I'm a really happy guy at this moment. Really.

Vadim Litvak and the rest of the team are also really happy too. Really.

It's been a wonderful time in Chicago and right now the team is shacking up at a wonderful friend's place and just celebrating the fact that a few hours ago we found out
the Silicon Valley Poetry Slam Team v2.0 is in the National Poetry Slam Finals.
This Saturday evening the team will be performing with the 3 other finalist teams which is Union Square (New York) and San Francisco and Oakland out of 48 other teams from all around the continent. We're one of the top four poetry slam teams on the continent. YES!

Yes, three Bay Area poetry slam teams are in the National Poetry Slam Finals which is totally unprecedented and the whole situation seems surreal. All the Bay Area teams have been so supportive of each other and we're all looking forward to be in the Chicago Theatre. We'll be performing in front of a sold out crowd of 3,600 with national media coverage. CBS 60 Minutes and Morley Safer is even here doing a piece on poetry slam that will air sometime winter.

This is almost too hard to believe for us and the fact that this is the first time that Silicon Valley/San Jose has been represented in the National Poetry Slam is a victory for the community and the support they have given us. Just today Vadim and I were to hook up with one of our earliest supporters, which is The Montserrat Review and chief editor Calder Lowe who has recently moved to Chicago. Unfortunately we weren't able to hook up due to scheduling mishaps but I want to say thank you to everyone who believed in us with the deepest thanks. Thank you thank you thank you. Without your support this would not have happened.