So I've been deprived of internet for five days. I'm sitting in Saturna Cakes leeching their wi-fi and avoiding the barista's troubled stares. Things have been pretty sedate recently. I think I've reached a kind of cruising altitude in the flight pattern that is my emotions. (Do you like that metaphor? Do ya, punk? I could continue it, if you don't ( Read more... )

I AM FACEBOOK FRIENDS WITH JOHN DARNIELLE

...because what is Livejournal for, if not being a whiny bitch ( Read more... )

I found myself wishing, for the first time in god knows how long, maybe for the first time, that I was a little kid again. I get nostalgic, of course, but today I wanted more than anything to rewind, go back to the little house by the lake with our boat dock held together by clothing hangers, the high dry grasses and Queen Anne's Lace in the summer ( Read more... )

(I promise I'm not copying you, Kendra.)
How would you all feel if I shaved the left side of my head? Would you still speak to me?

Infinite Jest: Doorstop
Bible: Rolling papers
The Scarlet Letter: Firewood
Paradise Lost: All-natural sleep aid
The Book of Mormon: Euthanasia

I just got back from an evening with Patrick And His Cats. (Or rather his girlfriend's cats, but at this point it's basically the same thing.) I ate way more quinoa than is necessarily normal or good for one person. Whatever; a meal without tofu or carrots is a good meal for me. They're fucking awesome cats, Werner (Herzog), who has a broken tail, ( Read more... )

I absolutely live for these nights. I just wrote 13 pages in 6 hours. I am God.

Lack of sun= sad ( Read more... )

The Mountain Goats just ruined my plan. I love and hate John Darnielle even more now.
Here is a good song. Listen to it.
http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/themountaingoats_saxrohmer1.mp3
Listen to it 5 times in a row, if you like. I did.