December 2011
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November 2009
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October 2009
15 posts
The Fine Line
“…That even for the stone wall you are yourself somehow to blame, though again it is as clear as day you are not to blame in the least, and therefore grinding your teeth in silent impotence to sink into luxurious inertia, brooding on the fact that there is no one even for you to feel vindictive against, that you have not, and perhpas never will have, an object for your spite, that it...
Better Late Than Never
I know this is a little late, but I feel bad for having not yet given a shout out to the wonderful Patrick Swayze. I mean, how could I be so inconsiderate? This is the man who starred in Dirty Dancing, one of the greatest hits of the nineties—and one of every adolescent girl’s favorite movies of all time. I dare you to find one girl my age who didn’t watch this movie over and...
This Brain is on Fire
Okay, so I’m taking a poetry class taught by Billy Collins, and last Monday we workshopped one of my poems entitled “The Words People Use,” and—gasp!—he liked it. Like, really liked it. Like, stopped me on break to tell me he really liked it and then said he would like to see more. And asked me to bring in 6 more pieces for him to read! HOLY SHIT! I might die. I...
September 2009
21 posts
Sharon Olds
via http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/olds/poems.htm
I Go Back to May 1937 (from The Gold Cell) I see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges, I see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone arch, the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head, I see my mother with a few light books at her hip standing at the pillar made of tiny bricks...
“The Heart of a woman falls back with the night,/ And enters some alien cage in...”
– Georgia Douglas Johnson, “The Heart of a Woman,” via www.poets.org.
God I Miss Mitch Hedberg.
“My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen bananna, and I said NO, but I’m gonna want a regular bananna later, so YEAH.”
August 2009
30 posts
Everyone likes cheap and easy.
Especially when it comes to food. Just thought I’d post a quick blog about this since I rarely post recipes, (as well as rarely follow them) but I love to cook. If you’re broke and at least partially health-conscious like me, then you’ll dig this super quick and cheap and easy black bean soup recipe.
I like to keep homemade stock in the freezer, portioned into little...
“She was one of those giant broad beamed Scandinavian giantess warrior women...”
– Patton Oswalt discusses purchasing weed at a pot cafe in Amsterdam (via bohemea)
Amazing. This made me happy first thing in the morning (er, afternoon. It’s my morning, people!)
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