rocket to nowhere

1. The growing out the hair thing continues. I’m not sure how I feel about it. Here’s how it looks:

2. I moved in with my parents this weekend in an attempt to save some money. Here’s an mp3 called “Still Live with My Moms” by Thirstin Howl III to commemorate the move.

3. This weekend, I found out I’ve been accepted into DU’s creative writing program. They’ve also offered me a teaching fellowship. w00t!

Here, to entertain you, are four paragraphs from Richard M. Nixon’s 1969 inaugural address:

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honor now beckons America–the chance to help lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil, and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization.

If we succeed, generations to come will say of us now living that we mastered our moment, that we helped make the world safe for mankind.

This is our summons to greatness.

I believe the American people are ready to answer this call.