Saturday, January 02, 2010

A List In Review of The Last Decade of My Life

(Because I have nothing more profound upon reflection at this time).

4 moves with a total of 10 roommates (0 roommates currently).

2 job changes.

2 girlfriends. One I dated for about 2 years, another for 3.

2 years at Brigham and Women's.

2 service awards.

5 years at the VA as a retinal imager and trainer.

4 years as the host and organizer of Stone Soup Poetry.

4 years in therapy.

Approximately 330 poems written.

3 chapbooks authored.

2 self-published.

1 published by another publisher.

1 chapbook in the works for 2010.

21 poems published in Twelve anthologies, coediting one of them.

28 poetry features.

1 feature in my hometown.

3 features in which my family was present.

1 feature I went to when my father was in the hospital.

4 issues of Spoonful, an online journal I edit.

Less than 200 shows filmed for Cambrige public access.

4 appearances on Somerville acccess.

3 Christmases without my father.

2 Christmases without my grandfather.

323 uploads to Youtube.

39 videos made from filming my sister's dog.

220 videos made for Stone soup.

1 goofy film made with friends.

1 bad attempt at a serious documentary made.

1 half-good documentary made.

1 promise to self to do very good documentary.

1 family member reconnected with.

7 web pages maintained.

1 feeling that this list marks accomplishment.

1 feeling that this list is pretentious.

1 feeling that this list has no real meaning.

2 comments:

Danzr_1 said...

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" Undoubtably , without intimidations or misgivings , I am fully prepared to trumpet and testify - this is the best representation of Neo-Post-Modernism / Underground Surrealism - Poetry / Txt_Rt this ol' scribe of such inanities and diminutia - has sumptuously feasted upon - not only this year but , in all honesty , this decade ...

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@Signature_Piece ~ #Joe_Napora -

"All of my poet friends think

I've lost / my sheet..." #PFHR

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"Albeit rate of masturbation

fluctuational recidivistic atrophy

inconclusive with

limited data base... " -- Poet

R U - Pulitzer Prize Nominee -

1989 ~ " Harmony Blossoms " +

2010 ~ " Fifty [ 50 ]

Virginz "



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Valerie Loveland said...

Wow, 28 features!

Also, 330 poems!