Wednesday (part II)
I left work early today. That’s right, in the words of : “I slacked out.” Yup. If I were a member of an updated Fantastic Four, I’d be Mr. Slacktastic.

NPR Stories
Terry Gross interviewed performance poet Sekou Sundiata (and his manager and friend , Katea Stitt). He read a few pieces, but his work wasn’t the focus of the interview. Here’s how the Fresh Air site introduces the interview:

He is one of New York’s most notable spoken-word artists. He blends lyrics of urban dwelling with music. Born in Harlem, Sundiata is a professor of English literature at The New School for Social Research. He’s released CDs of spoken word including The Blue Oneness of Dreams and Urban Music. This week, Sundiata premieres his new one-man show blessing the boats. It’s about the year his kidney failed, he went into dialysis and then had a kidney transplant. That year ended with him breaking his neck after he crashed his car in a snowstorm on the way to his “comeback” concert. He is fully recovered now.

Although they didn’t do much poetry, this was a really good interview. Give it a listen.

Stray Toasters

  • Okay, now that it’s all over, I can finally say the following: Land resigned today. He had finally had enough of… well… “everything.” We talked at the gym last night and he said that he was considering it. He had it up to “here” with the disarray that is not uncommon at our… his former workplace.
    Congratulations and good luck!

    I know that saying “congratulations” to someone resigning might sound a little odd, but follow me on this one: He made a decision based on his ethics, morals and conscience. And, he acted on it. That deserves a “congratulations.”

  • Why am I so drawn to this damned G.I. Joe cartoon? If anyone knows (or would simply like to hazard a guess), please fill me in.
  • On the news tonight, I finally saw the video of Michael Jackson holding one of his kids over the fourth-story balcony of his Berlin hotel room… Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!? I have long thought that he was a bit… “out there.” I have re-assessed that opinion: I don’t think that he has ANY clue. “Out there?” That doesn’t even begin to cover it.
  • Jess and I saw Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets tonight. It was a good adaptation. Very good. We both liked it. I might even listen to the books again.

    In a semi-related note: Today’s “IMDb Movie of the Day” is The Iron Giant. This is one of my favorite movies. Warner Brothers did a very poor job of marketing this movie…. BOTH times that they released it at the theatres. And, that’s a shame: It had a good story; it had interesting characters; it was fun, pure, plain and simple. If you have not seen it, do so. You won’t regret it. Hung up about the fact that it’s “a cartoon?” Get over it. Sure, the fact that it’s animated lets them get away with a few things but it does not detract from the story. If anything, it adds to it. Rent this movie!

  • Someone posted this link on IRC earlier. WHAT?!?!? I’m not sure if this is another drain-circling indicator, but if it isn’t, it damn well ought to be!
  • Sissy is curled up and sleeping on the futon. Every so often, she will hear something, wake up, look around and then conk back out. It’s cute.
  • The construction that UDOT is doing on Redwood Road, right outside the apartment complex, hit the braincramp stage today. I can see it very easily moving into clusterfuck territory over the next few days… or weeks.

Okay, that’s about enough for now.

Namaste.