- good writing morning. 2 scenes left, maybe, and then all’s all for #gunstreetnovelthon #
- @ken_schneyer hilarious! and so fun to say. tart tart tart torte tort. if this food item exists, we must bake it. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @AllisoNicole86 awe.some. in reply to AllisoNicole86 #
- @ken_schneyer my mind, sir. it is blown. 3d jigsaw prostitute puzzle cake. (that sounds like a title to something, doesn’t it?) in reply to ken_schneyer #
- mozart’s requiem this morning. so much beauty, juxtaposed with the pig circus that is #iranelection. #
- great start. +anticipation RT @AletheaKontis: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making: http://tinyurl.com/m7rr5q #
- “Dude, if a park ranger warns you about the bears, it ain’t ’cause he’s tryin’ to keep all the bear hugs for himself.” — @jephjacques #
- Confirmed: archive of all stories written by past #clarion students is available for us in ucsd’s special collection library—hard copy only. #
- This is obscene. Horrifying & frustrating. RT @persiankiwi: http://twitpic.com/7h41m pictures of killings in tehran today. #Iranelection #
- @ken_schneyer i’m unfamiliar with the movie. recommend it? as to the archive, i’m getting to sd a few days early. i might compulsively read. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @AletheaKontis soooouuullls in reply to AletheaKontis #
- going out of my mind. so much to finish before thursday. then again, perspective says: at least i’m not getting shot by tyrants in iran. #
- DEAR SMALL COMPUTER PERSONS PLEASE COME BACK I DIDN’T MEAN TO HIT YOU THAT TIME THAT I HIT YOU #
- in other news, the punctuation centers in my brain have disintegrated. will now use semi-colons even more often. indiscriminately; wantonly. #
- @ken_schneyer agreed! in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @mishellbaker meh to exclamation points. one exception is when one says: MISHELL! WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE? http://is.gd/12WF2 in reply to mishellbaker #
- @rquat i’m not so into them. sorry to disappoint, but i think you’re on your own again. in reply to rquat #
- @ken_schneyer which is stronger, flesh or metal? in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @ken_schneyer yes, i do all my best brain-work while asphyxiating. all that dying clears the sinuses. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @ken_schneyer each morning i put a blopt of wasabi on a swab and squidge it all around my cerebral cortex. helps a great deal. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- rt @nzmrmn change yr Twitter settings to show GMT +03:30 Tehran as your timezone & change home city to Tehran to confuse the Iranian censors #
- packing, sorting, etc. argh. #
- i… i just found a hatchet. i own a hatchet? #
- seconded. RT @D_MacPherson: Okay… who beat me while I was sleeping? Was it you? #
- listen to james joyce reading his own work http://bit.ly/16muii
(it’s bloomsday) # - @ken_schneyer i have a lamp i can bring, if you want (it’s halogen, i think). i don’t need it & i have some car room. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- RT @Change_for_Iran: people standing in front of state TV building in valiasr in silent just holding their hands & mousavi pictures in air. #
- @ken_schneyer eesh. when i said “halogen” i think i meant “flourescent.” element identification fail. i’ll bring it anyway; you can decide. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- @lizargall so. jealous. in reply to lizargall #
- @hollyblack try everything & finish what you try—you can’t learn as much from a half-finished story. don’t wait; write. read everything. in reply to hollyblack #
- RT @claytoncubitt: Never write “visage” when “face” will do. Which is always. #
- @rquat i would love+10 to know french, but alas. when i get back from california, i’m thinking of trying to learn a bit. pimsleur, etc. in reply to rquat #
- @mishellbaker right. also: “…there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.” — theodore sturgeon in reply to mishellbaker #
- @ken_schneyer i agree. the most precise word in context is the one i want. in reply to ken_schneyer #
- homeless in sims 3 (pretty sad, really) : http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/test/ #
- @elleeffect beautiful in reply to elleeffect #
- listening to zeppelin IV & stairway to heaven just came on. oh you guys, this song was overplayed for a reason. #
- i’m not yet (completely), but RT FOR TRUTH @documentingme: packing for the west coast drive. #
- @mishellbaker i am rocking this air guitar so hard. difficult to type, as such. BUT I DO NOT CARE. cf http://xkcd.com/339/ in reply to mishellbaker #
- Star Wa—well, we’re in peace talks. #nicerfilmtitles #
- hurk. hork. work. (i have until tomorrow, 4:30pm, to finish what i need to finish) #
- (Hard is the journey, / Hard is the journey, / So many turnings, / And now where am I?) — Li Po #
- @McKelvie seeing your enemies driven before you? hearing the lamentation of their women? in reply to McKelvie #
- @McKelvie true. then he’d learn to truly love, and we’d have conan the simmerin’. in reply to McKelvie #
- kill away, mister mcmanus. #
- On the road. #
- Virginia #
- West virginia #
- Who is mike jones? #
- Kentucky #
- Indiana #
- Illinois #
- Missouri #
- To recap the last few hours: missouri was a pit. Kansas is gorgeous. I’m driving. #
- free wifi in kansas. traveling with @documentingme and @tofermoran and eli. rock & roll. #
- Ah camping. There is no light pollution & the stars are fantastic. #
- Camp bathrooms are insect horrorshow. One thousand frantic beetles fighting in the sink. #
- It’s slightly raining; we’re looking for an ihop. #
- Also: the ridges here are studded with windmills. Strangely beautiful, especially at night, when their red lights blink in unison. #
- The bland part of kansas. Flat and straight forever. #
- Colorado #
- I can just see the tips of the rockies through a torn veil of perfect cumulus clouds. Beautiful. #
- I just saw a motorcycle covered completely in animal pelts. Shark jaws around the headlight, cougar head on the handlebars. #
- I want to live in these mountains. So wonderful. #
- Camping at mesa verde. Excellent evening: grilled, sat around looking at the surrounding ring of mountains. #
- In other news, an infant is wailing one tent over. #
- Now we are being treated to a shadow puppet show on the side of their tent. “A diaper change, act 1” #
- The diaper puppet from last night is now running around eating a biscuit and being generally cute. Keeps pointing to the top of the mesa. #
- Spent all morning enjoying mesa verde. Drove around the top. Wish i had time to hike. #
- Tried going to the four corners. Had to pay, so forget that. Our brief stint in new mexico was lame. #
- Also: walked around in the desert looking for rattle snakes for @documentingme. No such luck, but the desert was gorgeous. #
- Navajo nation #
- Thinking about tattoos. #
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