"Mojo Pin" by Jeff Buckley
Being up at this hour is a luxury and burden only the unemployed can fully appreciate.
Last time I watched news like this was during the Pope's deathwatch. Before then, the South Asian tsunami. Before then, there was 9/11, there was the 2000 Presidential Elections, there was the death of Princess Di, there was the LA Riots. I'm addicted to breaking news. I start and end my day with CNN. Aaron Brown is my mentor. Paula Zahn is the MILF and Larry King is the annoying guy at work I have to put up with. Anderson Cooper -- we play drink and play pool Thursday nights after 360. In this life of unemployment, of shrinking social circles, these guys keep me company.
I devoted the last eight months to the completion of a book whose publishing fate now teeters with the discretion (or whim) of two complete strangers. The experience was isolating. My world continues to become more and more internal.
I'm afraid that I will end up at Denny's again, making it three times in just as many weeks that I've ended up there during these kinds of nights. Once is a novelty, twice is an experience but three times is a trend I'd rather not start.
I am waiting for:
1. One or both agents to say I've got a dud on my hands, or a goldmine.
2. The Capital Group to decide whether or not I am worthy of more interviews. The anticipation feels like being handcuffed.
3. WorldHum to finally publish one or both chapters I sent them. I don't really care about this because I've already achieved my goal of publishing three different chapters on three different sites. Remember, three is a trend.
Today, my goals are:
1. To add a round of 11 push-ups to the final iteration of my sun salutations.
2. To revise another chapter, perhaps one of the longer ones.
3. To write one of the short guides BootsNAll has requested, perhaps the one on responsible tourism or how to avoid lonliness as a solo traveler. (Hate others, be selfish.)
4. To play tennis, and hopefully run into Michael, who is a good player. (Reliable forehand, severe western grip; runs around backhand, which is his obvious weakness.)
5. To conquer the Aztecs in Civilization 3.
I'm going to Denny's.
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