From this New York times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-security-pakistan-osama.html

Pakistani media Sunday quoted Cofer Black, State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism, as saying that the United States and its allies have put the al Qaeda leader on the defensive, increasing chances of his capture soon.

Within a couple days of getting back, I had a day with Jessica and Elisabeth.

We met at the Medici at… eleven? Noon? Sometime like that.

We were seated by Michael Kennedy, and we sat on the patio.

It’s a gorgeous space… one of my favorite places in Hyde Park.

I began a series of entries on the last several weeks, when the computer froze up and I lost several hours of work.

Plus, I don’t want to cover everything in tedious detail, even though the last several weeks have been somewhat extraordinary.

Here’s me:

You will sink in a mire. You like to think you’re
normal, but deep down you really just want to
strip off your clothes and roll around in
chicken fat.

What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die?

I’m making this costume for an upcoming party.

I have the head-mounted circular sawblade so far…

any other suggestions?

~ Connor

Elisabeth won a fifth of rum from me, simply by submitting her page and a half on pirates vs. ninja. (Last months blog game.)

I will be posting my rebuttal shortly.

Here it is:

* * * * *

Definitely pirate.

A couple points first:

~ If the photos here seem to be better than what I usually post here, it’s becaue they’re not mine. I took my camera to California, but wasn’t able to procure any film until the last day.

It’s been awhile since I straight up said what’s happened lately.

The last time I really wrote in detail was around the end of July, when I got back from Flint. It already seems to have been a long time ago.

Just to reorientate yourselves, I’m posting this at 8:38, though for most of you who will read this, the time is now 10:40 or 11:40.

I’m in Ojai, California. At the Ojai Playwrights Conference.

I’m pretty much busy dawn to dusk, but I still think it’s likely I’ll be able to slip in here and post something new (I got pulled away by the whole Canaryville thing for awhile).

EUPHEMISM. Part 6. “Carlotta Tames the Wild Onion” Chapter 40. Section B. aka

CANARYVILLE BLUES

FIRST REVISION

CHARACTERS

Patrick O’Connell, white* male, 22

Katie “Kidd” Finn, Irish American female, 19

Mary “Sis” Finn, Irish American female, 10

Bridgett “Mom” Finn, Irish American female, 38

Patty “Gramps” Finn, Irish American male, 62

Carlotta, white female, early 30s

Maurice “Cranks” “Leavitt” Branson, black male, 72

Marcos Ortubez, Mexican American male, 18

Katherine O’Toole, Irish American female, 20

Cassidy Freeman, white female, 28

Pat Keening, white male, 20

Bridgit Rodriguez, mixed female, 21

Ricardo Campi, Colombian American male, 22

Maria Sanchez, Mexican American female, 19

SYNOPSIS

ACT ONE

Scene One: Monday afternoon

Scene Two: Monday evening

Scene Three: Monday night

ACT TWO

Scene One: Wednesday afternoon

Scene Two: Wednesday evening

Scene Three: Wednesday night

SETTING

Time: October 2002.