No publication
No money
No star
No fuck
A friend came over to the house
a few days ago and read one of my poems.
He came back today and asked to read the
same poem over again. After he finished
reading it, he said, "It makes me want
to write poetry."
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
blogging
I've never blogged before.
I've only written in online journals; that's just how new school-old school i am.
all lower-case, e.e. cummings style.
that was the late nineties and here i am on the cusp of twenty-five, doing much the same in the form of blog, which sounds like an involuntary bodily function more than an exchange of ideas.
in autumn i get more wizened and melodramatic about a lot of my life complications.
it's ok because i can furrow my brow and listen to nu-jazz and giggle as i drink this forty.
and also because i can be knocked unconscious by both a resplendent tree death color display and this $2 forty.
the balance of the sublime and the crass is what it's all about.
btw listen to crass.
I've only written in online journals; that's just how new school-old school i am.
all lower-case, e.e. cummings style.
that was the late nineties and here i am on the cusp of twenty-five, doing much the same in the form of blog, which sounds like an involuntary bodily function more than an exchange of ideas.
in autumn i get more wizened and melodramatic about a lot of my life complications.
it's ok because i can furrow my brow and listen to nu-jazz and giggle as i drink this forty.
and also because i can be knocked unconscious by both a resplendent tree death color display and this $2 forty.
the balance of the sublime and the crass is what it's all about.
btw listen to crass.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
no one uses question marks
I recently subscribed to the online dating service, "How About We."
I don't really want to how about we with anyone right now, but I enjoy reading the emails like I read my twitter feed.
I know it must sound like a lame, self-conscious cover-up to participate in online dating for what sounds like twee indie-flick reasons. But I don't really hold weird taboos about that sort of thing. Growing up on the internet, having secret internet pen pals and super best friends where we would trade short stories and music pretty much forfeits any higher ground on my end.
I guess I'm more interested in the economy of the interface. You're not cruising the person outright, but deciding based on some whimsical for instance. But before you can get all Juno-Garden State, many of the dates fall in to old traps of what you imagine dating websites to be.
For example:
"How about we... MY NAME IS DAVID WILLIAMS FROM WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA AM SINGLE MAN NEVER BEEN MARRIED THAT IS WHY AM HERE ON THIS LOVING DATING SITE TO SEARCH FOR SOMEONE WHOM I CAN SHARE ALL MY HEART AND SOUL WITH WHOM WILL BE MY WIFE"
"How about we... i am seeing this dating like easy way to get wht you like"
"How about we... great i love this site"
"How about we... Overseas..."
I know it's lonely being a person, but it's one sentence, and format writes half of it for you.
I can't believe we aren't taking advantage of the self-editing the internet now affords us.
It just reminds me of this:
I don't really want to how about we with anyone right now, but I enjoy reading the emails like I read my twitter feed.
I know it must sound like a lame, self-conscious cover-up to participate in online dating for what sounds like twee indie-flick reasons. But I don't really hold weird taboos about that sort of thing. Growing up on the internet, having secret internet pen pals and super best friends where we would trade short stories and music pretty much forfeits any higher ground on my end.
I guess I'm more interested in the economy of the interface. You're not cruising the person outright, but deciding based on some whimsical for instance. But before you can get all Juno-Garden State, many of the dates fall in to old traps of what you imagine dating websites to be.
For example:
"How about we... MY NAME IS DAVID WILLIAMS FROM WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA AM SINGLE MAN NEVER BEEN MARRIED THAT IS WHY AM HERE ON THIS LOVING DATING SITE TO SEARCH FOR SOMEONE WHOM I CAN SHARE ALL MY HEART AND SOUL WITH WHOM WILL BE MY WIFE"
"How about we... i am seeing this dating like easy way to get wht you like"
"How about we... great i love this site"
"How about we... Overseas..."
I know it's lonely being a person, but it's one sentence, and format writes half of it for you.
I can't believe we aren't taking advantage of the self-editing the internet now affords us.
It just reminds me of this:
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