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Texas is officially hotter than hell. I thought we might escape the usual blistering heat since it took a little longer to get here, but it was just jacking with me. Along with the heat, new neighbors moved in down the street. The former owners divorced and rented the place to a woman who seems to be dating this guy.

Seriously, and I'm not even kidding. Our new neighbor. Down to the beater tan and tube socks. We call him Dougie Nunchucks. He drives an old brown Chevy with paper tags. I really don't even know if he actually lives there. He's here almost every weekend to knock back a few malt liquors and exchange crabs with his old lady. Alas, the afterglow generally includes a good fight between them and him yelling "Fuck you, bitch" as he tears down the street in all his white trash glass-packed glory. He is spectacular!

I broke my toe getting into the shower yesterday. It hurt like a mutha and looks gnarly enough today to gain the respect of my two boys. It got two hearty Whoas! from each of them.

Work is awful and wonderful at once. People are hurting or killing their kids in record numbers this year. It's been depressing, to say the least, but I do have a sense of accomplishment when I manage to fight the monsters and win.

I'm writing a little more, but still focusing more on things that get my hands dirty. It's hard to get back into the habit after so much time spent with more active sorts of art. My man and I are going to start working on some sculpture projects that will be messy with concrete and Mexican tile. Funny, I used to wish for a collaborator for stuff like this--a partner that I could make art with--and now I have one. It's an entirely different process than working alone and I'm really looking forward to seeing what we create together.

Summertime. And the living really is easy.

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Date: 2008-06-16 01:55 am (UTC)

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sorry about your toe, not that you could tell if you could hear me laughing here over your dougie description.
the joint art projects (sounds like great fun) will be a great diversion from the job topics.