I've grown up.

Try it.

knock knock

who's there?

We elected.

We elected who?

We elected McGovern in '08.

So I've been in love with My Morning Fire's album "Tennessee Fire" for years. I bought "Evil Urges" recently on vinyl because I loved their first album so much and because it included the album on CD as well.I thought the album to be, while a mostly enjoyable clash of distortion rock and electronic/synth, not the southern style of blues based ( Read more... )

oh god i'm a dadaist.

I was recently reading a debate about how much of art is accidental and how much is intentional. Some people claim that it is a mastery of formal elements and the muse of accident that makes great art. That the invitation to accident is a gamble and risk that can either pay off or tank a piece. Others maintain that artists are simply a medium for ( Read more... )

got a rejection letter. One down.

I'm going to write a novel. For serious this time.

Waiting to hear back from two different publications. One, a magazine called "Zyzzyva" pays $50 per story. The other, the SJSU magazine pays nothing for the story, but if I win the contest I get $1k.

Just diversified my retirement portfolio. Seriously. For those of you not in the know, Trader Joe's creates a retirement fund for part-time employees after working for a year. Every year you work there gets you another 20% vested into your retirement fund. So, if you work 700+ hours your first year at TJ's, they throw 15.4% of your annual income ( Read more... )

I wrote Bill Gates a letter today.

more specifically, I wrote him a letter and asked for money. I asked if he would be my patron and I could write him poetry or stories or whatever in exchange.

Yeah, I'm bringin patrons back.
You other writers don't know how to act.

Holy Fuck that was terrifying. Never again. I feel so fucking good right now though. Seriously So good.