January 2009
22 posts
My attempt at non-fiction
The way I could manipulate the grey and black wings back into their original position to free the arms was my favorite part. That was step three though, and I shouldn’t get ahead of myself. First, I would fold the body of the plane back until I heard the resounding click, the torso formed so perfectly so quickly. If you weren’t familiar with this toy and didn’t know what the plane transformed...
"Cows and The American Dream" →
“Of Mr. Updike’s 61 books, perhaps none captured the imagination of the...”
– -Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times. He wrote the headline story today about John Updike, who died at the age of 76. His “best-known protagonist” sounds awfully familiar, invading shows like The Office (Jim Halpert) and many modern movies and books. John Updike was one of the...
Hearts of Iron- Handsome Furs
Who thought the sea could make her belly swell? In a bad dream, you wake and pace the hallway Spitting golden seeds, his iron brothers When life’s a dream, nothing matters at all At all Nothing matters at all At all
When did we grow old in hearts of iron? When will we go home and hearts of iron begin?
“To be sane in a mad time
is bad for the brain, worse
for the heart. The world...”
– Wendell Berry, The Mad Farmer Manifesto: The First Amendment
Eternal Sunshine
Just wait. Just wait. What do you want, Joel?
I don't know. I want you to wait for... just a while.
Okay. Really?
I'm not a concept, Joel. I'm just a fucked-up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind.
- I'm not perfect. - I can't see anything that I don't like about you.
Right now I can't. But you will. But you will.
You know, you will think of things, and I'll get bored with you and...
Rereading Gatsby.
“You will if you stay in the East.”
“Oh, I’ll stay in the East. Don’t you worry… I’d be a God Damn fool to live anywhere else.”
-dialogue between Nick and Tom in The Great Gatsby, which reveals so clearly the fallacy of reasoning of those of us in the “East.” It’s as if we would be stupid to live anywhere else but in our...
“To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
My first State Press column →
“I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time,...”
– -Rick Warren, from an interview with Paul Bradshaw
I despise The Purpose Driven Life, but I think he might be on to something here.
No One's Safe
With each passing street,
I see more of what I need,
The lord knows It aint money,
All you need to survive is life.
Robbed last Tuesday,
Back on the street,
A busted window,
And a feigned belief
Cuz no one’s safe.
Near the end,
Good deeds
Aren’t what they used to be,
(Not that they used to be much).
Stuck on the freeway,
I think that I’ll just think.
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front →
“I wanted to live deep and suck all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden
The New Year- Death Cab For Cutie
so this is the new year. and I don’t feel any different. the clanking of crystal explosions off in the distance. so this is the new year and I have no resolutions for self-assigned penance for problems with easy solutions so everybody put your best suit or dress on let’s make believe that we are wealthy for just this once lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn as thirty dialogues...