January 2011
42 posts
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“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity...”
– Jim Morrison
“A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.”
– Carlos Castaneda
What Was I On?
I have really dreaded this day—it’s all of that Goddamn repression. The fact is that I can no longer identify with contemporary culture. Though I’m cynical and commercial and distrusting, I’ve escaped a certain level of saturation in all three regards. Now, at my worst, I’m the lite version of a contemporary person. Rather than fading away into one of those worthless beings of the...
“We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden.”
– Joni Mitchell
“We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
– Oscar Wilde
“Frat Parties are at night so that you can’t see the barf stains on the...”
– Anonymous
“He ran toward her. And when he recognized the man who’d trailed him from...”
– La Jetee, 1961
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“Every generation finds the drug it needs.”
– P.J. O’Rourke
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Word of the Day: Vitriolic
Defined: very caustic, scathing
Hunched over in a harsh pine booth, I couldn’t make eye contact with her. My stomach brewed with acrid fluids, burning like vitriol as I stewed through the prolonged bodily tortures of a poorly nursed hangover. What was worse was that she sensed the burning in my gut, the lethargy, the dry mouth and the watery eyes. She knew and she was ashamed to confront the...
“It’s good you got balls, boy. Don’t loose em’ doing...”
– Winter’s Bone
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“Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.”
– Rose F. Kennedy
My Yearly Assessment:
1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? I got into and went to college. I moved across the country. I lived by myself and did my own laundry. I got my driver’s license. I came out (partially). I worked a job. I met a personal idol. I experienced the death of a close relative. I blogged. I had surgery.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions? I didn’t really have one. Besides,...
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