i woke up, stood in line fifteen minutes to buy bagels, and brought them over to ramona, where i ate them as i stared at a computer screen for five straight hours.

it was a frustrating kind of day where i tried to do many things, but none of them were working out the way i wanted them to do.

why can't everything just do itself while i just sit and watch?

i wonder why i felt the need yesterday to post the one negative email i received, while i receive so many positive mails.

here is a positive email that i particularly enjoyed:

To: mars@bossanova.com Subject: flattery

What the hell is this? A personal web page that makes you THINK? Now that's a breath of fresh air. It also made me renew my effort to find my missing Pain Teens CD. (Have you heard Suzanne Vega's version of L. Cohen's "Story of Isaac?" I swear, if she'd heard Bliss Blood do it she wouldn't have bothered.) It also gave me this weird desire to see Camille Paglia interview Ice-T. I don't know if it would be the least bit educational, but it sounds like an idea "Details" would go for in a big way... Keep up the good work. Everyone who's anyone knows that a world populated by radical feminists is nothing to fear. A world populated by Barbie and Ken, however...

how funny! ice-t interviewing camille paglia! true, true!

and here's another:

Rebecca, I really enjoy reading your ReadMe. I too have a Saturn and a Mac powerbook. I also have a friend, Heidi Brown, who quit the law stuff and began playing the cello in a rock band (treadmill trackstars). Last night I read ReadMe from Jan. 16 to the present. I even downloaded Feb. 2 to re-read and think about the kids and art stuff, since I deal with both. When I read the "Rob" hate mail, I felt like kicking his ass. What a jerk. Keep on writing.
BIG FAN,
Brent
P.S. I'm envious of the guy you went on the date with.