Mar 26, 2009

woke up last night in a panic, thought we were having an earthquake...spotted my shoes then spotted my jeans...good job brain...

had a terrific time at Gevirtz's Craft of Translation class...like an hour and a half interview, i think i did okay...

Kevin Killian's non-site Spicer thing at Saidenberg's on Sunday...i'm going to read some Spicer poems, say something about working on the Collected as an assistant...

Kazwell turned 24...

Rosmarie Waldrop's Wiki page is, i don't know, kind of moving...

Garbage Pail Kids project forthcoming...

went to the bar with Lindsey and Cat...Cat got hammered and showed Lindsey my text messages...some pervy...some clean...

took a nap in my car...

Dad's birthday on Saturday, Mom making lamb...

going to visit Jay

and Megan in

Brooklyn in June...holy cow can't wait to see these idiots...

Logan and i watched a lot of WBC...

Steve bought those skinny brown slacks...he looks really good in them...

going to Jenner with Jon and Jenny and James and Cat and Logan Easter weekend...

Logan went crazy and posted 100 pages of poems to his blog...

Bill Lee...finished Burns's Baseball...and then there was Bill Lee:



watched Serenity...wow...this was a great movie...the show Firefly...i liked...Serenity...wow...i loved...

Matthew got the job!

went to Mini-Bar for the first time...wow that place sucks...but the bartender is really nice...

sent Megan my Working Class Magazine "Loves"...new issue comes out next month...

"meg!

1. Peanut Milk from KK Cafe (http://www.yelp.com/biz/kk-cafe-san-francisco)

2. Samuel Johnson's Lives Of The Poets

3. Miller High Life "2.25 out the door" 40oz

4. Alexyss K. Tyler's "Penis Power" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAwLYJYsa0A)

5. Tim Lincecum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lincecum)

love,
johnny"

James is going to Argentina next Wednesday for some reason...drinks and culture and girls i think...maybe not in that order? maybe hiking?

listened to a lot of X...listened to a lot of ABC...

i really like X but don't know how to pronounce Exene Cervenka's name...is it "Christine" or is it "X-Ene"? i feel like a poseur...

UPDATE: Kati Knox is hanging out today so i just yelled from my office "hey Kati" "yeah...?" "how to you pronounce Cervenka's first name...is it Christine or Exene?" "Exene..." "thanks..."

word to your mom Kati...and she's moving to the City!

watched Waxwork last night...going to watch Waxwork II tonight...

went to the library...got a library card...

cd's checked out from the library

1.Sufjan Stevens- Come On Feel The Illinoise

2. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- Greatest Hits Vol 1

3. Olivier Bernet- Persepolis

4. Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- self titled

5. Various Artists- Rembetica Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece

5. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- Traditional Sufi Qawallis Live In London Vol. IV

6. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 11- Vocal Music In Crete

found out that Cat has never seen The Lost Boys...like Uncle Agile says in Braveheart "we'll have to remedy that..."

have read 300 pages of Lives Of The Poets...i feel good about that stat...

ate a Cobb Salad sandwich last night watching CNN...

that's all i guess...

6 comments:

François Luong said...

John, your visit was two weeks ago! But yes, you did fine.

John Sakkis said...

i'm all about aporia...

Logan Ryan Smith said...

yeah, i watched that one earlier, too. back when baseball was baseball. "so what did you have to eat" "well, i had a whole bunch of pancakes for breakfast, then before the game i had a beer and a steak."

hell.

yes.

i also like the bit about the pool hall. and how they make good syrup up there.

everydaycaitlin said...

you had better call me when you are in the BK. Drinks!

John Sakkis said...

bought my ticket today...

june 13-19th...

drinks for sure caitlin...

xo

jwg said...

Bill Lee!!!! Lot of baseball in those first few sentences. Rack 'em