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What has been happening? Here’s what:

• Last Saturday during the blizzard my car starting billowing smoke from under its hood while reaching the end of the Williamsburg Bridge. All at once, the engine seized and I was left stranded in the middle of the exit ramp at 2am. A DOT truck pushed me the rest of the way off into a snow bank, safely out of the way of traffic, so I could wait an hour and forty-five minutes for a AAA tow truck. God bless you Triple AAA. Even though I had to wait inside a freezing cold car for you, I almost cried when you showed up. I had taken off my wet shoes and wrapped my scarf around my toes. I felt like a shitty version of George Washington at Valley Forge, except instead of the redcoats I was battling a 1987 Honda.
• Dyna and then Brett quit Monkeydick over the past two weeks. It’s sad to see them go, but if someone’s not happy or they’re dissatisfied, it’s better that they go. The six of us lumber on.
• Worked at my old day job for six days of the past two weeks. Now that I’ve settled into unemployment, this relatively small workload completely drained me. It also halted my exercising and improved eating habits cold and I started drinking coffee like it was air.
• Filmed a five-minute TV pilot for Tony’s Channel 102 (channel102.net) experiment. “The Fun Squad” — another in a series of “instant shows.” Very fun to do.
• The cats are much better now. They’re very social with me, although they still flee from strangers. Hopey chases the cursor around my computer screen. Maggie prefers to wait until I’m sitting on the toilet before weaving in and out of my legs.
• Going to see my Dad right now for his birthday.

This has been a rough week, nameless audience!

More pics and stuff later.