11/29/11.

THANK YOU FOR NO BED BUGS.

11/27/11.

Thank you for the daily pics from R.

IAWL: Haven't seen any friends in about a week. Recluse mode.

Verdict: But I ate well. Peas with mac and cheese shells. Called it Peas & Cheese.

TWO: Ellipse means knowing the completion will happen.

11/24/11.

Thanksgiving. Thank you for the pork chop, the yams, the peas, the cornbread, the Shiner Cheer, even if I had to eat by myself.

IAWL: I am watching IAWL right now. Didn't talk to anyone today, except Mom and Kelly. Stayed in all day.

Verdict: OK, I had a good dinner, a cold beer.

TWO: Lately I have been feeling like the world is on a very slow decline. SEE THE ELLIPSE. Especially when it comes to money.

11/22/11.

Again, I like the way I can sit here in the dark with the screen lit up. Thank you. Things are very tedious, stressful now, the final crunch weeks of the semester. But I am glad I can sit here with a few moments of peace.

IAWL: I told R she has nice hair. 

Verdict: Good. I ate a pork chop for dinner, which I never do. 

TWO: See the ellipse.

11/21/11.

The lights are out now, I have the blanket over me on the couch. Only the glow of the screen, with the Christmas music. Brenda Lee. Private space. Thank you.

IAWL: Helped G with Q's about grad school, and UM with Q's about BAC.

Verdict: Successful, for this moment right now, the laptop on my lap, the lights out, with the music, about to pass out.

TWO: AGBAGG, see the ellipse.

11/20/11.

Thank you for this clean couch with NO BED BUGS. Thank you.

IAWL: I told E last night that I was glad she came to the reading, that she should come more often. Also asked about Granny in email today, and tried to reassure R over there in LA.

Verdict: It was a lousy day today, research all day, but if I helped R and G and E, it was a worthwhile day/weekend.

TWO: AGBAGG.

11/18/11.

Thank you for my health--that I don't have cancer, that tonight I can sit here on my couch with a clear, optimistic mindset, listening to Christmas music, thinking of home. Etc.

IAWL: I don't know. I am very isolated. Yesterday I told R to have a safe trip, etc.

Verdict: Good. I talked to Steve about his dinner with K's mom at Maggliano's. Rode my bike to Wal-Mart to get a battery for my car. Had bread and butter and angel hair spaghetti.

TWO: A god, but a good god.

11/16/11.

Thank you for cold beer, hot french fries with ketchup and salt. AND THANK YOU FOR NO BEDBUGS.

IAWL: I should have said hello to Joann today, just as a friend. But I did talk to L and D in CNF class.

Verdict: Good. Ate french fries.

TWO: Clothes. What is the deal with clothes. Sometimes I wear the wrong clothes, clothes in which I feel out of place. Also, I need to harness Slade more: 100% confidence, like I am God, but a good god, and a god with dry humor. But need to infuse the Italian, fuse the inventiveness--my own verve. And above all else, remember that Slade has his own internal peace, behind the charade of "importance," and this peace is heavily tied up in the here and now, the simple pleasures of everyday life.

11/14/11.

Thank you for memories of my father.

IAWL: Stopped & talked to R today outside V's. Said hi to LM.

Verdict: Good. Ate fried chicken. Talked to R.

TWO: UJE.

11/13/11.

Thank you for the warm air outside, the open-window weather, in November.

IAWL: Talked to M in the library today, asked her about her classes, etc. Also complimented R on email.

Verdict: Good....rode my bike in the nice air, ate some pepperoni macaroni, and fried chicken.

TWO: UJE. Also, pay more attention to the smell of things, and practice naming smells.

11/8/11.

Thank you for woman, "the smell of her, all fucking warm."

IAWL: Sat down with G and went over his essay with him. Also agreed to read Sena's essay.

Verdict: Good, I helped G.

TWO: UJE. Ellipse.

11/7/11.

I like the way it feels to come in from the rain, especially when you don't have a change of clothes and need to dry yourself off in the bathroom with paper towels. Also, thank you for relative simplicity:

bed bugs (I think)
H&J mess (don't care anymore)
stocks (who knows)

IAWL: I wrote J a nice email. Also agreed to read G's paper.

Verdict: Good. Rode my bike in the rain.

TWO: UJE. What can I do for people that they will remember?

11/4/11.

Thank you for/I like the way that it feels to talk to someone new.

IAWL: Not much. Went out with G to the bars.

Verdict: great day. Talked to two new people. Wanted life to slow down.

TWO: UJE.

11/1/01.

Thank you for being able to sleep on this couch tonight with relatively low level of worry for bugs.

IAWL: I wrote J a nice email today to let her know how great she is.

Verdict: Very good. Talked to a couple new girls. The day can't fail when you talk to someone new.

TWO: UJE.