bad pop, shrinking brain

4:09 am on Monday, April 12th, 2004

Arman tells me bits of my brain get smaller when I don’t sleep. This is believable, especially since I tend to listen to awful pop music to keep myself awake. Right now it’s Soul Decision.

I’m up because I’m working on the cover for Frontage Roads (our literary magazine), and I always procrastinate on things I want to do well. I also procrastinate on difficult or unpleasant things, so usually the only work that gets done is pleasant and shoddy.

Integral and Marx seem fairly happy with their lot. I have transferred them to a more roomy butter cookie tin, about the size of an aquarium. Integral and I get along splendidly. Marx is more complacent — not much of a revolutionary. Possibly he is lying low. Fortunately, my dog, Simka, does not seem to want to maul the mice. He snuffled peacefully when introduced. He also drooled, though. This was disturbing.

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