3.27.2003


Q: How's it going?

A: It' going OK. I'm tired all the time.

Q: Why's that?

A: I don't know. It can't still be jet lag, can it? I mean, I get tired at 10, fall asleep half an hour later and don't wake up until the alarm goes off at 9. That can't be normal, especially not every night.

Q: No, it doesn't sound normal. Maybe it's because you're sleeping too much.

A: Someone else just suggested that. I don't get how that works.

Q: Yeah, me neither.

A: Maybe it's just something people say, like, "driving in Boston is impossible," or, "I really like Sonic Youth."

Q: Interesting.

A: Was that supposed to be sarcastic?

Q: What are we doing here?

A: What do you mean?

Q: This question and answer thing. It's a pretty ridiculous little conceit, don't you think?

A: Well, I took down the About page because every time I thought about it, it felt like I'd wrote it in high school. I thought maybe I'd let people know how I was doing.

Q: But why the faux-interview? Don't you think it's a little precious?

A: Maybe, but I'm not the one acting like Walter Cronkite.

Q: Yes, you are.

A: I don't follow.

Q: We're both you, you moron. I'm really worried about you. I think you might have contracted brain rot somewhere recently.

A: Bite me.

Q: Fair enough. How are the flying lessons going these days?

A: I stopped for a while because it got cold. Plus, my flight instructor got a new job, so he's not there anymore. It looks unlikely that I'm going to be able to get enough hours in by the end of the summer to get my license.

Q: That's too bad.

A: Yeah, I hope I don't have to start from scratch.

Q: Anything else I should know about?

A: I'm seeing Ted Leo tonight in Providence, then again tomorrow night in Cambridge. I'm really excited.

Q: That sounds like fun. So, how's the love life?

A: Did I say Walter Cronkite? I meant Steve Kmetko.

Q: Did you do this whole exercise just to name-check Steve Kmetko?

A: ...
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3.26.2003


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3.14.2003


Did anyone notice that my site got hacked last month? That's like hacking a rock, I think, or a tree branch. Good work, script kiddies.

I'm in New York City for the weekend. Call me if you're there and get the chance.
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3.7.2003


I'm back from three weeks in India. It was a great experience, although maybe a little bit too much like a Sally Struthers commercial: You're sad because there are all these kids who are starving (and there really are everwhere, it's very sad), and you're enraged at what American popular culture has produced (although replacing Sally Struthers with Pepsi signs can't be all bad).

Coming back from vacations puts me in this weird place. When the vacation is ending, I get antsy, wanting to get back to my life. When I finally get home, though, I find that I can't quite put my finger on what it was I was itching to get back to. I check my email and return phone calls and putter around my apartment with music playing and I wonder if these parts sum the whole. Is my life just that slight increase in comfort?
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