A few years back, Nkechi Chibueze wrote, produced and starred in a one-woman show called PERVERGIN. The show was about her experience of being a thirty-five-year-old “Supervirgin” who had never been so much as kissed. Beginning on January 22, she’ll be debuting an updated version of her show at the Hopkins Black Box Theater at LSU in Baton Rouge.
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It’s cold as hell in the Gulf South today, and things are heating up, at least on the creative side.
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Every year, I like to wish my friends and family a happy THanksgiving. I’ll send them a photo of Tom Hanks and tell them the Hanks vehicle I’m most hankful for. (It’s often Bosom Buddies.) Sometimes I’ll switch it up a little and make it a CHanksgiving, and send a photo of Colin. So far, my favorite vehicle is Season 1 of Fargo. Maybe that will change someday. Honestly, I’m glad Chet is still going by Chet Haze, as far as I know. The guy amuses me, but I’m not hankful for his appearance on Atlanta. (That first Ziwe interview of his is a pure scream, though.) And now the holiday has come and gone—along with my forty-fifth birthday.
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I’ve started posting old fiction of mine on my Patreon. I’ve already been posting works in progress—novel chapters, verse, and the like, and I had been kicking around the idea of putting up this old trunk novel I had from the first time I tried to sell a book. I will probably still do that, but I’ve got an out-of-print short story collection that I love, and even some of my stories that are hosted online have disappeared without my realizing it. That happens in a career as long as mine….
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What a weekend. Kechi and I have been working out a lot lately. I don’t know when we boosted our frequency to four sessions weekly, but we’ve been bouncing around between YMCA locations here in Baton Rouge.
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Last week was jam packed with activity, and I feel like I didn’t have much time to catch my breath. I had two readings in New Orleans. One was at Bar Redux, the same venue where Kechi and I got married six weeks ago. (Sunday) and the other was at the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library, also in New Orleans.
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Kechi and I have started going to the gym again, but one thing that takes getting used to these days is that even when I’m not hitting the gym, I’m staying active. This week, I’ve walked over five miles with Karate three times, with 2.5- and 3.5-mile days interspersed. It’s a relatively modest achievement, but it’s a big deal for someone my size—and then for me, personally...
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My family suffered a brutal and unexpected loss yesterday.
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At the beginning of 2024, Kechi, Karate, and I moved to Baton Rouge. Kechi is teaching in LSU’s performance studies department, and I’m teaching a guest fiction seminar for graduate students at the English department. Leaving New Orleans has not been easy, for various reasons, but it was the best thing for us right now….
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