I decided against seeing Jackie-O Motherfucker last night at the last minute. I arrived in the city at about five o’clock and suddenly realized that I’d rather spend what little money I…
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Breakglass Studios; Montreal, Canada
I’m feeling a little nostalgic. This was written on 2/19/03 Just over six hours later, after two speeding tickets, a despicable fast food dinner, and a cute female border patrol guard, you…
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Epitome of Nothingness
I’ve had quite the busy day. I had to wake up and drive my mother to the airport before coming into work. Despite the temperature hovering around seventy degrees for the majority…
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CONFLOPTION
My head is reeling right now. I’ve been sitting at work since 9am, and writing since about 10am. Three different high school golf teams had practices or try-outs today, so I was…
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HAPLOGRAPHY
One week from yesterday, I believe, marks the one year anniversary of my starting this blog. In that time, I’ve graduated from school, driven around the country, written half a book, and…
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SARDOODLEDOM
Work was canceled today because the weather channel reported that IMPENDING DOOM was looming just over the horizon. In the end we only got about an inch of snow. Sure, I don’t…
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FLEECE
For a kid without a paying writing gig, my cheap (read: free) ideas sure do get ripped off a lot. A few months ago it was VICE getting all uppity over the…
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PLODDING
Before we begin, I want to toot my own horn for a minute (not that I don’t do that enough in private!). Do you remember many months ago when I went to…
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CONTUMELY
Yesterday Jet’s copy of my manuscript arrived in the mail from Chicago. It was packaged with a very nice note explaining her edits and she even included an old magazine article about…
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PROLIX
Y’all see the State of the Union address last night? My favorite part was when Bush said, “We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in…