Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (aka glecharles) (aka loudpoet)

An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Did some e-surfing on Friday, itching to find something spontaneous that we could do for the holiday weekend as the combination of no news about the apartment, bad weather and being in Hartsdale were quite depressing. Checked Yahoo! Travel for last-minute deals, Googled "family friendly bed breakfast," and scoured bedandbreakfast.com for kid-friendly accomodations, mostly to no avail. Came across one interesting B&B in Providence but they didn't have any rooms for Saturday AND Sunday. Picked through a ton of cheesy Poconos web sites before I finally found what I was looking for: Rimrock Cottages. Reasonable rates, kid-friendly, less than a…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Ack! I was really disappointed in my reading last night. Came off really flat, zero energy. Got thrown a little by the need to pick my last piece ahead of time for the light cues. I usually like to flow with what comes before me, finalizing what I'll read based on what's already come. Between that, wanting to read something relatively new, and squeezing it all into 7 minutes, I felt like some stereotypical academic that's never read out loud before. :-( The show itself was cool, a diverse lineup with poets, dancers, theatre excerpts and a singer. Got to…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Been busy actually working today, forgot how much time I'd been wasting on personal stuff the past few weeks! Tonight's the Pepátian: Jump It Up reading in the Bronx and I'm really looking forward to it. There's apparently 14 different artists on the bill and I've got 7 minutes to perform! What do you read for 7 minutes, especially when you're in the midst of a bunch of poets, singers and dancers?!?! It's a showcase for Bronx Artists so it's a no-brainer that I'll read one of my Bronx poems. Which one, though? And what else with it? Can really…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Apartment update: Talked to the super this afternoon and he says the owner was happy with our application and that they'll be meeting tomorrow to discuss it. He thinks the apartment is ours. Judging from the fact that it's been empty for five months (!) and there's not a single latino name on the doorbell list, I'm not jumping for joy just yet. Cross your fingers...

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

It's official. I've stepped down from the louderARTS Project and from running a little bit louder. Writing the email was one of the toughest things I've done in a while, not for any second-guessing but for getting it right. No bitterness, no anger, no potshots. No need for any of that. I did ask that I still be able to host two of the upcoming shows - Mara's feature and Maria Mazziotti Gillan's - as I feel like I should be out front on those two. Some administrative loose ends to wrap up but, for the most part, it's a…

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