Felt very popular with invites to 2 openings: a mail art show (Bay Area Dadaists: Before Punk & Zines) at Printed Matter curated by, I believe, John Held Jr. and my friend Sasha's on Bank Street. At Printed Matter, Joel Cohen passed out Ray Johnson masks made out of paper bags and had us all line up against the back wall for a group photo. I didn’t get to stay long enough to look through all of the cool old Anna Banana stuff, so I’ll have to go back. Joel invited me to Katz’s for the annual dinner, and I promised to try, but knew I wouldn’t make it because of Sasha’s thing and Cheryl’s birthday to follow.

I cabbed it down to Bank Street and found Sasha’s show in three tiny rooms on the sixth floor of an office building. It was packed, largely with Europeans, I think, because most everyone was smoking. Sasha rolls his own cigarettes, which always amuses me. I found Sasha, wearing the same big black overalls I think he always wears and he jumped up to greet me. He does the double-cheek air kiss thing, which can be annoying from some but is utterly charming from him somehow. He went to get me a glass of wine and I chatted with this really cool girl – whose name I can’t remember for some reason – who has a schematic tattoo on her forearm. I’d met her once before when Sasha brought her to a Mind Gorilla reading. I think they’re a couple but it’s not obvious. She was really funny and girly and we got along well. By the time Sasha returned with wine I was promising to come look through the clothes she designs and sells from her apartment. She doesn’t have a phone, though, so I’m not sure how we’ll arrange it. Through Sasha, she suggested. A Swedish guy with sexy shoes joined us at that point and we talked about St. Lucia a bit. My knowledge of that subject was exhausted pretty quickly (December 13th, a blonde chick with candles on her head…) and I excused myself to look at the paintings. Most of the big ones I’d seen before but there was one, kind of medium-sized I suppose, that I fell in love with. It’s was only $375 – not bad for Art – but more than I have to drop of course. Before I left I was interviewed by a Video Performance artist. Very odd.

New Year's Eve MLF fete at Baby Jupiter went off without a hitch. Well, as long as you don't count my falling on my ass a hitch. Betty played. Love the Betty.

New Year's DAY of course was the real fun. Bar crawl with D and Prada for most of the day. Pinball with Prada and CJ at Ace Bar. I was mopping the floor with the boys until David from Mr. Show came along and took me to school. How surreal is that?

Crawled to Jupiter to stare at Michael, but alas, he was off duty. Ended the evening at Odessa with Erik, Jeff and Some Guy Who Used To Be A Roadie for GWAR.

Bliss.

My incomplete Uber To Do List, 100 for 2000 - a nod to list-maker extraordinaire, Nikol:

Über "To Do" List for 2000

1. 1 comic book script.


2. 1 short story.


3. 2 Issues of Lois.


4. 6 columns for PCCMAG.com


5. 8 interviews for SmileandActNice.com


6. 15 Martian Chronicles entries.


7. 100 journal entries.


8. Acquire and learn Dreamweaver.


9. Begin Christmas shopping in July.


10. Begin the dollar bill project


11. Buy a cd rom.


12. Buy a Palm Pilot.


13. Buy and read journalism textbook


14. Buy new glasses.


15. Change alarm clock to NPR.


16. Drink less; sleep more.


17. Eat at home more often.


18. Eat fish twice a week.


19. Finish David Keplinger's book
    and write him a thank you discussing it.


20. Finish writing "Lily"


21. Get silver bracelet back from Dad.


22. Go swimming at lunchtime occasionally.


23. Go to a UWPG breakfast with Punk Geisha


24. Go to the dentist twice.


25. Hang up clothes more immediately.


26. Install and use Quicken.


27. Learn Lotus SmartSuite


28. Look into getting tattoo touched up.


29. Make an effort to look good during the day at least sometimes.


30. Make an honest attempt to get through The Artist's Way


31. Make Birthday wish list in May and Christmas wish list in July.


32. Make video with Side Burns


33. One *thorough* cleaning of my room


34. Read Get A Financial Life


35. Read Lipstick Traces.


36. Reorganize my desk at work


37. Reread Ball's short story and write him a note about it.


38. Re-subscribe to The
    Studio


39. Save $750.


40. Send birthday cards.


41. Send small surprise packages to friends occasionally.


42. Set up files of my own at work


43. Set up personal files at home


44. Spend more time with Amity.


45. Spend more time with Lopez.


46. Take a workshop at the Learning Annex


47. Take another writing class at The New School.


48. Take Manson up on guitar lessons.


49. Take Superboy up on Quark lessons.


50. Take The Squirrely Girl up on music lessons.


51. Treat myself to one day or two mornings at Bliss
    Spa.


52. Visit Grandma & Grandpa


53. Wash dishes more immediately.


54. Watch less TV; listen to more music.


55. Write "thank you" notes consistently.


56. Write Heidel a note thanking him for sending his book
    


57. Write something with a partner


58. Finish this list.