Rebel posts that don’t fit the mold.
“Victor, you didn’t invite Adam over again, darling?” “Of course I did. Why wouldn’t I?” “Honestly, darling, he’s just awful. We’re getting a reputation. No one will come to our dinner parties if you keep asking him over.” “But whatever is the matter? He’s well-read, a fine speaker, mannered, very …
08.29. Hey guess what you guys! I finally got a new ROOMMATE for the coming semester all riiiiiight He is a transfer student a from Califronia. It looks pretty cool bunking with him he’s totally a hippie but at least that means he will be able to hook me up …
Sep 12. Landed the exploratory craft on the upper deck of a facility in one of the larger cities of the middle west of the continent designed for temporary storage of land vehicles. To my surprise, almost no one spoke to me or asked me any questions other than to …
To begin with, I just want to say that I think it’s stupid that I have to do this. I know it’s supposed to make me rehabilitate or whatever, but I really, really don’t feel like doing it, and to be perfectly honest it seems kind of petty. I mean, …
What may be the first truly crucial aesthetic argument of the 21st century – the proper place of video games in the pantheon of the arts – came to a head last week in a fairly spectacular fashion with the release of Grand Theft Auto V. The newest installment in …
A novel is in many ways a lonely, solitary endeavor. But, curiously, it is also a collective enterprise — a seeming contradiction for which I am extremely grateful. The following acknowledgments are long overdue. – Shout out to God. Peace to all the gods and the earths. As-salamu alaykum. – …
LARGEST FINANCIAL COMPENSATIONS I HAVE RECEIVED FOR WRITING THIS BLOG 1. $280,750 from Henry Kissinger: for keeping my mouth shut 2. $55,000 from Paragon Electrical Sex-Novelties of Daegu, South Korea: for dropping the lawsuit 3. $1,000 per week for the duration of the blog from Raymond “Benzino” Scott: for continuing …
Let us say that you are an average American consumer, and you have taken it on yourself to purchase a combination shotgun/rod and reel so that you can recreationally kill two kinds of wildlife at once. During a commercial break near the end of the evening’s episode of Law & Order: …
I was the one who finally got the courage up to knock on Old Man Tillman’s door. They said I should be the one who done it because I ain’t afraid of nothing. The other kids, they call me Johnny Fearless, because I’m supposed to have been born without no …
Wednesday, Sept. 11 5:00 PM (CBS2) News (NBC5) News (ABC7) News (WGN9) Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Sabrina is drowned by the townspeople for consorting with the Devil. (PBS11) I Can Slaughter That!: home butchery. 5:30 PM (PBS20) Charlie Rose: Charlie interviews the song “Joe McCarthy’s Ghost”. (WCIU26) Let’s Laugh with …
Hello! My name is Jimmy. I used to be new in the neighborhood too, and it can be kind of scary. Will you be my friend? It’s good to have FRIENDS. I made a new friend when I moved here, and he helped me get used to things, so it …
“So…will I see you back there?” I’ve only heard this question about a million times, but my smile doesn’t crack for a second. I can feel the way my lips pull away from my teeth, the lipstick catching just a little bit. I learned that trick on the pageant circuit. …
Dog Boy Jenkins, having known for quite some time that he didn’t like the idea of spending his whole life working, didn’t do anything about it until the day after his 33rd birthday. His co-workers had thrown him a big party the night before (like most people, Dog Boy’s friends …
Recently, a number of seemingly unconnected cultural conversations took place which seemed to me to have a common thread running through them. While I don’t necessarily think they add up to any grand indictment of the Way We Live Today (I’m always distrustful of anyone who cherry-picks a few isolated …
“Hello?” “Is this Wanda?” “Yeah…who’s calling?” “This is Andy!” “Uh…” “You remember! Andy! From high school!” “I’m afraid I don’t…oh, wait a minute.” “See, you remember!” “Oh, my God!” “Uh huh!” “Oh, my God. I remember you and Marty Leffler stole that garbage truck from the city vehicle impound lot…” …
