T-Storm!

I graded my students' response papers on the cardio bike machine at the gym earlier. I tried not to sweat on them while I peddled, but you can't really prevent the occassional grotesque sprays.

I was going to go out and grade my students' poetry assignments, but the clouds swept out of nowhere and now it's thundering and lightening and raining-ing. And it was such a sunny day till 4. Apparently people say of Bloomington: "If you don't like the weather, just wait 15 minutes."

So, now I'm watching Project Runway reruns and eating ramen from the pot. At the bottom lefthand corner of screen is a "T-Storm" warning. Heidi Klum's nose is right next to a doomsday declaration that Brown, Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Shelby counties better hit them basements cuz twisters on its way, I tell you what. I'm in Monroe county.

WOW! I just saw a PSA by dontlie.org, telling people in Southern Indiana to not buy guns for underage kids. We don't even have "Don't buy booze for Under 21" PSAs back home anymore. This is the real American Dream: to stand outside of a Walmart and ask approaching patrons, "S'cuse me ma'am, but would you mind doing me a big favor and getting me here a hunting rifle? I have the money, and I'll give you twenty for yer' troubles..."

Stuff going on in SF

If you're in San Francisco: go and give my vicarious love. Wish I was going to APAture this year...

Han is emceeing! And you get an amazing package with Tony, Jenny, Hoa, and Mako all together! Hoa said she was going to reveal her new performance art piece where she overs herself with Greek cheese and lights herself on fire! MORE EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!

Poetry and Fiction
The Actors Center of San Francisco (co-presented with Poetry Flash)
180 Capp St. @17th St., 2nd floor
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)

Join us for a night of poetry, fiction, and spoken word from some of the Bay's most promising authors and performers, who offer everything from ruminations on family relationships to experimental works that push the boundaries of the imagination.

PROGRAM Emceed by Han Pham
Ruby Veridiano POETRY
Elz Cuya POETRY
Maile Arvin POETRY
Jenny Zhang FICTION
Tony Luong POETRY
Mako Matsuda POETRY
Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen POETRY
Parnaz Foroutan POETRY
Josephine Penano POETRY
Rocky Choi FICTION
Tony Luong FICTION

check out www.kearnystreet.org for more info

Falling Back

It's starting to get cold here. I think, earlier this week, we had one night that dipped into the 30 degrees range. I need to buy a comforter.

My car came the other day, and the truck driver couldn't drive the 8-car-piled-into-a-rack-in-the-back-of-his-truck truck into my neighborhood because, he said, "There are too many low trees here in the midwest." Which was true: he wouldn't have made it here. So, he came over with the car, and I had to drive him back to his truck in the K-mart parking lot. K-mart's lot is always empty. No one wants Martha Stewart products when they could have Target next door. I drove the trucker back and on the way he how he loves coming to these college towns: "A lot of sweet cheek girls...with nice asses." He asked me if I like the girls here, and it made me uncomfortable.

Nick is watching Open Water on TV right now. We're waiting for AAA to come bby and jump my car. All that inactivity has actually drained my battery.

Last week, some fag on gay.com called me a chink. Actually, here's the actually conversation:

zachhart12: engrish?
zachhart12: LOL chinkies
engrishlessons: actually: it's more a japanese
phenomenon
zachhart12: LALALAL JAPANEEE
zachhart12: we bombed japan?
engrishlessons: Chinese people can pronounce
"l"
zachhart12: lol
zachhart12: well i dont care
zachhart12: it sounds dumb :D
engrishlessons: that's fine. so does zachhart12
engrishlessons: So sad when you're being
mocked by a zit-riddled honky 20 year old
who doesn't even comprehend English on
your own level

I was actually upset when it happened. Then I reacted...Which is sad because he already looks like this.

I miss David.

Last week I saw Morpheus beat up Angela Bassett in What's Love Got to Do With It. Denay and I would watch it at least once a year on TV. Since she wasn't with me to watch it, I filled the void by buying an Ike & Tina Turner album on iTunes. I've had Proud Mary on repeat ever since.

My friend Leo used to imitate Robin Williams imitating a woman

I watched two terrible movies on TV that are set in San Francisco: Mrs. Doubtfire and Sister Act II: Back In The Habit.

They remind me of home. Now if only they played The Princess Diaries, I'd have a trinity. I found out last night Anne Hathaway was in a movie where you get to see her titties. A new friend I met here in the program went to school with her. And trashed her room at a party once.

My question is, How the hell does one look at the person like this and NOT tell she is a man in drag?