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the last word
"i won't sit here and write a lot of shit. not tonight, anyway. tonight i will say thank you to the ones who made this journal possible. you know who you are. i'm certain that, as i get used to doing this, you guys will be completely entertained and happy, just like me. now if you'll excuse me..."that was the entire text of my first livejournal ( Read more... ) -
since i don't know what to say
George Carlin: American Radical
by Greg Nichols (www.The Nation.com)
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. -- George Carlin.The last vote that George Carlin said he cast in a presidential race was for George McGovern in 1972 ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Neurotic Behavior
because one of us had to:
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the green slime
fifth grade. i’m like 10 years old.
it’s halloween and it’s friday. we’re having a halloween party in class, courtesy of the mom of one of the cool kids who’s an only child of divorced parents. right now i can remember going to one of this kid’s birthday parties earlier in the year and his mom got him like ALL the awesome toys. the kind of toys ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: A Little Recognition, Please?
i promise not to write about my penis.
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Writer's Block: What? Everyone Doesn't Like Me?
i don't actually have writers' block. i have the opposite problem: not enough hours in the day to write everything i want to. but i figured maybe this week on lj i can do one of these every day. or try to.
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"snowflakes" (1.20.08)
i'm thinking fuck, that could have been you ( Read more... ) -
"i'm not gonna vote with my vagina"
author marianne williamson reconciles feminist support for obama.
she says it all at the end. this was my problem with condoleezza rice as well. what difference does it make to have a woman in such a position of power if she's just gonna act like a man? i have written before about the fact that, as a so-called feminist i would have loved to cast a ( Read more... ) -
i thought you could make her laugh
sunday it was impossible to avoid talking about death and dying. i did my best to make julie smile and succeeded, but as i have always found it's much better NOT to feel weird or bad about just discussing death.
at one point she was talking to her mom on the phone, and said, "it's your friends who are supposed to be dying, not mine." julie ( Read more... )
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