Posted by Atticus on October 4, 2004, at 14:27:30
In reply to Atticus...., posted by Jai Narayan on October 4, 2004, at 9:01:51
And it's always good to hear from you. I've never actually recited my poetry publicly. I do read it aloud as I'm writing it to see if the rhythm and meter are working out (perhaps one long line needs to be broken into two smaller ones to get the reader to consume the words at the proper pace, but I can only tell this by actually saying it). Or maybe I've spit out a string of Bob-Dylanesque "Subterranean Homesick Blues"-style rhymes that go on a word or so too long, so I know to cut after hearing myself say it. The festival sounds like it was a lot of fun. I should go to more things like that (I work at a bloody university, for God's sake -- it's not like it would take much effort). I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. During my weekend, I finally managed to set the clock on my new DVD/VCR combo, which required five days of intense study of the manual and five days of utter failure until, by sheer dumb luck, I accidentally pressed a button on the controller and the programming screen came up. I also got a new tattoo to celebrate finishing that huge editorial project I was directing. The tattoo still smarts, but it's so Pop Art graphic that I think it'll look pretty cool once it's healed. It's a bright red lightning bolt on my left forearm higher up than the cutting scars. It's also an exclamation point. Bright crimson outlined in heavy black. It's the chest insignia of a satirical comic-book character called Madman. The dark irony of his chest symbol and his name appealed to me. But on a practical level, once the cutting scars begin to fade a little more, I figure the tattoo will call attention away from them and help make me less self-conscious about exposing them in public. Ta! ;) Atticus
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