Welp, we're coming down the home stretch and I must admit that NaBloPoMo is seriously kicking my substantial white ass. Aikido was fun, except for the part where I got hit in the ankle by a jo staff and didn't even notice till afterward. Now I'm limping. Also, it's cold out there. I mean, it's not particularly cold; it's not even below zero. But it's damp and it's wet and the slushy snow fell heavily on my hat on the way home, and I was tired and limping and trying to keep my balance on the bus. It was not a fun time. It almost made me forget the lovely dinner I had with my aiki-friends. But now I am home! And warm! And oh so ready for bed. But first, lists and links.
Fun things I've read on the TTC today:
Surgery is Easy by Wendy Molyneux, at McSweeney's
20-minute fictions, also at McSweeney's: pieces written in 20 minutes
Dutch Rub by Mark Jarman, at Qwerte
Music I listened to today at work:
Lots of jazz! Plus sparse japanese quiet noise improv.
Like Minds / Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes
Question and Answer / Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes
At the Deer Head Inn / Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian
All the Things You Are / Sonny Rollins, with all kinds of wacky bands including such personnel as Coleman Hawkins, Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall and Paul Bley
Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura and Otomo Yoshihide / Good Morning, Good Night