Thursday, March 24, 2011  Graduate Schools  I am going psychotic
waiting to hear back from the MFA programs I applied to for
Poetry. April seems disproportionately far away. Just sayin'
Wednesday, March 9, 2011  Mike Tyson, Ellen, and Opposite Day
Was anyone else confused that Mike Tyson was a guest on Ellen
yesterday? The convicted rapist and wife beater was being
praised and petted for his kindness by.... Ellen, the amicable
and benevolent lady. Is it because he's vegan now? Maybe... but
I'm vegan and I'm not on the show... not convinced. Is it
because he treats pigeons better than people? Because I'm not
sure that's not just a sign of mental illness. And if that
weren't baffling enough, it aired on International Women's Day.
That was genuinely the first time I ever thought, "What the
hell, Ellen?" I decided to comfort myself and leave my adoration
of Ellen intact by concluding that it probably wasn't her
decision to have him on the show, it was probably some ABC-
Animal Planet mating ritual, but even so,