Charlie Episode Eighteen
Dan | March 31, 2006
I’ve posted the eighteenth little episode of the Chronicles of Charlie over on the site. This one is very, very, very dark.
Stories
- How It Started - the introduction to my newest novel
The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
I loves the Rock!
Dan | March 31, 2006
I’m really happy that the estimable Dr. Frank of the Mr. T Experience has written a book. King Dork is here, and is getting some pretty good reviews.
I first saw MTX about ten years ago, when Frank was in his early 30s. I thanked him for all of his songs when I ran [...]
I’m a junior ranger
Dan | March 31, 2006
Well, that’s kind of interesting. I didn’t make it into the MFA program at SF State, but I was accepted to the MA program, which is similar and then can lead to a transfer over to the MFA (terminal degree). I think I’m going to do it, as it’s a very good deal [...]
Bad juju
Dan | March 31, 2006
Once again it’s time to write in total generalities, but what the hell is going on around here these days? Nothing affecting me personally (after the bloody leg and jacked contact lens incident, I’m ok), but there seems to be quite a bit of unsettled weirdness floating around folks I know. Chalk it up [...]
Rest in peace
Dan | March 30, 2006
I had a very sad phone call last night from my old college roommate. His father died yesterday morning at the age of 77. That’s pretty old, yeah, but not old enough. He died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, a pretty awful disease.
One of my favorite scenes in Sandman is [...]
Another eye thing
Dan | March 29, 2006
I was headed down to a cafe this evening with a friend, and…well, it was annoying. I had put an umbrella in my shoulder bag, with the handle sticking out. When I took my shoulder bag off, the umbrella handle punched me in the left eye, and knocked my contact lens out.
Needless to say, [...]
Administrative
Dan | March 29, 2006
Just a note: I’m switching servers today, so this may or may not work over the next few hours…
More Duke stuff
Dan | March 28, 2006
The Duke Lacrosse rape scandal is still going strong, as the general commentary across the Internet seems to be “rich white guys in a rich white sport who will probably get off scott-free because of Daddy’s money.”
Unfortunately, they may be right. I have to give some props to Deadspin for posting the entire [...]
What to do today?
Dan | March 28, 2006
I have an old college acquaintance in town, and he’s coming up this afternoon on the train, looking to do something or other. I’m not exactly sure what to do, because the weather is completely crappy - hiking is impossible. So, what do I do? Hang out at Cafe du Soleil and [...]
Funny San Francisco coffeehouse people
Dan | March 27, 2006
In my recent spate of semi-slackerhood, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in coffeehouses - the office for the unemployed. Whilst hanging out in places like this (I’m writing from du Soleil on Waller and Fillmore), I’ve seen several types of funny people. This is who’s here today:
1) Laptop folks who [...]
Sad news from the alma mater
Dan | March 27, 2006
I don’t keep up much with news from Duke these days, although I did catch the last basketball game. Of much more importance is this news concerning the lacrosse team. They threw an off-campus party, got loaded, called in a couple of strippers, freaked them out, and allegedly raped, beat, and [...]
Raging religious weirdos
Dan | March 25, 2006
Wandering through the Web this morning, I come across this article about Acquire The Fire holding a rally at AT&T/SBC/Whateverthehellits called Park down on South Beach.
Pretty funny stuff - the article touches a bit on the irony of these Christian Youth Ministry outreach idiots doing an event in San Francisco, but misses the part where [...]
Two down
Dan | March 24, 2006
Got negged from the Standford/Stegner thingy today (no great surprise; it’s the hardest thing to get in to in the world).
In addition, I got my CA drivers license, and it’s the worst pic of me ever. I look like a sunburned, drunk sociopath.
A few notes
Dan | March 23, 2006
Had a wonderful night up in Sacramento, came back to SF today in a much, much better mood. Nothing like a bit of love from a seven year old to pick you up a touch. I’m headed out snowboarding tomorrow evening with one of my very close friends, which is nice.
But…there’s [...]
Failure
Dan | March 22, 2006
Oh, geez, it’s not like I’m obsessing about myself-as-failure. My brand-spanking-new external hard drive is failing to mount on a regular basis, and has started to make odd knocking noises - after I’ve spent untold hours ripping discs. Shit.
Luckily, my housemate has extra storage space on his external, so I’m copying everything over [...]
Another show review
Dan | March 22, 2006
Went to see Belle and Sebastian with the New Pornographers this evening, at the concourse (it’s a convention center) down South of Market. It was a good show, and would have been better if I hadn’t been
1) Exhausted
and
2) Down
and
3) In quite a bit of pain
I tweaked my neck again, somehow, so I can’t [...]
A little show review
Dan | March 21, 2006
I went last-minute to see Art Brut at the Bottom of the Hill last night; what a fantastic show! The openers (forgot the name) were pretty awful - I kind of felt I was in a Castro karaoke bar, and my friend pointed out that our levels of irony were a bit too healthy [...]
Well, this is me
Dan | March 19, 2006
Via Maya, it’s yet another personality test!
This is me:
Interesting…I just got back from a nuclear-powered hike in the east bay, so I have no idea if this is accurate in all situations. Twelve miles, 4000 feet of climbing. Ow.
Screw them, I’m writing…
Dan | March 17, 2006
Rather than brood, I put up a new episode of The Chronicles of Charlie.
Rejection #1…
Dan | March 17, 2006
Well, that’s one down. No dice from over at St. Mary’s, easily the least-prestigious MFA program I applied for…hm. Needless to say, this doesn’t bode well for future hearings-from-grad-school. On the other hand, maybe they’re just pissed because I was two days late with the application fee.
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