2006:

210 poems ~ little miss sunshine ~ south tyrol ~ lovely students ~ six rounds of 30:30 ~ laughter ~ new friends ~ new babies (tom, anna, fanny, jakob) ~ woody allen ~ funfunfun at ITWS ~ nellie mckay ~ 145 blog posts ~ poetry books (kunitz, clifton, glück, c d wright, 180 more, forche, siddique, ruslander, barber, blankenship, hyder, bernhard transl by reidel) ~ 60+ poems accepted ~ munich ~ 35th birthday ~ thousands of emails ~ chapbook acceptance ~ jasper fforde ~ revisiting places of the past (cáorle) ~ the discovery of skype ~ muse live ~ old friends ~ adam green live ~ long letters from lotta and rachael ~ happiness ~ belle & sebastian ~ a rainy august ~ thea gilmore ~ the most beautiful autumn ~ bubbly ~ sudoku ~ small confessions and pebbles of regret collaboration with alex stolis ~ sadness ~ the decemberists ~ first open mic ~ özge's visit to vienna ~ murakami ~ band of horses ~ marius brill's "making love" ~ poetry chapbooks (matagrano, bowen, frischkorn, hall gailey, mesler, bergmann, stolis, prince, kelley) ~ chewing gum ~ element of crime live ~ kaizers orchestra ~ martha wainwright ~ desire ~ tilly & the wall ~ thirst ~ itunes ~ first poetry workshop ~ plans ~ vienna:views anthology ~ dreams ~ a ton of pictures ~ nathan ~ anthologies ~ chocolate ~ walks on donauinsel ~ terry pratchett ~ love ~ the time traveler's wife ~ flowers ~ sex ~ the muse ~ hard work ~ hope ~ hot baths ~ chicken madras ~ vienna lit fest ~ tennis ~ tichy's chocolate ice cream ~ longing ~ sepp ~ gudrun ~ jenny lewis with the watson twins ~ birgit ~ therapy ~ tears ~ sweat ~ my first homegrown tomatoes ~ richard hawley ~ nigel & digby & angie ~ late nights ~ john legend ~ sleeplessness ~ good night, and good luck ~ workshops ~ neil gaiman ~ john siddique ~ unreliable editors ~ snail mail ~ periodic table series ~ hunger ~ katie melua live ~ abecedarians ~ cds for friends ~ music ~ silly moods ~ wine ~ a wedding ~ blogging ~ ian mcewan's "saturday" ~ mandarins ~ myspace ~ morning glories ~ tom waits ~ games ~ a long way down ~ PMS ~ out of work ~ sweetness ~ girl talks ~ out of and in love again with vienna ~ rainy august ~ hikes ~ lust ~ giving ~ harvest moon ~ my second spouse, ms ang ~ 12 rejection notes ~ sonnenizios ~ silence ~ down by law ~ fear ~ brunches ~ der standard crosswords ~ teresa ~ haircuts ~ a red skirt ~ prep work ~ tom ~ colds & bugs ~ babs ~ sunrises ~ disappointments ~ waiting ~ commuter trains ~ mess ~ coetzee's "disgrace" ~ family ~ BA-CA tennis trophy ~ strawberries ~ bo ~ capote ~ msn ~ zwiegespräche ~ long winter ~ the walkabouts ~ allen's website ~ taking ~ too much snow ~ kitchen utensils ~ noise ~ alex ~ curiosity ~ walk the line ~ stupid plumbers, chimney-sweeps and postmen ~ print publications ~ craziness (the good kind!) ~ random play ~ erotic poetry ~ migraines ~ new glasses ~ guardian poetry workshop shortlist ~ tagged! ~ hot water bottles ~ julian barnes ~ syriana ~ sharon's dr raul thornbush ~ cemetery st marx ~ weirdness ~ thunderstorms ~ billy joel live ~ poem title generator ~ heat wave ~ haiga ~ greek letter series ~ stress ~ cherylians ~ excitement ~ fever ~ gmail ~ emily haines ~ dvds ~ cawarra shiraz ~ singing ~ early mornings ~ loneliness ~ gilmore girls ~ cocktails ~ sir archibald ~ reports ~ and quite possibly several dozen other things i cannot think of right now

song of the day: oho vorarlberg by reinhold bilgeri & michael köhlmeier