the autobiographic

this is not what you think it is.

far more borring.

Weintraub. the man with two watches.

the man who could lecture on a phrase. "and words had changed their meaning"; haven't they always.

well, he did it. and i can't remember what he said.

it's a shit-poor memorial to a great man. and i mean that, in spite of the gym placement test.

memories half remembered. time spent with him and not with dillan. well, you've got to do something, if you're not watching the mcgloclan group.

and words had changed their meaning. ninety minutes, he made it dance the way that lacan made petite object a dance.

the man, confusing. never understood. spqr, role playing games, romans on the moon. and how don't we know. the seas named in latin.

they say there's water there.

matt never should have left omaha

shout out, if you remember this one:

chicago delenda est.

oh, yuc. my alma mater.

and those times, writing papers.

and the dark haired wonder, who preferred me to the blowfish.

well, there's always the dunes. and memory.

not to get sentimental.

sleep

have you ever done that thing where you wake and you think it's dawn but it's evening?

or have you ever had the kind of nap that is so disorienting that when you wake, not only don't you know when it is, but where you are; what state even?

i read a novel once, the title too pretentious to put here, where the main character remembers a nap. the best in his life.

we've all known that. if we haven't, then so much more to look forward to.

my dream comp class description

Writing for fun.

This class is extremely experimental.

It breaks down like this. The first third of the class is a series of experiments in writing unlike any other writing class you've ever taken. All response from the instructor will be positive.

The second phase, we'll intersperse traditional writing assignments with experiments. Again, all comments from the instructor will be positive.

In the last third, we'll intersperse traditional writing assignment with traditional ones, but the emphasis will be on traditional ones. Comments made by the instructor will be possitive and constructive criticism.

So, you'll get less of the ''hard knocks'' approach to writing. so some may say you will not learn enough. you certainly won't learn things like what a comma splice is, but it's this instructor's theory that it will work anyway.

And the danger is that you'll be wasting time doing extraneous stuff (according to traditionalists) for much of the term.

but hey, it's writing, and i think it's fun. maybe when you leave, you'll think so to, even if you get a bad grade.

caveat: for those in danger of failing, outside one-on-on tutorials will be made available, depending on your time (initially) and my time (ultimately).

this class is for writers of all levels, but favors those who are self-starters. those who are willing to do more work than is strictly necessary just to fulfill the formal requirements of the class.

For those long suffering students

Hey.

There's a pretty cool post (http://lifehacker.com/5334886/getting-things-done-explained-for-students) over at lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com/).

It's how to get GTD working for students.

Really wish I had this when I was in college. What a mess. Studied all the time.

It was ok, and I slowed down after my first year. But worked so hard then, I lost 10 pounds in 12 weeks. 130, the lowest I've ever been in my life.

Anyway, this one is for the students, not for me.

Enjoy!