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Sitting her listening to my Zune while doing some online homework... Then off I go to downtown Kirkland to mail some things to Colorado and go to the library.

I have so much to do before the wedding and before the trip to Africa. Crazy. Including finding a job! I did manage to get my application off to Washington's OSPI for my teaching license. If...
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Back in Seattle, and back to the job hunt. Oh, and homework too. This is the period that I have to do my 25page paper and my field study.

Today I have to mail off an application, my Student Learning Analysis and get some poetry submissions turned in. And hopefully, I will be in Capitol Hill writing while my fiancee is doing yoga.

I have...
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went to a poetry reading in Long Beach last night for Write Bloody Publishing. There was a few poets, a live band. my friend, Elaina Ellis, kicked ass (look her up on YouTube) as did Brendan Constantine (i just met him).

there was also this band from Boston that was great, Gracious Calamity. they were so damn good.

it was a cool event, held as...
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In Los Angeles for my MFA program. It has been pretty intense in terms of thinking and discussions, nothing like being surrounded by other writers.

Sadly, we have made Venice Beach only once. But, we have had some killer Indian food and some fucking perfect fish tacos!

Now, back to homework.

i need caffeine! i ran out of of lapsang a couple of days ago, Assam too, and no coffee either. ugh. and there isnt any reason to go shopping because on Thursday night we leave to LA for my fiancee's graduation and my third residency at Antioch.

i still need a job! a job!

i still cant get over how cool Seattle is. the city...
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I am on Seattle... it was a calm road trip (even with two chicas and a cat in the backseat).

i havent done much since being here other than finish off things for my license in Colorado, grade the last of my papers, clean and apply for jobs. i need one so so bad.

i have three more paychecks coming from my teaching job, but...
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in one day i move.

reserved a U-haul trailer for next weekend. like, whoa and stuff...

just finished my short 5page paper for Antioch, still need to drop some new poems and get a packet turned in by friday; at least my annotated bibliography is done and letter is done.

but, i feel like i am going crazy trying to pack up my life and still have to go to...
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I think I have a cold... my body is stressed from all the shit going on: teaching license, MFA work, moving, custody battle brewing...

I went to a cool cabaret in Seattle last weekend called Barnstormer. I think they are trying bring back that type of thing. Lots of visual art, and performance art. It was on from 6pm to 2am. I think we got...
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yesterday, i took students to see our local college's production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Good production with some interesting choices (Shakespeare's language, modern costume and set, a percussionist on stage giving mood and texture, modern style fight scenes). the students that i took really enjoyed it and talked about it heavily when we got back to the school.

the students i didnt take? oh...
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At the end of this month? I will be moving to Seattle. At the end of this week? I will be visiting Seattle.

Today, I woke up to snow. This is so needed here, it is brutal dry this year and the winds have been blowing the topsoil from the potato fields everywhere. We need as much precipitation as we can get!

Yesterday, I stayed...
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I met with volunteers from Hospice two weeks ago asking people to join me in writing workshops. Of the people I met, 3 or four said they would be willing to do it and wanted to wait until after Easter weekend. I sent out two emails trying to set up the group; I heard from one

i hate stuff like that.

i will have to...
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