festivities
Last night was Pulp's first anniversary party at the Mattress Factory. I had much fun. The boyfriend and I ambled in and were greeted by Mike “Fancy Pants” Shanley. Nametags were doled out so I got to put faces to a lot of names. That was kind of interesting because I realized that I've had classes at Pitt with about half of the contributing writers at Pulp. Funniness. We sort of meandered around for awhile, feeling somewhat out of place, since everyone was looking all scenester and glamorous and the boyfriend and I…are neither. It was a very people-watching event. I saw many folks who were right out of the Hispter Handbook so that provided a chuckle or two. Music was provided by the Hi-Frequencies who did rock the house with some surf music. We bought a CD and a 45, both of which I'm sure will be in heavy rotation very soon. My fellow Intern Alumni showed up and it was good to see both of them again. However, they both told me about all of the fabulous things that they're doing, which made me feel like a total chump. “I got an internship here, I have a piece published here, I have five pieces published here…what have you been up to, Kelly?” “Uhhh, I renewed my subscription to Rolling Stone.”
I'm not going to whine, but being a mom is hard. And it's hard to get things done with the same speed and gusto that's possible when you don't have any responsibilities to anyone but yourself. Yes, yes, I know, I chose to be a mom. Like I said, I'm not whining. The baby is the most awesome person I know. But sometimes I wish that I had like a nanny or someone so that if I had to dash out for an hour or two on a moment's notice it wouldn't be a total hassle. But, alas, I am not rich. I'm just going to have to work stuff out in my current circumstances and try not to worry too much about keeping up withe everyone else.
Well, I have to look at my revision of my piece for Nonfiction. I finished it last night while falling asleep so there could be anything written there. I'm imagining something like, “Aria Thomas feels that her work with the PAAI benefits Pittsburgh because salmon are tasty and a bulldog is chasing me and I'm naked at school.”
