AWESOME: EVERYDAY GENIUS

I have a story up here, at EVERYDAY GENIUS. Secret: it's a novel excerpt. Shhh.

So what's awesome today? The Pandora station I have is playing Death Cab for Cutie. I really like them, no matter what, because my mom is friends with the bass player's mom. When I was growing up she would say stuff like, "I guess Sue's son's band is doing all right. He has that band with the weird name -- Taxi Cab of Death?"

NOT AWESOME YET

I sent out like a hundred emails I think. Now all I do is wait for people to decide whether to pick me or not. Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! So far five people have said, "Maybe." Every time I have new email I think, This could be it! I could be picked. It is sort of an awesome feeling. Sort of not. I am very impatient.

NOT AWESOME

We were hoping here at Tankpony that this day would never come. But alas, a time of not-awesome must descend over us all. What is not awesome is my job trying to force me to work on Friday. That is a full week after my original last day! What is not awesome is how fearful I feel about pushing for my compromised last day (tomorrow). Crying kids are not awesome; let's be honest. There were far too many scream-criers today to sugarcoat this. Let's think, what could be awesome? Once I saw a kid put a bunch of blocks in a square shape then get inside and yell MOO MOO MOO over and over again. That was awesome. The time approaching of job change will be awesome. Going to bed with a book, right now, that will be awesome.

IT IS AWESOME: VACATION EDITION

Welcome back to a special production of IT IS AWESOME. Here are some awesome outtakes of my short vacation to Seattle.

The movie Practical Magic, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, is awesome. My best friend is going to have an awesome wedding today. I am going to give an awesome toast. The blogger Sexpigeon is going to look awesome in his suit. The weather will be awesome. The bottle of tequila in my bag is going to taste awesome. Overall, there is an awesome day to be had. That's all the awesome for now, folks. Keep at it.

IT IS AWESOME

Welcome to a new feature of this blog called IT IS AWESOME.

It is awesome that I quit my job today. It is awesome that I will work entirely from home from now on. It is awesome that I don't have to wear any t-shirts I don't want to wear. It is awesome that I could wear underwear all day and no one would know.

It is awesome that the market downstairs has Mr. Brown coffee for seventy-five cents. It is awesome how sunny and sweaty today was. It is awesome how I am fifteen essays deep into grading. It is awesome how I can take a bath soon.

Necessary Fiction

Here I am trying to make myself laugh (not hard to do):

Funny Bones at Necessary Fiction.

INTERVIEW

I am talking about tigers here:

http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?p=5418.