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• 07:27 On page 77 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Brother-in-Law" paints an archetypal picture in such broad strokes. 5* #
• 07:34 On page 79 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "How W.H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend’s House" is a riff, but it’s abo… #
• 07:36 On page 81 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Mothers" is even more archetypal than "The Brother-in-Law." 5* #
• 07:49 I’m in the mood for 80s power ballads–performed live! tinyurl.com/djqv9l #
• 08:12 Comic store only had Jonathan Lethem’s OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #2-6 (Already had #1). Gotta track down the #7-10 somehow. #
• 08:53 Also picked up John Woo’s LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY on the cheap. Just what I need, a Sun morning kung-fu flick! #
• 18:10 Back from crit group! Flash pieces had longer Win columns than Fail columns 🙂 #
• 18:11 What to do before new L&O:CI–process group crits or continue prep for final in T-minus 10 days? #
• 18:26 OMFG! Student film I acted in is getting screened tonite!! Guess I’m missing L&O:CI. #
• 21:58 Looks like my camera meat debut is second to last. Gonna make for a late nite but hey, I was up way later during filming 😉 #

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• 08:16 On page 73 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrat… by Ray Bradbury. Was surprised "The Beggar on O’Connell Bridge" was in… #
• 08:17 On page 77 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrat… by Ray Bradbury. "The Flying Machine" is an incredible example of how … #
• 08:24 Not as hungover as I should be, having dipped into my own personal pool of debauchery last nite. Off to the Farmer’s Market. #
• 08:24 After the Farmer’s Market–#freecomicbookday! #
• 09:47 Decided it was too chilly for Farmer’s Market. Breakfast at diner instead, which soaked up any last traces of last nite :). #
• 09:52 In corporate coffee shop w/writing & some skoolwork. Will get to it after I post yesterday’s #slopeday preparation pics. #
• 09:54 twitpic.com/4ehq8 – Rehydration & cleanup supplies. #
• 09:56 twitpic.com/4ehtm – Triage stuff. #
• 09:57 twitpic.com/4ehvj – All this for "harm reduction" during the yearly drunken-student-zombie apocalypse. #
• 10:14 RT @ArachneJericho "Marching band 2, thugs 0" www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30493653/ [Was in marching band for 8 yrs; not surprised 1 bit.] #
• 10:51 I don’t seem to be getting a lot done. Maybe it’s post-binge ennui? Man, I can’t be like this, I’ve got crit group tomorrow, dammit!! #
• 11:00 #freecomicbookday RT @warrenellis It’s Free Comic Book Day, so have a free copy of FELL #1, online: bit.ly/gKgRy #
• 11:35 Banging my head against this flash fic piece. It’s getting away from me and acting all out of hand. #wip #
• 11:44 @AWDawno Yes. Not only that, smudges on the screen is my version of "bleeding on the page." 😉 #
• 11:45 Time to break out the big guns. If a Cassandra Wilson mix doesn’t help me write today, I should just pack it in. #wip #
• 11:55 "All the energy we spend on motion, all the circuitry and time / Is there any way to feel a body through fiber optic lines?" #lyrics #
• 12:02 Basking in the joy of all the RTs! Thanks, @jdfreivald @AWDawno & @PBreaze! #
• 12:03 @PBreaze Small world! That’s awesome & so is she. I catch her writing whenever I can! #
• 12:15 @AWDawno Agreed. It’d be like putting a mirror in front of another mirror ;). #
• 13:40 @AWDawno Haven’t read Pratchett in years, unfortunately :(. Mirror thing is just one of many strange things I spent time doing as a kid ;). #
• 13:40 1st draft of new flash piece done, 38 words over budget. Need to shave them for an even 1,000. Will take a break first. #wip #
• 16:27 twitpic.com/4ffca – Got my surprise from @cspan. Thanks!! #
• 16:28 twitpic.com/4fffp – Who says Twitter’s a waste of time? Fools, that’s who! #
• 16:39 @AWDawno Does Twitter help write flash? Not sure. Tweeting and writing prose feel like different animals to me. #
• 16:48 @AWDawno You may very well be right! I’m still a n00b at writing so I could be totally wrong ;). #
• 17:02 Staring at today’s #wip, but it’s all a blur. Plus, I’d wanted to have a 3rd flash piece drafted for crit group tomorrow, too. Too much? #
• 17:29 Searching desperately for my 2nd wind. Would rather not have to resort to mainlining Red Bull. Gotta get this writing done! #wip #
• 18:34 I’ve seen VACATION by @JeremyCShipp at my local indie bookshop and if by chance I don’t win his contest, I just might get it anyway :). #
• 20:04 Got 2 out of 3 flash pieces DONE for crit group tomorrow, pared to the target word counts! Obviously, I had to mainline the Red Bull. #wip #
• 20:30 Done writing for the day. All I need do now is read my #freecomicbookday swag and cheap back issues of Jonathan Lethem’s OMEGA THE UNKNOWN. #

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• 07:49 On page 75 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The House Plans" works on more levels than I can even count! 5* #
• 07:54 RT @Abyss_Apex: We’re open for the May submission period: send us your short fiction to 10,000 words and your flash fiction to 1,500 words. #
• 11:03 RT @Ideomancer Aaaand it is now May 1, and we are closed to submissions until June 1, when the next issue comes out. Whew. 🙂 [Darnit!] #
• 11:06 Work is prepped for annual skool orgy of Dionysian excess. As said in every STAR WARS movie & cartoon: "I have a bad feeling about this." #
• 11:07 Pics (that violate no HIPAA regs) to follow! #
• 12:44 Had to turn away infiltration by intoxicated students. Hah–not on my watch! 😉 #
• 13:40 Wondering if I made a mistake leaving the relative safety of my workplace to go to lunch. #
• 13:43 I will say though, the food here is totally worth navigating thru the drunken-student apocalypse today www.nygreencafe.com/main/i … #
• 13:48 @AbsoluteWrite Aw, shucks! 🙂 #
• 13:56 @AbsoluteWrite I blush–thanks! Can I use that as my Twitter blurb? 🙂 #
• 13:58 Must navigate thru the drunken-zombie-student apocalypse to get back to work. If I don’t make it back, remember…I’ve always loved you! #
• 14:33 Must pay it forward for #followfriday. Some good mags: @Abyss_Apex @clarkesworld @CoyoteWild @fantasymagazine @Ideomancer @strangehorizons #
• 16:14 Still a mystery as to why dayjob is still busy during the drunken-student-zombie apocalypse. #slopeday #
• 17:20 Work emergencies during drunken-student-zombie apocalypse = not fun #slopeday #
• 17:24 RT @jdfreivald RT @JeremiahTolbert 5 Books on Writing and Science Fiction That Made Me a Better Writer tinyurl.com/c29we2 #
• 17:40 *waves back* at today’s new followers: @AWDawno @hilarybeard @LostZombies #followfriday #
• 17:41 @AWDawno And, you’re too kind 🙂 #
• 19:22 About to have my own personal EtOH-fueled zombie apocalypse to cope with the day I’ve had #slopeday #
• 20:15 3 pints of ale, wings, cheese sticks, and now cheesecake. Evening’s definitely off to a good start! #
• 20:48 Just past my 4th pint, listening to a local bossa band. #
• 20:50 @AWDawno Drink one for me! #
• 21:39 At home now, doing 2 things to maintain my buzz: Sipping some Jameson while watching WITHNAIL & I. #

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• 07:37 Gonna be my last long day. Last discussion section for skool. Sooo tempted to skip. But I’ll be a good boy. #
• 07:39 Determined to finish 3 flash pieces for crit group. 1’s done, 1’s in progress. Stressing over what 3rd is gonna be. #wip #
• 08:02 Scored the CD w/this performance of "Heaven Help Us All" by Grady Nichols w/vox by Bill Champlin! tinyurl.com/dn7ryw #
• 08:03 RT @Abyss_Apex Gearing Up: @Abyss_Apex opens to short story and flash submissions May 1. Not beforehand please. #
• 11:29 Someone forced me to use my old case-manager voice on them. Hence, I won in the end. Yeah, that’s right. #
• 11:44 Been that kinda day = & it’s not even 1/2 over. Need to listen to "Heaven Help Us All" again. tinyurl.com/dn7ryw #
• 12:54 Think today’s confrontation has temporarily drained my writing mojo. We’ll find out at lunch…. #
• 13:54 RT @ithacarts Grass Roots Festival Band List Posted! Sharon Jones [etc…hers was the only name I needed to see!] tinyurl.com/cuyad5 #
• 14:01 Yup, no lunchtime writing mojo. Luckily, this AM’s work is on the flash drive, so who knows…? #wip #
• 16:36 nnnNNNNGGG! #
• 16:54 RT @johnjosephadams tip:Don’t quote previous rejection letters.This points out story’s flaws, tells market it’s 5th on sub totem pole. #
• 17:40 Hategasm from my workday starting to subside. #
• 19:27 Good news: writing mojo back. Bad news: 500-wd flash up to 615 wds. Worse news: plot’s going haywire. #wip #

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• 23:33 Tribe beat the Red Sox! I can now go to sleep 🙂 #indians #
• 08:01 On page 57 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Letter" is similar to "Story" & just as gutwrenching. 5* #
• 08:11 On page 61 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Not sure how I feel about "Extracts From a Life" being extracts from another … #
• 08:15 Okay, last #wip put in the revision queue. Starting a flash piece (or three) for crit group on Sunday! #
• 08:15 Writing playlist: Chris Botti, Christian Scott #
• 08:29 I want my surprise from @cspan! Can’t DM the requested info unless you’re following me. 🙁 #
• 10:44 You know you’ve got good story ideas when you’re compelled to jot ’em down on index cards in a crowded, moving bus! 😀 #
• 10:44 One flash piece done, but I’m left wondering if it’s part of something a lil’ bigger…? #wip #
• 10:48 "And it’s all very fine / To sit and smoke all the wine / But, what about the teardrop?" #lyrics #
• 11:19 RT @sfwa US District Judge granted 4-month extension to opt out or object to Google’s settlement. New deadline 9/4/09 bit.ly/bvRYS #
• 11:26 A digital divide is bad enough. Are we headed for a neuroenhancer divide, too? nancykress.blogspot.com/2009/04/neuroenhancers.html #
• 11:33 Crunched the skool numbers. Need a 99% on the final to get an A in the class. OTOH, a 72% lets me keep my B. Good, ‘cos I got writing to do! #
• 13:39 Revenge of the Writer: Spent the majority of (effectively) the last lecture of the semester fleshing out a second flash piece >:). #wip #
• 14:19 RT @mightymur New blog post: ISBW Special #43 – Nebula Award Winner John Kessel tinyurl.com/d66wao #
• 16:06 Billy Joel on the work CD player. The most apropros song "Pressure" isn’t on the disc. It should be playing on a loop. #
• 16:53 Doesn’t look like Tribe/Red Sox is gonna be on local TV tonite. Will have to follow via #Google while GHOST HUNTERS is on. #indians #
• 17:17 RT @ warrenellis Dr Strangecough: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pigs #
• 17:56 Catching up on @totn podcasts, trying to maintain the illusion of work :(. #
• 18:12 Editing today’s 2 flash pieces on the downlow. Shh. #wip #
• 22:03 Back from dinner & beer. Wrote a bit before deciding I needed to hit the reset button! #

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• 07:11 RT @charlesatan Small Beer Press $1 Sale: lcrw.net/special.htm …. #
• 07:52 is on page 54 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. "And the Rock Cried Out" shows that payback … #
• 07:56 is on page 59 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. "The Little Drummer Boy of Shiloh" is a slic … #
• 08:14 Red Sox/Indians series this week = family discord. 🙂 #
• 10:42 Wasted a lot of pre-work writing time this AM, but it forced me to get a lot done in the last 30 min. I had! 😀 #
• 10:44 Want to read: Twenty Epics by Susan Groppi – tinyurl.com/cyswc6 #
• 12:02 Not sure how I feel about the defunct Google Notebook becoming my writer’s notebook as of late…? #
• 12:11 @fantasymagazine Most of my notes more or less fall into certain categories (ideas, dialogue, prose, etc.), so it’s 1 note/item. #
• 12:13 @fantasymagazine Story notes usu. go into their own files. I’ll use #Google Notebook in a pinch, but they get printed or transcribed asap. #
• 12:23 @fantasymagazine Me too! I’ve got a "writers.pr0n" tag on delicious tinyurl.com/c5t5nh #
• 12:41 I #heart_tuesday ‘cos as of today I’ve now had conversations w/3 writers/editors I like via Twitter! 😀 #
• 13:55 Ha! I’m the 7500th @cspan follower! #
• 16:46 Drowning in what people *think* are emergencies at work. #
• 17:23 @cspan I’d love the surprise, but I can’t DM unless you follow me 🙁 #
• 20:33 How the *hell* did it drop 30 degrees in one day?? Brr. #
• 20:45 Great, not only has the temp dropped by 30 deg, but the Tribe’s down vs. the Red Sox 🙁 #indians #
• 22:12 Burned my dinner earlier. But the nite’s looking up. Tribe’s tied w/the Sox and EASTENDERS is on TV. #
• 22:13 @PBreaze I’m fine, and you? I think I may have crossed internet paths w/her once but no, don’t know her. I wish ;). Love her writing! #
• 23:02 On page 49 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Mouse" is a perfect thread running through two relationships. 5* #

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• 07:42 Want to read: Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work an… by David Allen – tinyurl.com/cb8g3p #
• 07:47 is on page 33 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. "Season of Disbelief"–5* A well-done non-ge … #
• 07:58 So it’s supposed to be hotter than Saturday, huh? It’s okay. Got enough sun over the weekend. I’ll be indoors, writing & such. #
• 07:59 #wip Copyedit Transcription playlist: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends. #
• 08:56 "I don’t claim to be someone / Who understands everything / But my heart won’t let me lie to myself / When I know I’m wrong." #lyrics #
• 08:57 "I won’t be at the mercy of / Some bittersweet memory / And I don’t wanna be tuggin’ on your sleeve." #lyrics #
• 08:57 Obviously, I’ve switched over to the Bill Champlin playlist. 🙂 #
• 11:09 Glad I broke out the work-appropriate summer clothes yesterday and got the new Birks. Will make walking to skool a lot nicer :). #
• 11:11 RT GrantaMag John Beckman on what he gained and lost from depression www.granta.com/Online-Only/A-vacation-from-myself #
• 11:20 RT @Catrambo I’m going to start posting Fantasy Magazine info primarily at @fantasymagazine – follow to see what we’re publishing! #
• 11:30 Don’t think it’s coincidence that I ran across @moonfrye right as I was swimming in my personal wave of 80s nostalgia yesterday. #
• 11:54 Gonna leave a bit early and stroll to skool. #
• 13:34 Want to read: Famous Fathers and Other Stories by Pia Z. Ehrhardt – tinyurl.com/cw9wou #
• 14:51 Feeling like there’s an ice pick stuck into my head behind my left eyeball. No reason for it that I can think of :(. #
• 16:48 The headache is drug-resistant! Hopefully, we won’t have to resort to amputation :(. #
• 17:44 "Today I didnt even have to use my A.K. / I got to say it was a good day." #lyrics #

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• 07:45 is on page 39 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Mr. Burdoff’s Visit to Germany" has the best opening in the collection s … #
• 07:48 is on page 40 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Back to 1-paragraph pieces in "What She Knew." 4* #
• 07:49 is on page 41 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Fish" is also 1 paragraph long; packs a slightly bigger whallop. 5* #
• 07:51 is on page 43 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Mildred and the Oboe" gets 5* for making me wonder if it inspired the bi … #
• 07:57 Wonders what work to bring outside today: rewrites or skoolwork? Final’s just over 2.5 weeks away! #
• 09:02 Holy nostalgia! I remember watching each and every one of these Nickelodeon spots! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a68dZfAlk9k #
• 09:26 Didn’t stay up last nite for the end of Warren Ellis’s GI JOE: RESOLUTE. Thank the internets tho: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIZRPxwHPk #
• 11:14 Just had to get back outside. Breakfast at a diner and now I’m sitting in the downtown sun. #
• 11:15 Diner observation: There’s something cute about watching 2 strangers flirt w/each other when English isn’t either of their first languages. #
• 11:17 Looks like the Time Warner intertubes are clogged, which explained the problems I had at home. #
• 11:31 Okay, maybe too hot to sit in the sun. Needed a change of pace, so I set up at a corporate coffee chain, hoping no townie friends see me. 😉 #
• 11:34 Actually, hoping I don’t have a repeat of yesterday when I narrowly dodged *4* coworkers and 1 member of crit group. #
• 11:48 Ran into a coworker–that didn’t take long, did it? #
• 13:11 Best thing about Twitter besides getting non-bot DM from 1 of my favorite writers: It told me that Time-Warner’s intertubes were clogged. #
• 13:13 Feeling very, very happy w/skoolwork progress today. Figure 30 more min, and I’ll have earned a break. #
• 14:10 30 min. to finish up skoolwork might’ve been a little optimistic :*( #
• 14:32 All right, I’m done w/skoolwork today because I’ve *decided* that I’m done! 🙂 #
• 14:33 Gonna hang out & sip cold drinks, rather than risk running into the coworkers I’ve seen out the windows of the coffee shop. #
• 14:46 is starting Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. ‘Cos it’s been in my "to read" pile for too long. #
• 14:53 Reading playlist: Neko Case’s new album MIDDLE CYCLONE #
• 15:27 is on page 16 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. "The Whole Town’s Sleeping" boggles the mind … #
• 15:29 Gonna take in some more sunshine, head home, & do some laundry. Bleh. #
• 19:24 is on page 25 of 912 of Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury. Who knew a 59-year old story like "The Rocke … #
• 19:45 Got extremely distracted from laundry. Gonna throw a load in now and hopefully be done before the new L&O:CRIMINAL INTENT. #

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• 07:58 is on page 14 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. More emotional arc in "The Fears of Mrs. Orlando" than story arc. 4* #
• 08:06 Actually *excited* to be going to the Farmer’s Market today! Gonna bring a real camera this time, too. And then I’ll hide indoors & write. #
• 08:21 Almost forgot: You’ll like WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY if you liked Keret’s novella, even with the different (happier) ending. #
• 11:20 No livetweeting from the Farmer’s Market ‘cos I was too busy taking pictures to use as character fodder in future stories :). #
• 11:21 Scored myself some new "licensed by Birkenstock" sandals at the local annual truckload sale. WTH, it only comes around once/year. #
• 11:28 Best thing about Twitter: getting a non-bot Direct Msg from one of my favorite authors! #squee #
• 12:20 Haven’t heard "Valerie Loves Me" in, what, 15 years? ♫ blip.fm/~4ydgu #
• 12:58 Tried to read/write while stuck inside. Just not happening. Netbook’s charged up, so back out I go. #
• 13:40 Downtown is abuzz with activity including, unfortunately, some band that sucks really, really hard. #
• 13:50 I refuse to let this incredibly sucktastic band drive me indoors! #
• 14:05 If I’d have let the sucktastic band drive me indoors, I’d have missed out on this awesome acapella gospel group. #
• 16:53 Trying to rewrite a section over and over? Just cut it & see if you can do without it. It worked for me yet again! #wip #
• 16:56 Gonna type corrected draft and put it to bed for a bit. Then I can get to those 3 stories I still have to rewrite. #wip #
• 17:32 is on page 20 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. All I can say about "Liminal: The Little Man" is that it’s over my head. 4* #
• 17:34 is on page 31 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Break It Down" was almost too vivid & gutwrenching. 5* #
• 17:39 twitpic.com/3zs00 – Would I be a jerk if I got a boat, parked in the next slip, & christened it "The GMO?" #
• 17:42 twitpic.com/3zsb2 – From this morning’s regatta, viewable from the Farmer’s Market. #
• 22:14 Why, oh, why have I never seen RUSHMORE before? #
• 22:42 Forgot how cool Owen Wilson (co-writer of RUSHMORE) was, once upon a time. #

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• 07:24 is finished with The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Just finished up all the backmatter, except the novel excerpts. #
• 07:24 gave 4 stars to The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford – tinyurl.com/cttas7 #
• 08:09 is on page 8 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Some might think the longer sentences in "Story" are literary BS but I was … #
• 08:33 RT @RachelleGardner Today I’ve posted some book reviews that DON’T give the author that warm and fuzzy feeling: bit.ly/jSHoJ #
• 08:38 #wip revision playlist: soundtrack for the film CROOKLYN #
• 08:50 "So I try to be hip and think like the crowd / But even the crowd can’t help me now." #lyrics #
• 09:22 Decided the last scene doesn’t start as well as it should. Of course, I come to this conclusion before I have to head into work. #wip #
• 11:47 Actually looking forward to a sunny walk to skool. Will I even need my sweater, I wonder? #
• 13:45 Definitely enjoyed sunny, sweater-less walk to skool! *Almost* puts me in a cheery mood…almost ;). #
• 13:46 RT @IndependentLens all docs, all the time. Reviews, festivals, events, and a film directory on DocumentaryFilms.net twurl.nl/f3pms3 #
• 16:15 Weekend’s so close I can *taste* it, even if it’s still 2 hours away. #
• 17:16 Work emergencies came and went. Maybe my weekend can start a lil’ earlier than scheduled…? >:) #
• 17:53 Weekend *will* start early. Oh, yes. #
• 19:03 At home w/open windows, open beer, and the New Pornographers blasting out the windows :D. #
• 19:10 "Sing all hail / What will be revealed today / When we peer into the great unknown / From the line to the throne" #lyrics #
• 20:52 Finally getting to watch the film WRISTCUTTERS, based on the Etgar Keret story "Kneller’s Happy Campers." #

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