Things Happen.

Things Happening:

1) I'm disowning my bar, a little bit.

  Why? 
  - tired of being embarrassed for crushing on bartender who, frankly, I am more cool than
  - bad experience with another regular who decided to give me "advice" which basically translated to "i think you're entitled and haven't had any hard knocks and you're about to get some" 
  - counting calories
  - drinking less, trying to smoke less
  - recent frequent work travel helps all this 

2) Another Poem Acceptance! From a magazine I'd really thought would like what I sent them, so I'm glad they did. Also, I'm going to get paid for it again! So now I've made like $20 from mixing words around on paper!

3) My brother got into grad school for a fiction MFA! REALLY awesome!

4) Outside: Snowpocalypse.

5) Inside: Moving along plans to self-publish a lil volume of poetry. I've mentioned it off and on in Pubskis for months now. It's a big project. I'm getting one final proofread, my brother volunteered to help me collate the paper and stamp the covers, so soon it'll just be a matter of printing, binding, and registering a shop on Etsy. Which is crazy.

6) I have exes that are not only married, but now have children - not accident-children, either, but planned ones. Ugh AND haha.

7) I'd say in general things are looking good. I'd love to believe I'll get into grad school, too, but it's too much of a long shot to entertain much as a thought. Nothing new on the house front.

6) Work: ups and downs as always. I'm taking on more and more challenging work, which intimidates me, but at the same time I know very well that I rise to expectations that are set - but only when they are set. i.e., you say do "x" I'll do "x," but that's all you're going to get. The more I sign myself up for and the bigger the challenge, especially at work, the better I perform overall. Speaking of, I'm gunning for a promotion this year. If I don't fuck anything up I think I'll swing it. That'll be nice. If I get it, it'll be the first merit-based promotion (internal) I've ever gotten.

That's all I got for now folx! Just the what's up of my life. I guess it's rather two-dimensional, not a lot of philosophy right now, but hey - sometimes that's the best you've got to share.