HOW
do you live your life on a daily basis? I am kinda bored right now so
let me ramble about myself, as usual.
[1]
I
usually get up before 12 noon (yes late since I usually sleep around
2 or 3 AM). Fix coffee (just one cup, extra sweet). I don't eat
breakfast or brunch as a ritual. Let the babedawgs out for few
minutes, feed them. Check emails/news and Facebook on my coffee time.
Do housework (I am very OCD), mop, sweep, vacuum, laundry etc (music,
Pandora.com: 70s rock and soul, Flamenco guitar, Schubert/classics).
I start writing/editing around 1 PM (my job and my madness). I'm a
self-imposed “distracted” mind so I also do other things at the
same time., Multitasking? Read, surf the net, poke around the house,
try to sketch and paint, Facebook, eat leftovers and bad food as in
ramen soups and Oreos and soda, do Traveling Bonfires paper
planning/communication etc, blogs, play with pets. No, I don't make
phonecalls. I text only three people—just little how are you's.
[2]
That
daytime routine slides through late afternoon or early evening. On
spring/summer, I devote two hours doing yard work, gardening,
lawmowing etc. I also play basketball on the driveway and/or at
Courier Park in West Asheville--I like to sweat when I could. On good
weather out, the babedawgs also get the chance to walk by the river.
At around 6 PM, I cook, watch local news on TV, and wait for
Jeopardy! to come on (the only TV show that I try my best not to
miss). After walking Georgia and Cyd for 15 minutes. I just chill
after dinner, watch movies or TV series on DVD, monitor NBA games
online (Charlotte Hornets is my team), read a book (I'm currently
reading Haruki Murakami's “Sputnik Sweetheart” and Margaret
Atwood poetry), check out global affairs mostly in the internet
(Time, NYTimes, Utne Reader, Yahoo News). At around 11 PM, I again go
back to writing/fiddling mode, sometimes chat with my kids in Manila
and many friends abroad or out of state (with different time
zones)—until around 4 AM (sleep time, mostly). For someone who
admits to being a recluse and so aloof, I have so many friends in so
many places... I usually start a movie via Netflix, Hulu or a DVD on
my laptop before I close my eyes and sleep.
[3]
I
do hang out (or with bosom buddy/”sister” Marta The Nicer) at
West End Bakery or Westville Pub, but mostly alone—wings, coffee,
Highland Gaelic, play pool, read print publications (mostly NY Times,
The Economist and Rolling Stone). In downtown, I can be seen most
times at World Coffee Cafe on Battery Park. I don't make it a
practice to eat out--but when I do, I dine at Asiana in
Hendersonville Road, Yao in Patton Av or Doc Chey's in downtown. On
summer time, especially when I am supervising "Bonfires for
Peace" events at Pritchard Park, I play chess with random people
or "homeless" dudes out there. Despite these, I am selcom
seen with a group or with anyone in particular (except with two or
three different people, separately, who are exceptionally close to
me). I am not an organization/group meeting guy (or not anymore), I
just prefer to do work out there, real deadlines and goals. But
when caught with one person/friend, I talk a lot so you get the
drift... Yet I am not good at obligatory “Wassup, bro?” greetings
while in public, I just deposit myself in a corner where I will not
be bothered. But when I sit with anyone (just one person), I like
talking.
[4]
On
Wednesday nights, if I feel like it—I read poems in an open mic in
town, usually hosted by good friend Caleb Beissert. I also read as
featured poet in my town and elsewhere (usually once a month) and
then organize/supervise Traveling Bonfires shows and events in
Asheville and elsewhere.
[5] I
DON'T hang out idly. I only “hang out” if it's related to
community events or when I am in a romantic relationship. I spend
most of my time alone. Although I do offer to cook for friends.
[6]
I
also intermittently travel. Or just drive around the mountains with a
friend. I don't shop. I just go to Goodwill (secondhand store) or at
several used books/stuff stores in town. I am not picky with food
ingredients when I cook. I smell and pinch the stuff, that's it—ready
to go. I seldom watch movies in moviehouses, when I do—I go to (if
I have extra money) Fine Arts Theater in downtown or at the $2
Cinebarre (which closed long time ago).
[7]
So
that's it. It is 10 PM past as I write this, still battling asthma
due to pollen allergy.
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