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.
Monday, August 25, 2008
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.
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