LA + Poetry + Poet Friends + Art + Armenian Food + New People + Me + Mark =

Big, big love.

And I love the sleepy, somehow not quite hungover train ride back to north county, too.

things between me and death at the hands of two simultaneous performance reviews

are

• 8 year anniversary
• dinner
• beer
• Fanny Howe et Sandra Dollar reading on Tuesday
• pay raise
• tedious community college job applications
• California drivers license test
• cava

My North County

is nice in the winter. I am glad that I do not have to take all the asthma and allergy medication I used to have to take (ooo, a many modaled sentence).

The interview went quite well. It looks like I'll get to work on a small initial project, and then we'll see how it goes. The people at the firm are from New York. In a professional context, I do find it much easier to communicate with people from back east. I appreciate the directness.

Indulgent Weekend Lester Post / I've Finished Grading

Lester sings "salt peanuts" and says "peep peep peep" in his high yet gravely voice while hanging out on the newly revamped jungle gym.