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* Should the title of my self-help book answer to HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU be called DON'T GET MAD GET LAID or JUST GET DRUNK AND THROW YOURSELF AT GUYS?

* Why do poets *spam* each other? Is it so hard to write to someone and say: "Hey I'm reading this weekend, Jim. Here's the info in case you can make it. Love, Jim." Or: "Hey, I don't know you, Jim, but here's this thing I'm up to that you might find interesting. Thanks, love the genocide jokes. Love, Jim." You are *not* a band I like. I did not sign up to hear from you. If you've got something to say to me, say it to me. Like, what the fuck? I'm glad you're starting a little press but FEAR ME! YOU TOO CAN BECOME A BUG OR A SHARK! SHOW ME SOME GODDAMNED RESPECT! DO YOU SPAM JANE DARK? YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO!

* Said no to a reading with Fanny Howe today. Fanny Howe shouldn't read on a bill with me, people. That's like Coldplay opening up for The Rolling Stones. C'mon! No one needs to read with Fanny. Just turn the microphone on and *shut up*, let the woman do her thing. Thanks, but no thanks. I said I wasn't reading for a while and I meant it. Some poets think reading every 2 or 3 days is the way to get the word out about yourself. I'm not like those poets.

* I should get all excited about white phosphorous weapons being used in Iraq, of course. But c'mon. I wouldn't be suprised if they were dropping hobgoblins and back issues of The Atlantic Monthly on Iraq.