http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/ en-us Copyright 2010 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:17:37 -0600 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:51:55 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.01 60 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I will start deleting things. Sometimes I just fill text in, because the poem needs something there. Later, I will fill that space in with something. I delete. I listen to music. The world is not predicated on what you... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/04/the_last_part_o.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:17:37 -0600 I sit in my office and listen to electronic music, reading gadget blogs and drinking something that is usually not water. I like beer, but not in the morning. I read the blogs of everybody who writes online. When I... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/04/being_unproduct.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:18:05 -0600 I used a cultivator to open the soil up. Within two minutes, I had broken the cultivator. I forgot that there was a large stump covered-up by mulch in the corner of the bed. I pushed the cultivator into the... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/04/gardening.html Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:54:38 -0600 I usually use my computer in the Technology Annex lounge. There is a giant window that overlooks a nice section of campus, and for some reason everyone in the Technology Annex lounge sits on the interior of the lounge, away... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/04/workspace.html Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:15:09 -0600 I usually sit by myself, near a window, and eat my chicken sandwich. I look at other people's computers and cell phones, and try to not seem creepy. I dip my chicken sandwich in mayonnaise. The ladies who work in... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/04/chicken_sandwic.html Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:19:55 -0600 I will stare at gadget blogs I have already read that day and think "I have already read this" for a few seconds before closing Safari. I will then stack the papers on my desk very neatly, and open up... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/the_first_part.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:07:26 -0600 I took Zicam and then I took asprin. I took vitamin C pills. I took a lot of other things. My body aches. I drank an Emergen-C. I watched MTV Cribs, and wondered if the celebrities still lived in the... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/the_dad_is_sick.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:00:36 -0600 I slept upstairs on the futon because Jenny was snoring loudly. The upstairs was hot, because if the heater is on, the air upstairs becomes warm and thick. I took the baby monitor with me. I tried to sleep, but... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/the_baby_is_sic.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:37:40 -0600 It gets oily, but it remains luxurious. Sometimes I will roll down the window in my Honda, and take my hat off. It makes me feel like a pony running really fast. I feel really important and distant from people... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/after_not_washi.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:25:44 -0600 I typed some edits to a poem, and turned up the volume on my speakers. I switched windows to my browser, and pasted some text in the window. I adjusted my seat, so that I was more reclined than usual.... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/listening_to_ug.html Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:21:12 -0600 I woke up, and I read the news on my phone in the fold-out bed in my parent's barn. I thought about politics, and felt cold, and worried about scorpions on the concrete floor. My son talked to himself for... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/03/thinking_about.html Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:31:37 -0600 I thought Royal had a dirty diaper but, like any dad, I just kept driving. Royal usually sleeps in the car, usually with his elephant blanket and his pacifier, and usually he's out within the first twenty minutes of being... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/02/pulling_over_at.html Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:02:29 -0600 I walked in and two people immediately asked if I needed help, one was the lady behind the copy counter, and the other was a guy with what seemed like five name tags. I walked around looking at printers at... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/02/offi.html Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:23:10 -0600 I smoked the cigar Jereme Dean gave me. Sam Pink and I talked about not being an awful person. There was a man across the street in a hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head. He had his back... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/02/awp_part_5_stan.html Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:46:46 -0600 Sam Pink, pulling the cover off of a decorative pillow, said the mezcal tasted like shit. I thought it tasted a little like seawater but sweeter. I found the mezcal in an upscale liquor store with hardwood floors and tall... http://www.pompadoured.com/stories/cave/2009/02/awp_part_4_the.html Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:37 -0600