summer cold
sneezed away the sunny day
and coughed 'til nighttime.
Haiku 7/18
Stayed home sick from work,
but Sharon got a new job!
Hooray for Sharon!
Haiku 7/19
Annoying work day,
stuffed my damn face at Zaytoon's,
humid-ass bike ride.
Haiku 7/20
Worked for ten hours!
But then saw Odetta play.
She made it better.
Haiku 7/21
Two birthday parties
biking around like a fool
sunburning my face.
Haiku 7/22
Hit Fire Island.
Now my face is on fire...
...FROM A BAD SUNBURN!
Haiku 7/23
Ravioli soup
pissing rain through the morning
cleaning the backroom.
Haiku 7/24
Went to visit the
kids I used to babysit.
Stressed for no reason.
Haiku 7/25
Doctor's appointment,
'cos I'm changing health insurance.
Some saw comedy.
Haiku 7/26
Asshole mechanics
kept me up half of last night
with paint fumes and noise.
Haiku 7/27
Heading for Richmond
reading that Harry Potter
flying friendly skies.
Haiku 7/28
Jonny Z tattoo.
He's been gone for near three months,
it's there forever.
Haiku 7/29
The flight home's cancelled.
It's pissing rain, I'm sweaty.
Looks like I'm stuck here.
Haiku 7/30
Up at 4 a.m.
Flight to N.Y., train to work.
Super long commute.
Haiku 7/31
Sleepy at my desk.
Went and did laundry later.
Are you bored also?
Haiku 8/1
Sat up late reading
and casting Chinese food spells.
Harry Potter rules!
Haiku 8/2
Last day on the job
Sharon cut her leg open
cleaning out her desk.
Haiku 8/3
Stayed in after work.
Sharon made dinner and I
wrote a short story.
Haiku 8/4
Hot as balls out there!
Everyone stopped making sense
by 9:30 or so.
Haiku 8/5
Opened my third eye.
Summer of Love exhibit
then Simpsons movie.
Haiku 8/6
Stuck at work 'til 7
Did a whole bunch of cooking
Worked on a story
Haiku 8/7
A punk rock sauna
A house show in hot weather
Airborne, topless drunks
Haiku 8/8
The train tracks flooded
hottest day of the summer
walked to Manhattan.
Haiku 8/9
Whole lot of nothing.
Burrito acid reflux.
Pack for New England.
Haiku 8/10
Grilled frozen pizza,
mussels, lobster, fish, salad,
corn on the cob.
Haiku 8/11
Drunk friends from grade school
motorboat to a sandbar
meteor shower.
Haiku 8/12
Looking at the bay.
I'll be at my desk at work
in twenty hours?!
Haiku 8/13
Ate lots of cupcakes
Chilled at home for the evening,
drawing a comic.
Haiku 8/14
No revelations..
Just some reading and cooking.
Amy stayed with us.
Haiku 8/15
My sister's birthday!
Drank some Guinness, gave her a
Simpsons DVD.
Haiku 8/16
Saxophone douchebag
practices upstairs at night.
Dolphy? Try DON'Tphy!
Haiku 8/17
Drunk right after work.
Got stuffed on Mexican food.
Slowed up the whole night.
Haiku 8/18
Reached a fitness goal;
looping the park twice, jogging.
Took phatty bonghits.
Haiku 8/19
Overcast beach trip
Rain on the bus ride back home.
Slow going Sunday.
Haiku 8/20
Awesome or boring:
Going to bed all early,
staying in weeknights.
Haiku 8/21
Work was slow again,
plus, another day of rain.
Drank beer with Kareem.
Haiku 8/22
Art film opening.
Ocean of skinny, stubbly
tall guys in blazers.
Haiku 8/23
Laundry after work,
baked potatoes for dinner.
Whooptie fucking do.
Haiku 8/24
Running after work
then biking off to a bar.
Dense humidity.
Haiku 8/25
Mosquito bite path
gold sun passing overhead
sandy shoe dune walk
Haiku 8/26
Biked to Brighton Beach.
Wet ass on a bike seat chafes
while I ride back home.
Haiku 8/27
Worked on some drawing
to add some worth to my day;
balance out Target.
Haiku 8/28
Went to the movies
and the movie was sold out
so we had some drinks.
Haiku 8/29
Drew a few pictures
and then fell the hell asleep,
having scary dreams.
Haiku 8/30
It's Joey's birthday!
Variety of liquors
sloshing in my gut.
Haiku 8/31
No complaints today,
but nothing awesome either.
So it goes, sometimes.
Haiku 9/1
September beach trip.
Going as much as I can
before it's too cold.
Haiku 9/2
Cut off all my hair.
No more getting dapped up by
Rastas on the bus.
Haiku 9/3
Went to the parade,
stuffed my face with jerk chicken
and smoked too much pot.
Haiku 9/4
Hit Junior's for an
orange freeze ice cream soda.
Goodnight, sugar high.
Haiku 9/5
I cleaned the kitchen!
'twas poetry in motion!
Mop pentameter!
Haiku 9/6
Worked on a new song.
Rode my bike to Williamsburg
and hung out up there.
Haiku 9/7
Drove down to D.C.
Got to Tom and Hope's real late.
Work was weak, also.
Haiku 9/8
Drunk uncle get-down
at Sharon's cousin's wedding.
Hey, Macarena!
Haiku 9/9
Bank info stolen.
Rear-ended leaving D.C.
Skipped lunch, got nauseous.
Haiku 9/10
Went to a punk show.
Faces across a dark room;
old friends, older friends.
Haiku 9/11
Cooked a ton of soup
and took it easy at home,
working on a zine.
Haiku 9/12
Faux hawk: New mullet?
We'll crack jokes and bag on them
in just a few years.
Haiku 9/13
Hasids call my bluff
and run with me in the park
blowing horns, blessing.
Haiku 9/14
Carne asada
99 bottles of beer
4 a.m. bathroom.
Haiku 9/15
Cab horn woke me up
clear skies at Coney Island
out of it all day.
Haiku 9/16
Hung with my parents
walking around Manhattan
at tourist cruise speed.
Haiku 9/17
Mom made us a quilt
crazy Day of the Dead art
and pillows to match.
Haiku 9/18
Went for a fast jog.
Balanced the exercise with
a badass burger.
Haiku 9/19
Early work meeting
mosquitoes all through the night
free beer opening.
Haiku 9/20
6 a.m. jogging.
Napping under my desk by
about 3 p.m.
Haiku 9/21
Left from work early
drank too much cheap liquor at
a comedy show.
Haiku 9/22
Yes! Sinus problems!
Too rainy for the beach! Rad!
Stayed up late! Awesome!
Haiku 9/23
Guy at the drugstore
is shouting about how he
needs Valtrex, TONIGHT!
Haiku 9/24
My meds aren't covered
by my new insurance. Had
another seizure.
Haiku 9/25
Saw some comedy
after my new writing class.
It's Sharon's birthday!
Haiku 9/26
Insurance problems
catch 22's, debacles.
Move to Canada.
Haiku 9/27
Work's been pretty sweet
'cos the boss is out of town.
The stress level drops!
Haiku 9/28
Work was slack again.
Didn't do jack shit after.
Still beat from Monday.
Haiku 9/29
Sharon's birthday jam!
Air hockey, ping-pong and pool.
Liquor, beer and weed.
Haiku 9/30
Super fun houseguests
walking off the hangover
drinking papaya.
Haiku 10/1
I baked some cookies
and then I ate the cookies.
I'm full of cookies.
Haiku 10/2
Mind-mushingly slow
all of Wikipedia
desk, apathy, fucked.
Haiku 10/3
Working on writing
when I should be proofreading.
American dream!
Haiku 10/4
Worked on more writing.
It made my brain move too fast
and I couldn't sleep.
Haiku 10/5
Went to see The Blow.
She owned it alone on stage
under purple lights.
Haiku 10/6
Soul food feast, buddy.
Adam from Boston's in town,
watching "Mr. Show."
Haiku 10/7
Cop on a Segue,
my MP3 player broke...
...but the Red Sox won!
Haiku 10/8
Stupid lunch meeting.
Give me some benefits if
the corp's doing well.
Haiku 10/9
Twenty degree drop
became fall during the day
manic temperature.
Haiku 10/10
Jiggity jogging
almost barfed in my damn mouth
it's wicked humid.
Haiku 10/11
For the last two weeks,
quiet before the torrent.
Makeup catalogs.
Haiku 10/12
GRE study.
My memory failed me, I'm
even worse at math.
Haiku 10/13
Took the GRE.
Went to a sweaters-only
backyard barbecue.
Haiku 10/14
Went to Queens. Got lost.
That seems to happen every time.
Rad Chinese food, though.
Haiku 10/15
Stayed in, just writing.
The Shaolin and the Wu-Tang
could be dangerous.
Haiku 10/16
Feeling better now.
Making up for lost sleeping
bit by mosquitoes.
Haiku 10/17
Cuban food for lunch,
Mexican food for dinner.
Lots of pork. Sorry.
Haiku 10/18
Shitfoot incident.
Kicked out of the litter box.
Guess who stepped in it?
Haiku 10/19
Frustration, whiskey,
dry burger with wet weather,
secondhand trifling.
Haiku 10/20
Went to Hoboken.
It was more like "Broboken,"
but, hey, something new...
Haiku 10/21
Goddamn teenagers
on the stoop across the street
kept me up 'til 4.
Haiku 10/22
Life is best with a
big-ass map of Africa
in the living room.
Haiku 10/23
After work had a
patty melt but no gator belt
before writing class.
Haiku 10/24
Cooked up Hoppin' John.
It had rained all day and it
wasn't eighty out.
Haiku 10/25
Leftovers, gnomesane?
F.I.T.A. busy day,
with full moon fever.
Haiku 10/26
Drove to the Catskills,
dark road in the pissing rain.
Can't see the mountains.
Haiku 10/27
Grown up hippie town
still raining, kinda dreaming
real ghosts in my sleep.
Haiku 10/28
Red Sox sweep World Series.
Not so mad at Bill Buckner
after all of this.
Haiku 10/29
Show at a canal
watching it from a drawbridge
old friends across water.
Haiku 10/30
Workshopped my writing
and got a bunch of ideas
to edit that shit.
Haiku 10/31
Running before dark
to avoid getting egged by
some DAMN TEENAGERS.
Haiku 11/1
These DAMN TEENAGERS
tried to jump Sharon and I
but we scared them off!
Haiku 11/2
Day of the Dead, the
night ended at a gay bar
right near the projects.
Haiku 11/3
Sharon's parents came.
Ate tostadas, fish and chips,
and of course, pizza.
Haiku 11/4
Dying to go to
Brooklyn College for grad school.
But will they take me?
Haiku 11/5
The cat doesn't know
that it's daylight savings time
so he wakes us up.
Haiku 11/6
Got all sugared up
at a grad school open house.
Somehow lost my voice.
Haiku 11/7
Drawing at my desk.
Not letting my mind stagnate
while it's slow at work.
Haiku 11/8
Average good day:
Mexican food for dinner
and slow on the job.
Haiku 11/9
Sharon bought me gifts
which I had to carry home.
Jesus did that too.
Haiku 11/10
Lazy Saturday
never exerted my mind
went to bed early.
Haiku 11/11
Homemade granola
powered me over the bridge
on a skateboard jam.
Haiku 11/12
Totally over
this dark-before-I-leave-work
newfangled bullshit.
Haiku 11/13
Busy day at work,
Korean food, writing class.
The day flew right by.
Haiku 11/14
Raw food for dinner.
At an art show watching the
douchebag last supper.
Haiku 11/15
Back to some writing
trying to edit old stuff
totally confused.
Haiku 11/16
In my head all day
singing falsetto at work.
Justin Timberlake.
Haiku 11/17
Cooked so much soul food.
Drank energy drinks for a
dance party 'til 3.
Haiku 11/18
Pancake celebrate!
Woke up with no hangover;
magic is at work.
Haiku 11/19
The park is empty
if you run after work now,
more space than New York.
Haiku 11/20
Blew out the afro,
looking like Art Garfunkel
mixed with The RZA.
Haiku 11/21
Worked on a comic
then got some story ideas
and made pumpkin soup.
Haiku 11/22
A vegan potluck
and then a Philipino
pig roast in Bed-Stuy.
Haiku 11/23
Wrote through the day then
saw Crispin Glover's slide show
and his new movie.
Haiku 11/24
Ate too much pizza
went to a Brooklyn beard bar
ran into China.
Haiku 11/25
Edited stories
all day with an afro pick
crockpot blackeye peas.
Haiku 11/26
Ate a lot of beans
finished reading "Wind Up Bird"
and watched "CSI."
Haiku 11/27
Dude with warm-up pants,
girl says she lies about age.
Watching their blind date.
Haiku 11/28
Basic grown man stuff
Shit like jogging and laundry
took up my whole night.
Haiku 11/29
Hot sauce in my beer
and tilapia tacos
burning through the night.
Haiku 11/30
Joked around at work.
Kinda weird to admit it,
but I like my job.
Haiku 12/1
Yuletide jammings with
egg nog like marshmallow fluff
and a one-hitter.
Haiku 12/2
Worked on some drawing.
If you're not down with chilling
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 12/3
Could hardly get up.
Just dead on my feet all day
dead in my brain, too.
Haiku 12/4
My last writing class.
They all liked my new story,
then we went for drinks.
Haiku 12/5
Pissed and understaffed
doing yoga on the phone
baking potatoes.
Haiku 12/6
Running on black ice
and crunching through snowy grass
just in a hoodie.
Haiku 12/7
Tired as fuck, yo.
Cooked up some fish, stayed in
watching "Boogie Nights."
Haiku 12/8
Handled some B.I.
like the barber shop and a
whole lot of nothing.
Haiku 12/9
Neighborhood walking,
not sure if I "get" Daft Punk.
Fish fry with soul sides.
Haiku 12/10
Crowded A.M. train
back to back, an old lady
farted on my leg.
Haiku 12/11
Three hour meeting!
Sitting for longer than a
"Lord of the Rings" flick!
Haiku 12/12
Restless at my desk
full of holiday cookies.
Nothing exciting.
Haiku 12/13
The snow didn't stick
neither did the hale or rain.
Dark in the morning.
Haiku 12/14
The party got hype
when I spilled guacamole
on my Adidas.
Haiku 12/15
All day on my feet
walking across the canal
sleeting heading home.
Haiku 12/16
Oh noes! Sharon's sick!
Did some crap around the house
had pizza for lunch.
Haiku 12/17
Tofu, broccoli
the laundromat, the baby
the mama, the cell...
Haiku 12/18
Free rum and hot wings
at this holiday party
where Sharon teaches.
Haiku 12/19
Work Christmas party.
Corona in the daytime,
catching a headcold.
Haiku 12/20
Made homemade pizza
for Christmas dinner and then
we exchanged presents.
Haiku 12/21
Tired and sneezing
stuck at work later than planned
packing for VA.
Haiku 12/22
AmTrak with a cold
Penn Station wait - train delay
my sister's engaged.
Haiku 12/23
Burt Reynolds nightmare
woke me up at 6 a.m.
Shut the fuck up, Mom.
Haiku 12/24
Recorded three songs
with my old friend Jonathan
and ate eighteen wings.
Haiku 12/25
Jesus enchiladas
birthday bourbon and Bud Lite
HOLY HANGOVER.
Haiku 12/26
Got back on the train
cooked a healthy meal for once
went to bed early.
Haiku 12/27
First day back at work.
The good times were a-rollin'!
It's a wild ride, y'all.
Haiku 12/28
Ever notice how
the people with the least soul
wear Triple Five Soul?
Haiku 12/29
IMax planet crash
scaring a nearby toddler.
"Cosmic Collisions."
Haiku 12/30
Breakfast nachos, dude.
Vegetarian toppings
burping that garlic.
Haiku 12/31
The year ended well
with ping-pong, tacos and some
scotch that smelled like fire.
Haiku 1/1
Woke up to dim sum.
Sleepy day, a sleepy day.
My friend Lew's in town.
Haiku 1/2
Hung with an old friend.
He doesn't like Less Than Jake
like back in high school.
Haiku 1/3
Finished some reading
went to Veggie Castle with some friends
then I did laundry.
Haiku 1/4
So hungry all day.
Full of cheap beer and new tats,
alone on the bridge,
Haiku 1/5
Got a second flat
on my way to the air pump
to fix my first flat.
Haiku 1/6
Cold lampin' all day.
Three meals of Mexican food
watching "Serpico."
Haiku 1/7
Got drunk closing up.
Biked home in the pouring rain.
Boy did I get wet!
Haiku 1/8
Job hunting morning,
then slacking all afternoon -
dude time with Joey.
Haiku 1/9
Food's always better
when it's stuffed into more food
and topped with some cheese.
Haiku 1/10
Dumb job interview.
I've been down on shit lately.
Need better focus.
Haiku 1/11
Shards of broken glass
in a gob of mayonnaise
wiping off my hand.
Haiku 1/12
Bean pies in Bed-Stuy
job leads and that collie weed
gray skies for these guys.
Haiku 1/13
Afternoon inside
listening to some records
before Manhattan.
Haiku 1/14
Shoot me in the face!
I had quite the hangover
and I worked 'til four.
Haiku 1/15
Martin wanted peace,
so I won't whoop my neighbor
for their loud music.
Haiku 1/16
Got an interview
for the perfect freelance gig.
Well, come on, cosmos!
Haiku 1/17
Sugar mouth all day
from fake-puking condensed milk
for a photo shoot.
Haiku 1/18
Giving up seitan.
A fun-crusher four-flusher
will do that to ya.
Haiku 1/19
It's flat tire Friday!
Everything's tiring me out,
nothing's going on.
Haiku 1/20
Fighting off a cold,
so I worked on some writing,
hearing the wind blow.
Haiku 1/21
It sure is winter.
I've been waiting to say that
for a good long while.
Haiku 1/22
Last night's burrito,
bacon egg and cheese, tuna,
broccoli fried rice.
Haiku 1/23
Pretty easy day
and a sorta restless night,
up and down the stairs.
Haiku 1/24
Utility days
are when you spend all your time
taking care of bull.
Haiku 1/25
Now it's pretty cold
and I made the same dinner
as the night before.
Haiku 1/26
Byers came to town
on the coldest New York day
since '03 or so.
Haiku 1/27
Went running with Jeff
and then walked around all day.
My feet hurt like hell.
Haiku 1/28
Fuck it whatever
Jesus Christ and motherfuck
Goddamn it to hell.
Haiku 1/29
Got some Razorcakes
with an article I wrote.
I'll send one to Mom!
Haiku 1/30
All week leads up to
tomorrow's job interview.
Can't think beyond it.
Haiku 1/31
Had an interview
for a job I'd really like,
and not just for rent.
Haiku 2/1
Been a bit depressed,
acting unmotivated,
not sure what to do.
Haiku 2/2
Went to a wine bar,
felt out of my element,
then quit complaining.
Haiku 2/3
Jonathan Richman
What an excellent showman
By all means, see him
Haiku 2/4
Barfing through my nose
old enough to know better
kinda embarrassed.
Haiku 2/5
Didn't get the job
that I'd been stressing about.
Whatever. Their loss.
Haiku 2/6
Fighting off a cold
in the February cold
while job leads turn cold.
Haiku 2/7
The fucking heat broke
Had dinner guests on the way
I made a huge meal.
Haiku 2/8
Walked around a bunch,
and had my first physical
in about four years.
Haiku 2/9
Jogging in the wind
losing feeling in my nose
wearing four layers.
Haiku 2/10
Neil and Jess are here!
We can walk around and eat
both at the same time.
Haiku 2/11
Chicken and waffles.
I wanna base my life on
chicken and waffles.
Haiku 2/12
Hung with a toddler.
"CSI: Miami’s on.
What's my life come to?
Haiku 2/13
Think I've got pinkeye.
Staring at some proofreading;
man, this temp job blows!
Haiku 2/14
Ophthalmologist
Trudging, dilated pupils
New York ice and snow.
Haiku 2/15
Worked for an hour,
took my first piss test ever.
Futility strikes!
Haiku 2/16
It was a T day!
Temping, Twin Peaks, Third Ave. Traipse
and Tofu Tacos.
Haiku 2/17
A fucking slushfest.
We're overrun with gray slop
and homemade pizza.
Haiku 2/18
Bartended real late,
dreading temping tomorrow,
but loving pancakes.
Haiku 2/19
Super tired day.
Running on three hours sleep,
oatmeal and bagels.
Haiku 2/20
Chillin' with a book,
getting paid to sit and read,
slackest temp gig yet.
Haiku 2/21
Made a rad chow mein
and didn't do that much else.
I guess that's OK.
Haiku 2/22
Been on a Kinks kick,
reminded of boomboxing
my porch in high school.
Haiku 2/23
Ten-hour workday,
ton of bagels and pizza,
saw The Lemonheads.
Haiku 2/24
Saw the "Reno" flick
with a crew of ten people,
laughing like crazy.
Haiku 2/25
Drank too much coffee,
a great winter antidote,
for cabin fever.
Haiku 2/26
Thought I'd get more done,
but just ate lots of chicken
and rode the subway.
Haiku 2/27
Kinda jumpy day.
Standing instead of sitting.
Is sugar to blame?
Haiku 2/28
Caitlin's moving van
had a dead battery and
wouldn't start back up.
Haiku 3/1
Getting out of bed,
spending the whole day waiting
to go back to bed
Haiku 3/2
This job recruiter
swears more than Richard Pryor
and works for Avon.
Haiku 3/3
Hard rockin' all day!
Band practice, guitar alone,
then a hardcore show.
Haiku 3/4
Ate tons of tofu.
Sharon's video art show
while I bartended.
Haiku 3/5
Hardly left the house,
did some cooking and cleaning,
went through my old clothes.
Haiku 3/6
Worked on some writing.
Actually kinda bored
Went out for Tex-Mex.
Haiku 3/7
Had an interview
and a double cheeseburger
to balance it out.
Haiku 3/8
Sell-out job proof test
taken on a desk marked with
graffiti ideals.
Haiku 3/9
Friday night at the
"Birthplace of Rollerdisco."
Poured one for Biggie.
Haiku 3/10
I saw a cyclist
run a light and hurt someone.
Good day until then.
Haiku 3/11
An excellent day.
Skateboard mission in the park
and breakfast nachos.
Haiku 3/12
Slept away the day,
hardly left the fucking house,
feel like a damn blob.
Haiku 3/13
Petite mal seizure
Six-hour hospital wait
Should've just stayed home.
Haiku 3/14
Slept 'til 4pm,
wondering what's up with me,
calling the doctor.
Haiku 3/15
Sleep schedule's still fucked.
Fancy benefit dinner
for my sister's job.
Haiku 3/16
DJ Wintry Mix
was up in the cut, so I
stayed at home, dancing.
Haiku 3/17
Errands in the slush
just like islands in the stream.
Did some Irish stuff.
Haiku 3/18
Slushtown, U.S.A.
Having some coffee and eggs,
and getting fresh air.
Haiku 3/19
Just ice cold lampin'.
Wonderin' what's happenin'.
Killin' time and feelin' fine.
Haiku 3/20
Bike ride to Harlem,
windy all the way uptown.
Soul food steamer tray.
Haiku 3/21
The first day of spring,
my first day at a new job.
Such fresh beginnings!
Haiku 3/22
Train to Bensonhurst
for a cancelled appointment.
Fuck Dr. Rocco!
Haiku 3/23
All day proofreading
copy about foundation,
lip gloss, eyeliner.
Haiku 3/24
Made seven pizzas
all day for my birthday jam.
Fed them to my friends.
Haiku 3/25
Did that crappy thing
where I woke up hungover
at dawn, by mistake.
Haiku 3/26
Lots of new music!
Took a walk to sort it out.
Headphones, Union Square.
Haiku 3/27
It's spring's first warm day
In and out of the house, just
sweating out Thai food.
Haiku 3/28
It's Epilepsy
if you have multiple seizures
that are unexplained.
Haiku 3/29
I'm twenty-eight now,
filling myself with fried fish,
starting a new job.
Haiku 3/30
Didn't do fuck all
but spend some tax return cash
and make mushroom soup.
Haiku 3/31
Sharon's outta town.
Total bro-fest at the crib,
just me and the cat.
Haiku 4/1
Life story tellers
had a boring convention
while I bartended.
Haiku 4/2
Atlanta zing wings
three week old baby nephew
delirious tired.
Haiku 4/3
We can blame hot wings
for what happened this morning
on the thundermug.
Haiku 4/4
Ate some barbecue,
hung with the little nephew,
lousy plane ride home.
Haiku 4/5
Back at New York speed,
blowing through the city and
landing freelance jobs.
Haiku 4/6
Two job interviews,
a little babysitting.
Tired out by night.
Haiku 4/7
Running around town
like I don't even live here,
acting cultural.
Haiku 4/8
Watched couples make out
while I stood behind the bar
counting down last call.
Haiku 4/9
Not quite rested up,
sitting nodding at my desk.
A cat in the sun.
Haiku 4/10
Went to two doctors
who were both running behind
so it was no prob.
Haiku 4/11
Dicking 'round online,
a slow day at the office.
American dream?
Haiku 4/12
Spring rain, just like douche
flushed the city through the day,
causing discomfort.
Haiku 4/13
Anniversary!
We've been together three years!
Don't get sick of me!
Haiku 4/14
Always stay up late
when you plan on resting up.
Theremin party.
Haiku 4/15
Bus ride in the rain.
Blues - Can you make the train talk?
Hey secondhand smoke.
Haiku 4/16
A discography
of my high school hardcore band
is now in the works.
Haiku 4/17
Got super tired,
got drunk for a second wind,
couldn't trick myself.
Haiku 4/18
Bus back to New York.
Nothing profound crossed my mind.
Had fun in Richmond.
Haiku 4/19
Cheeseburger party
at Joey's spot in Bed-Stuy.
Grease your blues away.
Haiku 4/20
Tired and grouchy.
Is it allergy season?
Am I getting sick?
Haiku 4/21
Aimless wandering
through the nicest day so far
wearing my tea shades.
Haiku 4/22
Catching up on sleep
from this week-long tear I had.
Enjoying freedom.
Haiku 4/23
Spent the day outside.
Start a new job tomorrow,
desking all summer.
Haiku 4/24
First day on the job
was busy in a good way.
Think I can handle.
Haiku 4/25
One job in the day,
another job in the night.
Ninety-nine cent Coors.
Haiku 4/26
Twelve hour work day.
Won't have time to spend the cash
that is coming in.
Haiku 4/27
Ate lots of tacos
because life is hardly life
without some tacos.
Haiku 4/28
Spent all day outside
except when I was sleeping
or watching "Twin Peaks."
Haiku 4/29
Where else but Target
can I find shower curtains?
Thanks monoculture.
Haiku 4/30
Have to act busy
even with no work to do.
Beware. Manager.
Haiku 5/1
Packed myself three meals.
Fueling my all-day work-day
with those Tupperwares.
Haiku 5/2
Quit my dumb ol' band
We were stagnant for too long
Hope they aren't too pissed.
Haiku 5/3
Just got two paychecks.
Reminded why I do these
twelve-hour work days.
Haiku 5/4
Art show at a church.
Thought I was open-minded-
Jesus is creepy.
Haiku 5/5
Ted Leo brings it!
Bartender fucked up my tab,
so I got some shots.
Haiku 5/6
Had a shitty brunch
then some delicious pizza
to balance it out.
Haiku 5/7
All loved Jonny Z.
Now we'll keep on loving him
while we miss him, too.
Haiku 5/8
Everyone knew him
and if they didn't like him,
they loved him instead.
Haiku 5/9
Funeral plans came.
Being sad is exhausting.
Couldn't get to sleep.
Haiku 5/10
Missed the barbecue
but there was beer left over
at my evening job.
Haiku 5/11
Tired and stressed out.
Went to a reggae concert,
and laid my blues down.
Haiku 5/12
It's good to see you,
but wish I didn't have to.
Funeral in town.
Haiku 5/13
Crossing Virginia.
Parents' houses, health food stores
and funeral homes.
Haiku 5/14
Jonny's funeral.
Take-out Mexican, drive home.
Jonny's funeral.
Haiku 5/15
In the New York swing.
Having some crunch time this week
going out of town.
Haiku 5/16
A slow day at work,
and packing in the evening.
Puerto Rico bound.
Haiku 5/17
Nap all afternoon
drink some Puerto Rican coffee
try to sleep that night.
Haiku 5/18
Walk through Old San Juan
and try not to imagine
pirates being there.
Haiku 5/19
I don't know why but
"Parents Just Don't Understand"
is stuck in my head.
Haiku 5/20
Read "Dune" on the beach
only wearing sunglasses.
Ate lots of hot wings.
Haiku 5/21
Vieques ferry
scratching at all my sunburn
watching the seagulls.
Haiku 5/22
Airport clusterfuck
and crazy San Juan traffic
made it hard to leave.
Haiku 5/23
I went back to work,
cooked some ravioli soup
and went out skating.
Haiku 5/24
Drunk across the street
locked out of his place, shouting
into his buzzer.
Haiku 5/25
A friend from Richmond
bartends at a whiskey bar.
That shit got ugly.
Haiku 5/26
Hit up Brighton Beach
water was so cold it hurt
bike on the subway.
Haiku 5/27
Cleaned my apartment
for the entire afternoon,
then watched three "Twin Peaks."
Haiku 5/28
Marinating food,
a rooftop and a backyard.
It's all for soldiers!
Haiku 5/29
So hooked on "Twin Peaks."
I stayed up late watching it.
Gonna be tired.
Haiku 5/30
The zombie movie
made me scared to ride my bike
through the park at night.
Haiku 5/31
Work's by the subway.
I don't breathe Manhattan air
on many workdays.
Haiku 6/1
Finally hot out.
Read The Onion site at work,
then ate lots of rice.
Haiku 6/2
Super duper hot
and my parents were up here.
Mom made ill brownies.
Haiku 6/3
Bottled my homebrew,
ate lots of cheap Chinese food,
listened to records.
Haiku 6/4
Got zines in the mail,
ate leftover Chinese food,
did some damn laundry.
Haiku 6/5
So-so day at work,
tired for no good reason.
Went for a bike ride.
Haiku 6/6
Another bad sleep.
Zoned out all day on the job
then got cheezeburgerz.
Haiku 6/7
The "Twin Peaks" pilot.
Can someone lend it to me?
I have to see it.
Haiku 6/8
Flew to Chicago,
then drove down to Milwaukee.
Neil's getting married!
Haiku 6/9
Brewery wedding.
Congratulations Neil and Jess-
You're married, I'm drunk.
Haiku 6/10
Booze taste in my mouth,
Hollandaise sauce on my eggs,
plane back to New York.
Haiku 6/11
Five of the last ten
weekends were spent out of town.
What a crazy spring.
Haiku 6/12
The cats woke me up
so I was groggy all day,
cursing them felines.
Haiku 6/13
Work flew right on by,
the train home came right away,
I cooked paella.
Haiku 6/14
Scared my homebrew's flat.
Went to Prospect Park and saw
The Neville Brothers.
Haiku 6/15
Rode my bike around.
All is cool when you're going
to a Blowfly show.
Haiku 6/16
Central thunderstorm
at the Television show,
margarita full.
Haiku 6/17
Rock rock Rockaway
that's where I spent my whole day.
So lean back, lean back.
Haiku 6/18
Made a vegan meal
ate it with my vegan friends
went to vegan sleep.
Haiku 6/19
Worn out and tired,
on autopilot all day
while work was stressful.
Haiku 6/20
Went home after work,
had some Terrytime and
an ice cream soda.
Haiku 6/21
Sharon's video
got projected at a bar.
Lots of people came.
Haiku 6/22
Kinda hungover
headachy all day at work.
My friend Mike's in town.
Haiku 6/23
Crappy and sleepy.
It's Mike and Ryan's birthdays,
and I cooked alllll day.
Haiku 6/24
Pizza for breakfast,
biking home and then jogging.
Bro triathlon.
Haiku 6/25
Work as usual,
ate leftovers, did laundry.
Pretty boring day.
Haiku 6/26
Middle of the road
Italian ristorante,
I'm dusting the crops.
Haiku 6/27
Running in the park
felt like I was swimming laps.
Thanks, humidity.
Haiku 6/28
Humid city swims
boozehound's howl, barflies buzzing
food delivers late.
Haiku 6/29
I can't win at work.
Stay ahead and I miss stuff,
thorough and I'm late.
Haiku 6/30
Make crockpot chili
ate lots of crockpot chili.
Leftover chili.
Haiku 7/1
A skateboard mission
all the way across Bed-Stuy.
"Son! Do a ollie!"
Haiku 7/2
Hiding in the tub.
Hissing at me, on the john.
I’m the catsitter.
Haiku 7/3
Got an eye exam.
The proofreader needs glasses!
The writer can't read!
Haiku 7/4
Meat cooked with fire.
Happy Birthday U.S.A.
We're still evolving.
Haiku 7/5
Oh Lord, what's that smell?
Left some weed in my wallet
from last night's get-down.
Haiku 7/6
Rockaway house show.
Lost in Queens for two hours
seeing LL's hood.
Haiku 7/7
Steve Ritt was in town.
See hippies, New York's not bad.
Just go to the park!
Haiku 7/8
Ninety-plus degrees
spent the day at Brighton Beach
didn't do much else.
Haiku 7/9
Slow at work today.
Didn't slack constructively.
Answered some emails.
Haiku 7/10
The humidity
on the streets is swimmable,
the sky is orange.
Haiku 7/11
It's performance art
if you pour stuff on your head
and I hate the crowd.
Haiku 7/12
Helped move a futon
right after I went running.
Got it all sweaty.
Haiku 7/13
Drove down to Philly
after work, eating cheese fries,
saw Jorge and Janelle.
Haiku 7/14
Hit the Jersey Shore,
saw Richmond friends in Philly
and stayed up too late.
Haiku 7/15
Philadelphia,
the city where it's still cool
to be a wigga.
Haiku 7/16
Walked the bridge with Jeff
then ate a fly curry that
made me forget work.
Haiku 7/17
Got a summer cold
sneezed away the sunny day
and coughed 'til nighttime.
Haiku 7/18
Stayed home sick from work,
but Sharon got a new job!
Hooray for Sharon!
Haiku 7/19
Annoying work day,
stuffed my damn face at Zaytoon's,
humid-ass bike ride.
Haiku 7/20
Worked for ten hours!
But then saw Odetta play.
She made it better.
Haiku 7/21
Two birthday parties
biking around like a fool
sunburning my face.
Haiku 7/22
Hit Fire Island.
Now my face is on fire...
...FROM A BAD SUNBURN!
Haiku 7/23
Ravioli soup
pissing rain through the morning
cleaning the backroom.
Haiku 7/24
Went to visit the
kids I used to babysit.
Stressed for no reason.
Haiku 7/25
Doctor's appointment,
'cos I'm changing health insurance.
Some saw comedy.
Haiku 7/26
Asshole mechanics
kept me up half of last night
with paint fumes and noise.
Haiku 7/27
Heading for Richmond
reading that Harry Potter
flying friendly skies.
Haiku 7/28
Jonny Z tattoo.
He's been gone for near three months,
it's there forever.
Haiku 7/29
The flight home's cancelled.
It's pissing rain, I'm sweaty.
Looks like I'm stuck here.
Haiku 7/30
Up at 4 a.m.
Flight to N.Y., train to work.
Super long commute.
Haiku 7/31
Sleepy at my desk.
Went and did laundry later.
Are you bored also?
Haiku 8/1
Sat up late reading
and casting Chinese food spells.
Harry Potter rules!
Haiku 8/2
Last day on the job
Sharon cut her leg open
cleaning out her desk.
Haiku 8/3
Stayed in after work.
Sharon made dinner and I
wrote a short story.
Haiku 8/4
Hot as balls out there!
Everyone stopped making sense
by 9:30 or so.
Haiku 8/5
Opened my third eye.
Summer of Love exhibit
then Simpsons movie.
Haiku 8/6
Stuck at work 'til 7
Did a whole bunch of cooking
Worked on a story
Haiku 8/7
A punk rock sauna
A house show in hot weather
Airborne, topless drunks
Haiku 8/8
The train tracks flooded
hottest day of the summer
walked to Manhattan.
Haiku 8/9
Whole lot of nothing.
Burrito acid reflux.
Pack for New England.
Haiku 8/10
Grilled frozen pizza,
mussels, lobster, fish, salad,
corn on the cob.
Haiku 8/11
Drunk friends from grade school
motorboat to a sandbar
meteor shower.
Haiku 8/12
Looking at the bay.
I'll be at my desk at work
in twenty hours?!
Haiku 8/13
Ate lots of cupcakes
Chilled at home for the evening,
drawing a comic.
Haiku 8/14
No revelations..
Just some reading and cooking.
Amy stayed with us.
Haiku 8/15
My sister's birthday!
Drank some Guinness, gave her a
Simpsons DVD.
Haiku 8/16
Saxophone douchebag
practices upstairs at night.
Dolphy? Try DON'Tphy!
Haiku 8/17
Drunk right after work.
Got stuffed on Mexican food.
Slowed up the whole night.
Haiku 8/18
Reached a fitness goal;
looping the park twice, jogging.
Took phatty bonghits.
Haiku 8/19
Overcast beach trip
Rain on the bus ride back home.
Slow going Sunday.
Haiku 8/20
Awesome or boring:
Going to bed all early,
staying in weeknights.
Haiku 8/21
Work was slow again,
plus, another day of rain.
Drank beer with Kareem.
Haiku 8/22
Art film opening.
Ocean of skinny, stubbly
tall guys in blazers.
Haiku 8/23
Laundry after work,
baked potatoes for dinner.
Whooptie fucking do.
Haiku 8/24
Running after work
then biking off to a bar.
Dense humidity.
Haiku 8/25
Mosquito bite path
gold sun passing overhead
sandy shoe dune walk
Haiku 8/26
Biked to Brighton Beach.
Wet ass on a bike seat chafes
while I ride back home.
Haiku 8/27
Worked on some drawing
to add some worth to my day;
balance out Target.
Haiku 8/28
Went to the movies
and the movie was sold out
so we had some drinks.
Haiku 8/29
Drew a few pictures
and then fell the hell asleep,
having scary dreams.
Haiku 8/30
It's Joey's birthday!
Variety of liquors
sloshing in my gut.
Haiku 8/31
No complaints today,
but nothing awesome either.
So it goes, sometimes.
Haiku 9/1
September beach trip.
Going as much as I can
before it's too cold.
Haiku 9/2
Cut off all my hair.
No more getting dapped up by
Rastas on the bus.
Haiku 9/3
Went to the parade,
stuffed my face with jerk chicken
and smoked too much pot.
Haiku 9/4
Hit Junior's for an
orange freeze ice cream soda.
Goodnight, sugar high.
Haiku 9/5
I cleaned the kitchen!
'twas poetry in motion!
Mop pentameter!
Haiku 9/6
Worked on a new song.
Rode my bike to Williamsburg
and hung out up there.
Haiku 9/7
Drove down to D.C.
Got to Tom and Hope's real late.
Work was weak, also.
Haiku 9/8
Drunk uncle get-down
at Sharon's cousin's wedding.
Hey, Macarena!
Haiku 9/9
Bank info stolen.
Rear-ended leaving D.C.
Skipped lunch, got nauseous.
Haiku 9/10
Went to a punk show.
Faces across a dark room;
old friends, older friends.
Haiku 9/11
Cooked a ton of soup
and took it easy at home,
working on a zine.
Haiku 9/12
Faux hawk: New mullet?
We'll crack jokes and bag on them
in just a few years.
Haiku 9/13
Hasids call my bluff
and run with me in the park
blowing horns, blessing.
Haiku 9/14
Carne asada
99 bottles of beer
4 a.m. bathroom.
Haiku 9/15
Cab horn woke me up
clear skies at Coney Island
out of it all day.
Haiku 9/16
Hung with my parents
walking around Manhattan
at tourist cruise speed.
Haiku 9/17
Mom made us a quilt
crazy Day of the Dead art
and pillows to match.
Haiku 9/18
Went for a fast jog.
Balanced the exercise with
a badass burger.
Haiku 9/19
Early work meeting
mosquitoes all through the night
free beer opening.
Haiku 9/20
6 a.m. jogging.
Napping under my desk by
about 3 p.m.
Haiku 9/21
Left from work early
drank too much cheap liquor at
a comedy show.
Haiku 9/22
Yes! Sinus problems!
Too rainy for the beach! Rad!
Stayed up late! Awesome!
Haiku 9/23
Guy at the drugstore
is shouting about how he
needs Valtrex, TONIGHT!
Haiku 9/24
My meds aren't covered
by my new insurance. Had
another seizure.
Haiku 9/25
Saw some comedy
after my new writing class.
It's Sharon's birthday!
Haiku 9/26
Insurance problems
catch 22's, debacles.
Move to Canada.
Haiku 9/27
Work's been pretty sweet
'cos the boss is out of town.
The stress level drops!
Haiku 9/28
Work was slack again.
Didn't do jack shit after.
Still beat from Monday.
Haiku 9/29
Sharon's birthday jam!
Air hockey, ping-pong and pool.
Liquor, beer and weed.
Haiku 9/30
Super fun houseguests
walking off the hangover
drinking papaya.
Haiku 10/1
I baked some cookies
and then I ate the cookies.
I'm full of cookies.
Haiku 10/2
Mind-mushingly slow
all of Wikipedia
desk, apathy, fucked.
Haiku 10/3
Working on writing
when I should be proofreading.
American dream!
Haiku 10/4
Worked on more writing.
It made my brain move too fast
and I couldn't sleep.
Haiku 10/5
Went to see The Blow.
She owned it alone on stage
under purple lights.
Haiku 10/6
Soul food feast, buddy.
Adam from Boston's in town,
watching "Mr. Show."
Haiku 10/7
Cop on a Segue,
my MP3 player broke...
...but the Red Sox won!
Haiku 10/8
Stupid lunch meeting.
Give me some benefits if
the corp's doing well.
Haiku 10/9
Twenty degree drop
became fall during the day
manic temperature.
Haiku 10/10
Jiggity jogging
almost barfed in my damn mouth
it's wicked humid.
Haiku 10/11
For the last two weeks,
quiet before the torrent.
Makeup catalogs.
Haiku 10/12
GRE study.
My memory failed me, I'm
even worse at math.
Haiku 10/13
Took the GRE.
Went to a sweaters-only
backyard barbecue.
Haiku 10/14
Went to Queens. Got lost.
That seems to happen every time.
Rad Chinese food, though.
Haiku 10/15
Stayed in, just writing.
The Shaolin and the Wu-Tang
could be dangerous.
Haiku 10/16
Feeling better now.
Making up for lost sleeping
bit by mosquitoes.
Haiku 10/17
Cuban food for lunch,
Mexican food for dinner.
Lots of pork. Sorry.
Haiku 10/18
Shitfoot incident.
Kicked out of the litter box.
Guess who stepped in it?
Haiku 10/19
Frustration, whiskey,
dry burger with wet weather,
secondhand trifling.
Haiku 10/20
Went to Hoboken.
It was more like "Broboken,"
but, hey, something new...
Haiku 10/21
Goddamn teenagers
on the stoop across the street
kept me up 'til 4.
Haiku 10/22
Life is best with a
big-ass map of Africa
in the living room.
Haiku 10/23
After work had a
patty melt but no gator belt
before writing class.
Haiku 10/24
Cooked up Hoppin' John.
It had rained all day and it
wasn't eighty out.
Haiku 10/25
Leftovers, gnomesane?
F.I.T.A. busy day,
with full moon fever.
Haiku 10/26
Drove to the Catskills,
dark road in the pissing rain.
Can't see the mountains.
Haiku 10/27
Grown up hippie town
still raining, kinda dreaming
real ghosts in my sleep.
Haiku 10/28
Red Sox sweep World Series.
Not so mad at Bill Buckner
after all of this.
Haiku 10/29
Show at a canal
watching it from a drawbridge
old friends across water.
Haiku 10/30
Workshopped my writing
and got a bunch of ideas
to edit that shit.
Haiku 10/31
Running before dark
to avoid getting egged by
some DAMN TEENAGERS.
Haiku 11/1
These DAMN TEENAGERS
tried to jump Sharon and I
but we scared them off!
Haiku 11/2
Day of the Dead, the
night ended at a gay bar
right near the projects.
Haiku 11/3
Sharon's parents came.
Ate tostadas, fish and chips,
and of course, pizza.
Haiku 11/4
Dying to go to
Brooklyn College for grad school.
But will they take me?
Haiku 11/5
The cat doesn't know
that it's daylight savings time
so he wakes us up.
Haiku 11/6
Got all sugared up
at a grad school open house.
Somehow lost my voice.
Haiku 11/7
Drawing at my desk.
Not letting my mind stagnate
while it's slow at work.
Haiku 11/8
Average good day:
Mexican food for dinner
and slow on the job.
Haiku 11/9
Sharon bought me gifts
which I had to carry home.
Jesus did that too.
Haiku 11/10
Lazy Saturday
never exerted my mind
went to bed early.
Haiku 11/11
Homemade granola
powered me over the bridge
on a skateboard jam.
Haiku 11/12
Totally over
this dark-before-I-leave-work
newfangled bullshit.
Haiku 11/13
Busy day at work,
Korean food, writing class.
The day flew right by.
Haiku 11/14
Raw food for dinner.
At an art show watching the
douchebag last supper.
Haiku 11/15
Back to some writing
trying to edit old stuff
totally confused.
Haiku 11/16
In my head all day
singing falsetto at work.
Justin Timberlake.
Haiku 11/17
Cooked so much soul food.
Drank energy drinks for a
dance party 'til 3.
Haiku 11/18
Pancake celebrate!
Woke up with no hangover;
magic is at work.
Haiku 11/19
The park is empty
if you run after work now,
more space than New York.
Haiku 11/20
Blew out the afro,
looking like Art Garfunkel
mixed with The RZA.
Haiku 11/21
Worked on a comic
then got some story ideas
and made pumpkin soup.
Haiku 11/22
A vegan potluck
and then a Philipino
pig roast in Bed-Stuy.
Haiku 11/23
Wrote through the day then
saw Crispin Glover's slide show
and his new movie.
Haiku 11/24
Ate too much pizza
went to a Brooklyn beard bar
ran into China.
Haiku 11/25
Edited stories
all day with an afro pick
crockpot blackeye peas.
Haiku 11/26
Ate a lot of beans
finished reading "Wind Up Bird"
and watched "CSI."
Haiku 11/27
Dude with warm-up pants,
girl says she lies about age.
Watching their blind date.
Haiku 11/28
Basic grown man stuff
Shit like jogging and laundry
took up my whole night.
Haiku 11/29
Hot sauce in my beer
and tilapia tacos
burning through the night.
Haiku 11/30
Joked around at work.
Kinda weird to admit it,
but I like my job.
Haiku 12/1
Yuletide jammings with
egg nog like marshmallow fluff
and a one-hitter.
Haiku 12/2
Worked on some drawing.
If you're not down with chilling
then we can't hang out.
Haiku 12/3
Could hardly get up.
Just dead on my feet all day
dead in my brain, too.
Haiku 12/4
My last writing class.
They all liked my new story,
then we went for drinks.
Haiku 12/5
Pissed and understaffed
doing yoga on the phone
baking potatoes.
Haiku 12/6
Running on black ice
and crunching through snowy grass
just in a hoodie.
Haiku 12/7
Tired as fuck, yo.
Cooked up some fish, stayed in
watching "Boogie Nights."
Haiku 12/8
Handled some B.I.
like the barber shop and a
whole lot of nothing.
Haiku 12/9
Neighborhood walking,
not sure if I "get" Daft Punk.
Fish fry with soul sides.
Haiku 12/10
Crowded A.M. train
back to back, an old lady
farted on my leg.
Haiku 12/11
Three hour meeting!
Sitting for longer than a
"Lord of the Rings" flick!
Haiku 12/12
Restless at my desk
full of holiday cookies.
Nothing exciting.
Haiku 12/13
The snow didn't stick
neither did the hale or rain.
Dark in the morning.
Haiku 12/14
The party got hype
when I spilled guacamole
on my Adidas.
Haiku 12/15
All day on my feet
walking across the canal
sleeting heading home.
Haiku 12/16
Oh noes! Sharon's sick!
Did some crap around the house
had pizza for lunch.
Haiku 12/17
Tofu, broccoli
the laundromat, the baby
the mama, the cell...
Haiku 12/18
Free rum and hot wings
at this holiday party
where Sharon teaches.
Haiku 12/19
Work Christmas party.
Corona in the daytime,
catching a headcold.
Haiku 12/20
Made homemade pizza
for Christmas dinner and then
we exchanged presents.
Haiku 12/21
Tired and sneezing
stuck at work later than planned
packing for VA.
Haiku 12/22
AmTrak with a cold
Penn Station wait - train delay
my sister's engaged.
Haiku 12/23
Burt Reynolds nightmare
woke me up at 6 a.m.
Shut the fuck up, Mom.
Haiku 12/24
Recorded three songs
with my old friend Jonathan
and ate eighteen wings.
Haiku 12/25
Jesus enchiladas
birthday bourbon and Bud Lite
HOLY HANGOVER.
Haiku 12/26
Got back on the train
cooked a healthy meal for once
went to bed early.
Haiku 12/27
First day back at work.
The good times were a-rollin'!
It's a wild ride, y'all.
Haiku 12/28
Ever notice how
the people with the least soul
wear Triple Five Soul?
Haiku 12/29
IMax planet crash
scaring a nearby toddler.
"Cosmic Collisions."
Haiku 12/30
Breakfast nachos, dude.
Vegetarian toppings
burping that garlic.
Haiku 12/31
The year ended well
with ping-pong, tacos and some
scotch that smelled like fire.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
NYC Stores That Carry Gullible #28
Listed in alphabetical order!
Academy Annex - 96 N. 6th St. (Between Berry and Wythe) Brooklyn. I think this is considered THE place in NYC for general used vinyl.
Cinders Gallery - 103 Havemeyer St. (Just off Metropolitan Ave.) Brooklyn. They have great art shows, too.
Desert Island - 504 Metropolitan Ave. (Between Lorimer and Union) Brooklyn. New indie comic shop.
St. Mark's Bookshop - 31 3rd Ave. (at E. 9th St.) East Village. My favorite place to buy books when I'm not busy undermining small business efforts by shopping online.
Academy Annex - 96 N. 6th St. (Between Berry and Wythe) Brooklyn. I think this is considered THE place in NYC for general used vinyl.
Cinders Gallery - 103 Havemeyer St. (Just off Metropolitan Ave.) Brooklyn. They have great art shows, too.
Desert Island - 504 Metropolitan Ave. (Between Lorimer and Union) Brooklyn. New indie comic shop.
St. Mark's Bookshop - 31 3rd Ave. (at E. 9th St.) East Village. My favorite place to buy books when I'm not busy undermining small business efforts by shopping online.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Fuck You Too, Courtney Love
Converse rolls out the Kurt Cobain signature series. And he didn't even play basketball!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Nathan's Rasta Glove
My friend Nathan got these ill Rasta-colored gloves with a roach clip chained to them as an Easter present. Let that sink in. A chain roach clip, which makes sense, because it would be hard to lose. And an Easter present, something no one I know has gotten this millenium. I wonder what the glove smells like?
Here are some photos that he emailed me, and click the above link to check out some of his comedy.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Man, Ain't That News!
Here's the goal: Gullible Zine #28 will be out by my birthday, the 29th.
So far so good. I've started doing layout, and am tinkering with the last couple of pieces of writing. I'm also working on drawing the cover. Attached above is a sideways-ass detail from the cover art. Thrashin' Ra!
Included in this issue will be some Richmond and tour stories, a couple episodes of a new comic strip called "Chilling," and a contribution from Cole H.
Once I get that all done, the rough plan is to put together my 2007 Haiku Diary, and make issue #30 be The History of The Flesh Eating Creeps (my band from the second half of the '90s). The FEC History should sort of coincide with the release of our discography CD.
That's all. I'll post an excerpt from Gullible #28 when it's done.
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