on Reading

On Goodreads you learn fascinating things. Like that Ron Silliman and I share a love of the book, Bread and Jam for Frances.

On the Poet’s Dilemma Part I: Finances

Trying to figure out how to live a life of balance. How to not obsess about money all the time. How to stay healthy with a body that seems especially susceptible (for whatever reason) to illness and injury, which has pretty much kept me out of the full-time corporate work I did for twelve years. Is moving to a small town a way to escape the escalating costs not just of money, but of time, and stress, living in a wonderful but absurdly overpriced and traffic-choked city? Can we afford to just be poets (doing a little teaching, editing, freelance writing on the side?) Ideally, I think, I would have a part-time job publishing or teaching or managing something arts-related. (This is a hint, universe!) I still want to start up my own book publishing deal, but the monetary costs right now seem overwhelming. Like saving up enough for a house down-payment in a place where even the average small-town home runs about $350K…a distant dream right now. Hopefully not forever. Lately I’ve been doing so much freelance work I haven’t had much time to write or submit. Freelance work is always feast or famine – everyone wants something done right away, or it’s a ghost town.

On Television:

This should probably be on my other blog, but last night’s Family Guy hour-long spoof of Star Wars was so funny I was out of breath. And I can’t wait to see the new Heroes tonight!!!

One more thing:
Go check out this ridiculously beautiful Japanese shampoo commercial, posted on Endicott Studio’s Blog for it’s Rapunzel-esque though absolutely Japanese storyline:
http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/endicott_redux/2007/09/hairy-tale-by-k.html