When I Paint My Masterpiece

So a friend of mine recently asked me if I'd been writing a lot lately, and the answer is that I have not. I have been preoccupied with the usual money issues (lately I seem to be doing better at having cash for when bills come due, though it's always a struggle to have much left over), and I have some other stuff on my mind. So mostly I've been reading.

I might have mentioned Brighton Rock the last time I did an in-depth update, but I want to make special mention of another Graham Greene book, The Comedians. It's not funny, but it's not supposed to be (anything to do with Papa Doc-era Haiti rarely is). Also, I managed to get my hands on the Band biography Across the Great Divide, which was so available because it's been on the BAM shelves since before they moved to the mall...well before the move to the mall, actually.

Greil Marcus' Mystery Train I got through a service the local lib (yes the same ones who fired me) has with other libraries to send books they don't have to libs that have patrons who might want to read 'em. It's pretty good, too.

Also, can you believe Clemson is 4-0. I can't, my friends can't, my co-workers can't, the townfolk of the surrounding area can't, and yet there it is: 4-0. I got a bad feeling about Va. Tech, but who knows?

That is all I got for now, cringing a little about my 32 birthday coming up. Still don't have a date to the prom ;-)

Regrets, I've Had a Few

Short and sweet update, because I'm hungry and haven't eaten yet:

Anyone else find Hell's Kitchen addictive, but guilty about it? I know it's all for the cameras, it's all scripted, but there's very little else on right now that's half as compelling (fall season starts in a few weeks).

Scout is growing like a weed, I swear she'll be driving and texting before the year is over.

Mo money, mo problems (minus the "mo money," but I'm working on it).

Just submitted my column idea to McSweeneys for their consideration (annual column contest), fingers crossed.

Aight, until next time