209

I now weigh 209 lbs. That is less than what I weighed when I was 21 and smoked cigarettes.

I am down 87 in weight watchers and 107 since I lost a few on my own before that.

Right now, I am getting over a nasty cold, and preparing to go back to sleep so I can get up at 5 am, and go warp the minds of high school students for an hour and a half. We have read Hamlet and Oedipus the King, and now we are reading Lysistrata. Day one, lots of giggles at words like cock, day 2, they were on to the serious aspect of the play. Good kids.

Spent 3 days reading Dylan's Chronicles vol 1. Brilliant man.

Got 3 rejections from the PhDs so far... keeping my fingers crossed, about the other 18 or so. Also lost the contests I was in. Hah!

I am wanting to slam Thursday night, but I also must see Maxine Chernoff's reading and buy her book. I don't think this is gonna be a slamteam year for me... There is lots of new blood who want it more, but I want to keep my finger in the till. I am hoping to generate some new material.

I've been dry mostly since Graduating from Antioch. Very busy with my teaching schedule. But at least I am still losing weight. Another Valentine's Day... with no one to infuriate. I think we will read Dante's inferno, The Odyssey, and Don Quixote. That should work well.