February 2012
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Stalking Religion
Heath: Ugh, life.
me: It's bigger!
me: It's bigger than you.
me: And you are not me.
me: How was Stalker? Do you feel suitably stalked?
Heath: Did not go.
Heath: That was just a dream.
Heath: Huh.
Heath: That was just a dream.
January 2012
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Approx 60,000 words of my complete thesis first...
Now for revision!
Warning to Cat Owners
My roommate and I have pet his cat so often today that the cat has picked up painful amounts of static electricity. Each stroke brings a shock! Does anyone have a spare Bounce sheet?
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Thirteen Things I've Learned While Writing This...
1. 90% of people I tell this fact to don’t care much. This is true even for people I would think would normally be supportive and interested (family, close friends, fellow writers). And maybe they shouldn’t? I don’t have any hard facts, but I suspect a short list of reasons are the following:
They don’t read, so what’s a novel?
They think novels are an obsolete art...
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It's Official
From March 15th to March 19th I will be in NYC doing research for my thesis. If you would like to hang out or meet up, let me know. I would love to meet any and all tumblr peeps for fun timez. Who knows: I might even put you in my thesis!
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“Love Will…” - Malcolm McLaren
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The Theory of Interstellar Trade by Paul Krugman →
Watchdannybrito:
I actually cackled
I have watched this about fifteen times in the last day; hence, the reblog.
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Sharing the Unshareable
A recent post on the mysteriously popular Thought Catalog has been about the nature of audience: that blogging has Given People What They Want. The intention was good. Flaming sux they said, which ya know, anyone with half a brain is okay with. And I agree that blogging is giving people what they want, somewhat. Call me a doubting techno-optimist. I think technology is generally good, even as it...
"Jesus Fever," Kurt Vile. 132 plays. One weekend... →
marathonpacks:
Pay it forward!
Nicola Roberts “Gladiator” n/a (probably around 60 times)
The January AAAAAAHS
Someone on my Facebook wall said she had a case of the “January Blahs.” I think I have a case of the “January AAAAAAHS” - I’m so filled with an indeterminate anxiety my jaw is sore from the teeth clenching I do at night, and all of my internal organs feel bathed in cortisone. Is this What January Feels Like?
December 2011
26 posts
Mark Richardson: A Proposed New Year's Resolution... →
marathonpacks:
markrichardson:
Maybe we could spend extra time in 2012 thinking about how we, as individual listeners, respond when the music of the present seems especially connected to the music of the past. To figure out when and why we forgive artists that seem only the sum of very clear influences and when and why we actually seek out such artists. And maybe we could articulate a set of...
Matthew McVickar: 2011 in Music: Sounds →
marathonpacks:
(This is totally awesome. Click through and listen. Love, Eric)
matthewmcvickar:
I tend to fixate on sounds and tones in songs and records. These are my favorite sounds from this year.
There are two ways to listen! Press play on the blue-and-grey SoundCloud player to hear all thirty-three sounds isolated and arranged alphabetically back-to-back, following along with the list...
When Is the Right Time?
When is the right time to get mad? The Internet makes this difficult to decide. Before the Internet, because of the long lead times required for responses - columns, letters to the editor, protest marches - the time was NOW. Get mad now! Because otherwise you might not. And then who benefits (probably a lot of people, but anyhoo…)?
Now, getting mad seems to be a waiting game. If you get mad...
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Announcement
I was on the verge of writing a big long post about how I feel mired in my novel, and I’m doubting everything about the point of the entire process, and that no one cares about long-form fiction anymore, particularly if it’s written about gay stuff and all of this boo-hoo-hoo bullcrap, and as if to tell me to shut the fuck up, I got an email reminding me of something: a piece of...
Coworker #1: Are you sick?
Me: No.
Coworker #1: You look sick.
Me: Uhm...thanks?
Coworker #1: Yeah, you look you are coming down with something.
Me: ...
Coworker #1: You look pale-ish, and your nose is runny.
Me: I think it's just cause it's cold outside...
Coworker #2: No, no. You don't look sick. You just look tired.
Me: I feel fine...
Coworker #1: No, he definitely looks sick.
Me: Can I go now?
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On the subway today I watched in horror as a man...
Anonymous asked: In honour of the new Nicola Roberts video, please explain how everyone's least favourite Girls Aloud member made the best solo album.
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Novel: A Section
I’ve written 33,000 words so far! I need another 20,000, but things are going o-kay as long as I pretend the deadline of the end of the year for the completion of my first draft isn’t rushing upward to smack me in the face. It’s hard for me to choose something to excerpt because I’m at the point in the novel where everything is tied to everything else, and pulling a piece...
kyol said: 100% correct ps omg brampton I’m from mississauga that’s like the same thing
When I was growing up in Brampton, I used to think that Mississauga was too big and that people from Mississauga were too glamorous for me. Everyone used to talk about Square One Mall as if it were the shit, and I felt embarrassed that all we had was Bramalea City Centre. I mean, it wasn’t like we were...
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Regional Dialect Meme
So I did this.
Your name...
Anonymous asked: so are you gay? or just the stuff in the book you are writing?
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“My head is spinning with annoyance, discouragement, fatigue! I’ve spent...”
– Flaubert writing to Louise Colet while writing Madame Bovary.
Half my friends died of AIDS, so this simple and... →
John Waters’ Best Films of 2011!