Greg Seitz

Listening to Led Zeppelin 'I' w/ fresh ears. Solid block of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tracks… all 6.5 mins. long at least. What an entrance! # "Things happen for a reason" often a cop-out. That said, there are always lessons in misfortune. Gratitude for good fortune, for instance. # Runners: enjoy a run down the frozen St. Croix from Marine to Stillwater under the full moon next Saturday night – http://bit.ly/5MV7SM # It's gray and snowy and frozen and all that outside, but it's also quite light out at 5:00! #wintermakesyoutalkcrazy # I hate clichés as much as I hate tech hype! "The Cliché Expert Testifies on the Apple Tablet" (New Yorker): http://bit.ly/dvwJiu # Retribution Gospel Choir Wikipedia page is a mess!

Low cancels a show; Retribution Gospel Choir tour; Lake Superior in the "Hide It Away" video; Low Ballet at the Walker: http://shar.es/aRlLR # "days of sun and swimming in the river, nights of fireflies and driving with my hand out the window" – my new chapbook: http://goo.gl/fdYu # The RZA Auditions For Parks And Recreation, Son – http://bit.ly/7ediuJ # I made a blog post about Low. @sharalds re-posted it to another blog. Alan Sparhawk chimes in in the comments: http://goo.gl/XupB # Always wanted to do something like this for an outdoor essay. "Mr. Plimpton's Revenge – A Google Maps essay" http://bit.ly/5zMHbj # Love that 'Paris, TX,' 1984 Wim Wenders/Sam Shepard film not on DVD few years ago, will be Criterion Collection soon –

Lola has the ice fever! http://twitvid.com/C235F # Drinking tea and honey, making spaghetti, listening to Levon Helm, thinking about George Plimpton. The sun is setting out the front window. # Hoping this means that my city might soon lose the moniker the "most dysfunctional city in Minnesota" http://bit.ly/4qGQAM # "I went up this girl at a party and was like 'whatever.'' – comic at Acme Comedy Club open mic night # Han Shan, truly the first and number one dharma bum. "I'll sleep by the creek and purify my ears." http://bit.ly/4n9ur6 # The Cold Man and the Sea, As I Lay Freezing, The Zen of Starting Your Car When It's 10 below #MinnesotaColdWeatherBookTitles # Screwed up one of my #MinnesotaColdWeatherBookTitles earlier. Been out

Wished I had some dynamite for the ice wall at the bottom of my driveway. # Good icy ski @ Lk Elmo Park Reserve. Cool to hear Legacy Amendment $$ will pay for lighted trails and warming house. That's why I voted yes. # [Blog post]:: Winter wanderings http://www.gregseitz.com/2009/12/winter-wanderings/ # Dreamt I went to outer space last night. The Int'l Space Station, specifically. Floating and the whole bit. Camped on the moon in a tent. # #10yearsago we spent night of Dec 30 in Duluth playing Super Mario Kart and then went to Ely to hole up at edge of BWCAW for Y2K eve. #