Thursday, January 08, 2009

I'm pretty sure I used to be interesting. People used to call me on the telephone, or e-mail me. I was even occasionally interviewed about things I knew about...Poetry and Bob Dylan, mostly. But I used to know about other things too. Now, the bulk of my shared knowledge is what's on TV during any given night...

It seems all I talk about now is how poor I am, or how frustrating, but absolutely necessary my job is. I'm a one trick pony...with a really boring trick, like sitting and staying. Oh, I also talk about how awesome my future is going to be, but that's mostly to compensate for crappy my present is...see, there I go again. Oh, and tonight, on NBC, is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office and 30 Rock.

Anyway, I think I've become one of those guys.

When my wife wants me to cheer up she says, "Isn't there good TV on tonight?" Sadly, that usually works...

I really need to get into grad school. Or just work harder at being interesting. Or maybe find people that like the same things I do...but that's probably a cop-out.

Being more interesting it is...

5 comments:

Jonathan Barrett said...

I can call you on the telephone or even e-mail you. But of course I may be on of THOSE guys as well. I look forward to watching 30 Rock or It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia or whatever movie came today via Netflix almost everyday. That and which beer I'm going to drink. Of course my wife simply states "there's nothing you can do about it" when I complain about things.

By the way, I find you very, very interesting. By the way, what did you mean by 3 down, 1 to go back on January 5th.

Jonathan Barrett said...

I just said "by the way" twice in the same comment. I'm definitely one of THOSE guys. Fuck!!!

Jonathan Barrett said...

I'm stealing this from Brandon Jones (my brother-in-law) but heed the words of Tracy Morgan by living every week like it's Shark Week.

B.J. said...

The three down are Iowa, Minnesota, and Brown. The one to go is UMass.

This is, of course, all in reference to MFA Apps...

Jonathan Barrett said...

I thought they were MFA applications but I wasn't entirely positive. Good luck...please let me know how they turn out.

By the way I'm registered for AWP. Marc and I have a room reserved at the Palmer Hilton.