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SHAPPY'S ONLINE DIARY:
Monday, January 30, 2006
Here's who I'm up against this weekend at the International World Poetry Slam! Place yer bets!
The list of iWPS 2006 competitors as of this date:
1. Zork Indie White Plains NY
2. Tiffani Smith Columbus OH
3. Bobby Gibbs Worcester MA
4. Eric Darby Cantab Boston MA
5. Lawrence Green Jr Indie Statesboro GA
6. TBD Omaha NE
7. Robert Moyer Winston-Salem NC
8. Chris August Washington DC
9. Sonya Renee Taylor Baltimore MD
10. Buddy Wakefield Indie Seattle WA
11. Ashley Mack Mesa AZ
12. Matthew Hernandez Indie Ponte Verde Beach FL
13. Ryler Dustin, Seattle WA
14. Thorkil Jacobsen Indie Copenhagen Denmark
15. Molly Meacham Mental Graffiti Chicago IL
16. Xero Skidmore Baton Rouge LA
17. Mike McGee San Jose CA
18. Iyeoka Okoawo Lizard Lounge Boston MA
19. Evelyn Gildre-Voyles Madison, WI
20. Steve Murray Indie Galway Ireland
21. Andrea Gibson Denver CO
22. Jonida Gypsee-Yo Beqo, Indi Kennesay GA nee Tirana Albania
23. Rives LouderArts NY NY
24. SHAPPY! Urbana NY NY
25. Bryan Patillo, American in Tokyo, Japan
26. Adriana Ramirez, Corpus Christi TX
27. Jamaal May, Ann Arbor MI
28. Marcelus Wisler, Indie Tallahassee FL
29. Doug Shields, Ozarks Fayetteville AR
30. Aaron Cuffee, Albuquerque, NM
31. Alishun Langston, Indie Tallahassee FL
32. Darrell Payne, Delray Beach FL
33. Adam Henze, Indie Bowling Green KY
34. Marcell Murphy, Houston TX
35. Jesse Dyllan Grace, Indie, Mesa AZ
36. Stephanie Williams, St. Louis MO
37. TBD, Montevallo AL
38. Jim Levine, Indie, Oronoco MN
39. Joaquin Zihuatanejo, Dallas TX
40. Cynthia French, Minneapolis MN
41. Matthew Rucker, Indie, Minneapolis MN
42. Kahn Davison, Indie, Detroit MI
43. George Miller, Indi, Bollingbrook IL
44. Hakim Bellamy, Indie, Sicklerville NJ
45. Corbet Dean, Indie, Phoenix AZ
46. Christa Bell, Indie, Seattle WA
47. Ansel Appleton, Indie, Montague City MA
48. Katie Wirsing, Indie, Denver CO
49. TBD, San Antonio TX
50. Isaac Miller, Indie, Chico CA
51. Pilote le Hot, Paris France
52. Lee Knight Jr. Palo Alto CA
53. TBD Milwaukee WI
54. Antwaun Davis Indie, Irving TX
55. Patrick Swan, Vancouver, BC, Canada
56. Thomas Reeves, Indie Cleveland OH
57. Rachel McKibbens, Indie, Brooklyn NY
58. TBD, Austin TX
59. Cassie Poe, Indie, Detroit MI
60. Logic, Ann Arbor
61. Antwon McNair, Charlotte NC
62. Jared Paul, Providence RI
63. Gerald Hersh, Northampton MA
64. TBA, Newark (Worddancing) DE
65. Second Poet, Delray Beach FL
66. Michael Guinn, Ft. Worth TX
67. Liam Coughlin, Wilmington DE
68. Tavis Da Minista Brunson, Columbia SC
69. Carlos Robson, Charlotte NC
70. Alex Charalambides, Worcester MA
posted by Shappy at 2:04 PM
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Hey! GAMETAP put more of my poems up online! Check me out in all of my blonde pop culture-infused slamminess! Title: Centipede Title: Circus Atari
File:Shappy-Centipede-Gametap_Poetry_Slam.mov
File size: 8.1 mb
File:Shappy-Circus_Atari-Gametap_Poetry_Slam.mov
File size: 2.7 mb
Title:Joust
File:Shappy-Joust-Gametap_Poetry_Slam.mov
File size: 3.1 mb
Ernie has got some up, too.
posted by Shappy at 7:31 PM
Thursday, January 19, 2006
The two most important ladies of my life! 
I'm a lucky man!!
posted by Shappy at 8:48 PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Loads and loads of news!!!
First of all, I ended up winning the iWPS qualifying slam on Thursday!! This means I'll be reppin' Urbana in Charlotte, NC!! I'll be competing among some of the best the first weekend o' Feburary. Wish me luck, true-believers!
Secondly, Cristin and I had a wonderful visit with my folks in Homosassa, FL! We flew out on Friday on Song Airlines which was pretty nice. You can watch TV and listen to music. I ended up being the all time trivia champ of the airways! John and Brenda picked us up and we were off to Homosassa!
First, they took us to the Whistle Stop which was an all-you-can-eat southern buffet! Fried okra, biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes and shrimp! Mom and Dad live in a gated community of retirees and have a nice pad. Lots of space and even a workshop for Mom's crafts!
The next day we hit the flea market which Cristin says was her favorite flea market she's been to so far. Mainly because there were puppies everywhere for her to pick up and pet! We scored so much cool stuff-hand-made wooden doxie wall hanging, collectible doxie plate (thanks, Ma!) 8-tracks, Escape From NY special edition DVD ($8!) and so much more. I had a giant corn dog called a Dixie Dawg. 
We hit the Goodwill next and found a couple of those paintings of the kids with the big eyes for a buck each! That night we went out for a delish seafood dinner and played a cool dominos game called Mexican Train which is quite addictive! Sunday we headed to the wildlife preserve and saw manatees and Lucifer the hippo and all kinds of critters. The whole place was run by senior citizen volunteers, cute!
We had a nice chicken and dumpling supper with my Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Vernon and cousin Pam and their 17 year old dog Bandit! Cristin was pretty smitten with that Shih Tzu! 
After everyone took off we headed over to the clubhouse for BINGO! Cristin won the first game, Dad won one, I won one and then Cristin won the big $56 pot at the end! There were plenty of steamed blue hairs that night! Mom brought out the family photos and let me take home some of them. Then we played Mexican Train til the wee hours of the night! We had a great time and can't wait to be retirees ourselves! My only regret is that I had a cold most of the time we were out there and now Cristin has it. OOPS!
Thanks again Mom & Dad! We had a lovely time and we LOVE YOU!!!
posted by Shappy at 5:59 PM
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Well, I guess she likes me after all! Cristin is forbidding me to write anything more about this. She's the boss, people!
But for those of you wanting to see the McSweeney's muse in the flesh, come see me LIVE this Thursday (January 12th) at the Bowery Poetry Club.
When I am not kicking much ass at Urbana's iWPS Finals, I'll be laughing at the superior intellect of Khan!
Seriously though, come out and cheer a nerd on! It will mean more to me than getting that letterman jacket meant to Lucas!!
SHAPPY @ Urbana's iWPS Finals
7pm, Thurs, Jan 12
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
Exclesior!!
posted by Shappy at 2:06 PM
Monday, January 09, 2006
Day or Night, the Two Snoos know how to rock Christmas wear! 
Special thanks to my nephew Luke for getting me such great jammies for a Christmas present!
posted by Shappy at 1:52 PM
Monday, January 02, 2006
Like I say every year. . . SHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Thursday was our staff party at the BPC I was behind the bar most of the night until Moonie and Irene showed up and we all took turns. Cristin cut lots of heads of hair and made some tips! Bob gave me an awesome Super 8 reel of STAR WARS! It was a fun night!
Friday was the press party and book release for the Bowery Press Books (Taylor Mead's A SIMPLE COUNTRY GIRL & THE BOWERY BARTENDER'S BIG BOOK OF POETRY) Gary Glazner came in for it and had us mixing crazy drinks behind the bar. Taylor Mead was in TimeOut NY so he had a huge crowd and we celebrated his 81st birthday! I'm not sure how much press was at the press party but we'll have to wait and see I guess! Afterwards was a huge hip-hop show that was pretty busy. By Saturday I was pooped! Cristin had Patrick over early for a haircut and then we went to Neptune's for brunch and we conked out again! We went over to Jordan Hoffman's for the countdown and some delish red beans and rice and empanadas. We were still tired so we came home and watched Life Aquatic.
Sunday we took a nice long walk, had brunch at Fatty's and went to the internet cafe and went grocery shopping and then got a call from Ed and Jeanie so we headed over there for pizza and Ed showed me how to load up my Ipod shuffle! I love it! It's like my own Shappy radio station! I put mostly upbeat stuff on (Weezer, Pixies, Green Day, Beck and lots of TV themes) cuz I figure I'll be wearing it on my way to work mostly. Today I wore it while cleaning up the snoo roost! So we had a nice friendly, mellow start to 2006 which I hope is an indication of good times and smooth sailing in this the year of the DOG!
posted by Shappy at 10:14 PM
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