In Absentia
Yeah, sorry I've been so MIA lately on the life-updates front. All I've been is grumpy, so you don't really wanna hear it anyway. Got some Big Topics I want to write about up on the horizon - but I can't get there 'til I get through some seriously backlogged work projects. It sucks being poor and it sucks being broke and working side jobs to pay for rent and gas and the shit your car needs to stay running well and the new stereo that you're going to try to install yourself because your old one got stolen and then your iPod got stolen and then your tape deck broke and now all you got is the radio. Thank goodness for the radio.. but there's entire hours of country out here where you can't even get a radio station.
It sucks having to reap the stress you sowed when you procrastinated for all those weeks and said yes to all of those fun, irresponsible things and pretended your work would do itself. It didn't. It won't.
I wonder if switching my freelance graphic design pricing from by-project to by-the-hour would cut down on the micromanaging and hassles I have to deal with.
I wish I had something to stop these bug bites from itching. They get me while I'm sleeping, the bastards. It is too hot for nightclothes, it is too hot for sheets. It is too hot to do anything but stand by the fan and flip through magazines with a cold rag on my neck.
I can't listen to music when I'm at home because my computer overheats. But if I could, I'd put these songs on. Especially Ethiopians and Red River Valley. I never do get tired of John Darnielle.