Michael Venske

It’s intermission right now for “TGoV” and I’m in my dressing room listening to Elvis Perkins. I’m having one of those bittersweet moments that is being enhanced by “While You Were Sleeping.” I’m thinking about the future. I’m thinking about right now. I suppose I’m content for the moment. Not much I can really do [...]

Around 4AM I went to bed drunk thanks in part to creme de banana, spiced rum, and watermelon schnapps. At 8AM my alarm went off and I didn’t get up. At 9:30 I looked at the clock and realized I had court in thirty minutes, thirty minutes away. Lucky for me, at the theater this [...]

(Full Disclosure*: This is a snapshot of my day…in words. Don’t read it if you’re not interested in learning about the little things that made Sunday great for me.) Hey world, what a day! Shortly after showering this morning at 10:40 I was cooking pasta in a towel. Medium shells and 100% sunshine yellow cotton [...]

I have eight minutes before I have to hop in the shower. A few different matters are at hand… My license is suspended. It’s been suspended since December 26. That’s my bad. My fault. I hope to have it reinstated tomorrow at court. Seven minutes. Yes, I have court tomorrow. I’m contesting this ticket in [...]

Dear Readers, Please know that I didn’t want to write about anything you are possibly about to read. I thought it was personal and none of anyone’s business. I thought that my silence was the mature thing to do. I reasoned that my time and energy would be better spent elsewhere… Then I double-checked just [...]