Learned: Hurricane Maria is a category 3. That a handful of people may be reading me now. Grammarly isn’t working in my Gmail again, which feels dangerous. If you send a note to Grammarly on Twitter, someone asks for your email address so you can get tech support. Hurricane Maria is a category 5. RK shrunk the tumor. The CIA, The U.S. Airforce, Greta Garbo and I have the same birthday, but they are all older (or dead). That Gene Brendler was the name of the KPTV VO guy that said, “One moment, please…” Hurricane Maria is a category 3. Dominica, St. Croix and Puerto Rico got hit by Maria.
3. Extension Cords. 56. The letting go of significance. 3.
Seems: Like at the rate I’m producing, this should be called “weekly communication.” Like it’s possible that I’ve never focused on accomplishing just one thing well outside of art-making. Like I will need to find solid ways to listen and embrace the religious, the resistance, the fight and the struggle without taking it on. If people are reading me, it seems like I should be more cheerful in order to promote cheerfulness. Like DA sees something new possible by distinguishing that he has “manufacturing in China” experience.
New Habit/todo: Getting out of bed. Leaving the house. Open the mail. Fill out forms. End habit of ordering footwear online and not returning it when it doesn’t work. +protein +color in diet. Deposit checks. Allow more indulgence so there won’t be a need for binging. Get up and get to work.
Accomplished: Birthday Lunch with Steve. Ate no cake & ice cream on birthday. Studied 5 languages on Wildcard Wednesday. Walked to Mission & 23 Walgreens, found 2 for $4.00 86% chocolate and those energy bar bagel things I used to love, plus fresh prunes in the produce market. Ate Cake & Ice Cream on Wildcard Wednesday, when anything can happen!
Thinking about: Semi-indulgent snacking. Those tostadas at Casa de Rios in Portland. What if I returned to the work of the living?
Q: What word or combination of words gives you instant access to a new way of being?
My Answers: は! (HA!)
Video: Click here, it’s on FB
Reading: The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, all the names of closed Portland Businesses on the Dead Memories Portland FB Page, and all the names of people who FB’d me a HB. www.facebook.com/groups/deadmemoriesportland