2004-06-14 - 11:36 p.m. -



been a while since a real update & this (i don�t think) will do anything to change that. been ill all weekend & doing my best to lay low & just heal. slowly starting to feel better, but i know that these things can come back & bite me in the ass. so i�m going to do my best to take it slow this week & get as healthy as i can before my hell week(s) next week.

the classes have been going well & the talk/walk through that i helped run today went better than i expected. got some good feedback from a few people i really needed to get good feedback from. these classes have helped to make me feel good about what i know, but have also shown me just how much i need to learn if i want to keep doing conservation well. the science of metals conservation has taken some major leaps forward in the past few years & i need to start getting up to speed on them if i want to have an edge in the field. right now i feel like dial-up in cable modem world.

in other news� the Worcester team is coming along great. they have hit the ground running & have gotten farther than i could have hoped for. they are all very talented & just amazing when it comes to working up group pieces. the vibe among them is great & i just know that they are going to have wonderful time at nationals this year, regardless of how they score. they are exactly what i hope for in a team� talented poets who are looking to present their work well, have fun & don�t give a flying fuck about the competition. if only every other team could be like that.

been having a hard time with my own writing lately. getting snippets of poems, but nothing seems to be jelling. i�m hoping that working with the team will get the creative juices flowing again. it gets frustrating when i sit down to write & end up with a quarter of a poem & a few stray lines. would just like to finish a piece & not have it sound like crap. then again, i�ve been here before & i know that the more i think about it the worse it gets. just need to be patient & the words will flow again.

enough babbling for one night. time to get the dishes done & climb into bed.

hope you all have a good evening.

be well.