exhausted from walkin the floor

So the new job is gobbling up a much greater portion of my life than the 40 hours I originally surrendered to the Gods of Gainful Employment, thus my lull in posting.
But it’s not just wage slavery keeping me from writing.
I’ve also started an illustration class at SVA, which apparently uses the term “illustration” loosely.
More on this later, but I'll say for now that the class is a little dull, but also surprisingly difficult. How's that possible?

Other news from the past two weeks:

• My interview with Carol Channing.
Much as I’d like to go all snarky, I just can’t. Carol won me over instantly with her self-deprecating wit and astounding humility. Such a lady!

• Speaking of snark, I also had the chance to share a coffee (actually, a Diet Coke) with Village Voice columnist Michael Musto. You’ll have to read the Blade next week to hear how the conversation went, but I’ll go ahead and say here, La Dolce’s diva may come out in print, but in person he’s less dazzle and more distant.

• The Blade’s Best Of Gay New York hit stands on Thursday, though getting it there required an overflow of blood, sweat and queers. I’m pleased overall. If nothing else, the (so-called) Staff Picks were fun to write.
A day before our issue closed, I received in the mail a copy of CL’s annual Best Of, which made me nostalgic — for like six seconds. I haven’t had a chance to climb the mountain of text, but I’ll let you guess which items I contributed.

• A thing that scares me: In my iTunes list of Top 25 Most Played Songs, nine of the tracks are from Neko Case. The situation is made no better by my recent purchase of her 1997 debut, “The Virginian,” which includes the gem, “High on Cruel”:
You're crawling on the floor like a fool
And I'm so high on cruel
Because really, there's nothing like a little cruelty to get your day going.

• It also scares me that Zach is now blogging. OOOOKKKK.
Meanwhile, the Portwood has a new blog. It's dirty and delicious.
And finally, in an effort to atone for my slackness, I’m going to post a new blog entry every day from now through Thursday. (No promises on Friday, a travel day.) Let’s see what happens.