Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (aka glecharles) (aka loudpoet)

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

I hate cars. H-A-T-E! I resent having to have one, having to have insurance on it, having insurance be so damn expensive up here. I hate that cheap gas is almost $2/gallon and that that's still so much cheaper than in the rest of the world. I hate their convenience and how you come to depend on them. Most of all, though, I hate having to fix them. Since we've been back in NY, we've put over $1000 into our car, a '98 Plymouth Breeze with 52k miles - that we're still paying for - of which we put 22k…

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

NOTE: I am permanently tired. Figure it's going to last until India's at least one years old. There's just no getting around it. Tuesday at Acentos was amazing. I mean really. It's been ages since I've done a full-on 30-minute feature, much less here in NY. Nowadays, many more people know me as a host than a poet. Even Oscar had never heard me read more than a single poem at a time! The space, the Blue Ox Bar, is this cozy little spot in the South Bronx that gets packed with 50 people, and Oscar and Fish filled it,…

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

Selected Squares of Concrete

SELECTED SQUARES OF CONCRETE. That's the name of my new chapbook that I just finished putting together last night. I'm going to release it at Acentos on Tuesday if I can get it turned around quick enough. "But, Guy..." you're probably saying, "You've written one new poem in three years! How in the world do you come out with a new chapbook?" I call it the Dave Matthews approach: a mix of new, revised, never-before-released and old favorites. Some of the oldies have never appeared in one book together or, in the case of Sunday Mornings, never in a chapbook.…

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

The snow is blowing wildly across the gray, depressed skyline as I'm looking north - I think! - from my office on the 25th floor. Mind you, I'm in a cubicle but our section sits next to a huge ceiling-to-floor window. I've started bringing in some things to personalize my space. Not the playroom again but it feels comfy and that's what counts. Have a nice picture frame with 5 pictures of the kids, Salomé and me. Jungle Attack He-Man's here; Shea Stadium, my Jets flask, my "I'm Not Bossy, I just have better ideas" sign. Brought in only a…

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

I’m a Dwarf?

Lord of the Rings Personality Test: http://www.hobbitlore.com/personality/index.php You are most like: The Dwarves As the halls of Moria show, Dwarves like building and inventing. Curiosity is one of your strong points as it allows you to think of better ways to acheive goals. You may try to outwit the system if you get bored or annoyed with it. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have a tendency to introspection. In your desire for clarity in life, you may have the tendency of being remote or even "heartless". You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably…

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

Back on the job

Well, being back to work is certainly making it hard to get to this journal!

Readjusting – AGAIN! – has been rough and it didn’t help that I stayed out so late on Monday night after the show. We ended a bit late as it was but afterwards, Jerry Quickley was in town for the night before heading to Iraq the next day to shoot a documentary about the effects of the US sanctions and bombings. That’s one brave MF who truly walks the walk in everything he does. Needless to say, we all got a little toasted and I got home at 2:30am! This was right after Oscar and I got pulled over two blocks from the building by a cop looking for weed.

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

Let the Inspections Work

Please join me NOW in registering for a Virtual March on Washington for February 26th. We are asking Congress to stop the Bush administration’s rush to war, and to Let the Inspections Work. Time is running out.

With your help, on February 26th, every Senate office will receive a call EVERY MINUTE from a constituent, as they receive a simultaneous crush of faxes and email. I will be calling Senator Charles Schumer @ 1:43pm, Senator Hilary Clinton @ 1:48pm and The White House @ 1:53pm with the following statement: “As a native-New Yorker, I am offended that the tragedy of 9/11 is being used an excuse for even more senseless violence instead of an opportunity for necessary reform. As an honorably discharged member of the US Army, I am wholeheartedly against this push towards war that ignores the wishes of a growing number of Americans and unacceptably jeopardizes each and every one of our lives.”

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