what

(a clarification)

the new zero is a "life serial"; me writing on a somewhat regular basis. This is me telling the stories that would otherwise be lost and forgotten. I am a writer by avocation and I put a lot of the poetry and fiction I'm working on in this journal, as well. This is something akin to a working writer's notebook; my writing is entertwined with my life, and I don't even try to seperate the two of them any more.

Details may be changed to protect both the innocent and the guilty. I am a grownup and talk occasionally about grownup things; if you can't handle that, scram.

In general, I update two or three times a week. Readers of my list will often get more details than will the world at large.

I also occasionally talk about things racy, disgusting, depressing, tedious, or otherwise not suited to most people's tastes. I am all sorts of things that the moral majority wishes would just go away. The price of admission to this journal is reading about how my tit hurts or an exceptionally nauseating dream. You all can cope.

There is a companion piece to this serial: it's called closer, and it's available only to subscribers to my notify list or those who mail me and ask. It contains some writings that I'd like to know who reads, as they're on topics that are reasonably sensitive.