Mary has good (and exciting) news. And don't forget to check out the website.
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I think I'm going to have to break down and call the temp agency today. It seems my bank account is leaking money somewhere (or I don't know how to live on a budget). I won't know if my summer aid application is approved for two weeks, and since my rent is due in two days, I probably need to get some quick income. Hopefully, I'll be temping by Monday and can work until the loans come in (which will hopefully be mid-June). That's a lot of hopefullys. I really didn't want to get stuck in an office this summer, but since I can't seem to even get an interview at any bars or restaurants around town, this seems to be the only option.
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Oh, and I meant to post about this a couple days ago, but did you see In Posse Review? Lots of good poems by lots of friendly bloggers in this issue.
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I got all but one of the books I ordered from Amazon within a week. Then, this morning, I get an email that Corn Shake's At the Drive-In Volcano is "shipping sooner than expected" and will arrive between 6/11 and 6/16. How is that sooner than expected, when it's almost 3 weeks from the day I ordered it? Stupid Amazon.
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Last week was the MFA end of the semester party at the Zephyr in Kent. My friend sent me the pictures we took (I forgot my camera) and here are some pictures.
Aaron: party organizer and DJ
A motley bunch of MFAers
Me and Stephanie
Jay: rockstar, revolutionary, poet
Jay's band: 21 Gun Solution
5 comments:
Hey, thanks for posting pics! I was still recovering from Ann Arbor and really wish I'd been able to go.
Amazon's dragging with my copy too. It'd be nice if they could work out better deals with small presses. That 6-to-8 week waiting is all kinds of unnecessary.
Mary, we did miss you at the party!
Adam, maybe Amazon is jealous of Corn Shake and conspiring against her? What do you think?
I think whatever grudge they have with her, it's nothing compared to the two months before they just quit trying to get my Louis Jenkins books. Poor Holy Cow Press. Poor small press authors...and yet I continue to turn to amazon because they've suckered me with their credit card points and slightly lower prices. I'm disappointed...in myself.
I've fallen for Amazon because I can usually get my textbooks all in one shot for half as much as I'd pay at the school book store (shipping included!), so I don't even think of going elsewhere until it's too late. Sigh.
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