a revised to-do list
here i am in beautiful palm springs...again. we were just here two weeks ago and it is eerily as if we never left. there is a mocking, and pretty dense, cloud cover and so i don't think there will be any sun-time for me today. which is truly a shame because i need it. i would attach a picture of my i-haven't-seen-sun-in-forever tanless arms but...i will leave you with this white space instead. it's pretty close.
now that that's out of the way, it is supposed to be sunny the rest of the trip. i am keeping my fingers crossed.
other than tanning (it is hard work, people. all of that flipping, and hydrating...it's exhausting) i have a few exciting things on my plate for the ensuing vacation. most days i'll have to myself as ben has meetings to go to so i've packed accordingly.
let me paint a picture:
i have a tote that says, "she has grown too fond of books and it has addled her brain." my ma gave it to me this past christmukkah and i love it! so, said tote is packed to the brim with margaret atwood, charles bukowski, and a collection of japanese poems from when the earth began until now. i am going back to my roots, people. i am going back to the poems that drove me to write in the first place. going back to the poets who made me want to emulate what they had so skillfully created. going back. to my poetic youth.
ah, to be young again.
i also have my 'poet's market' along with multiple highlighters so that i may color code different places to submit to, look into, etc. isn't this getting exciting?? well...i also brought along my laptop. and i also have free wireless internet.
so who knows HOW much i'll get done. but i'll try to keep the internetting to a minimum. try.
so all of my worries consist of the following:
-when will i get to lay out?
-how many poems will i have time to write?
-how much will i be able to read before i doze off? (the dozing is unavoidable and, at this point, pretty predictable.)
i'll keep you updated. i'm hoping i'm struck with the lightning bolt of geniusness this week and write poems that reiterate how awesome i am.
hoping.
now that that's out of the way, it is supposed to be sunny the rest of the trip. i am keeping my fingers crossed.
other than tanning (it is hard work, people. all of that flipping, and hydrating...it's exhausting) i have a few exciting things on my plate for the ensuing vacation. most days i'll have to myself as ben has meetings to go to so i've packed accordingly.
let me paint a picture:
i have a tote that says, "she has grown too fond of books and it has addled her brain." my ma gave it to me this past christmukkah and i love it! so, said tote is packed to the brim with margaret atwood, charles bukowski, and a collection of japanese poems from when the earth began until now. i am going back to my roots, people. i am going back to the poems that drove me to write in the first place. going back to the poets who made me want to emulate what they had so skillfully created. going back. to my poetic youth.
ah, to be young again.
i also have my 'poet's market' along with multiple highlighters so that i may color code different places to submit to, look into, etc. isn't this getting exciting?? well...i also brought along my laptop. and i also have free wireless internet.
so who knows HOW much i'll get done. but i'll try to keep the internetting to a minimum. try.
so all of my worries consist of the following:
-when will i get to lay out?
-how many poems will i have time to write?
-how much will i be able to read before i doze off? (the dozing is unavoidable and, at this point, pretty predictable.)
i'll keep you updated. i'm hoping i'm struck with the lightning bolt of geniusness this week and write poems that reiterate how awesome i am.
hoping.
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