Ok! So, Friday, leaving for denver after work. Driving 14 hours, all through the night. Getting to erics the next morning. Sleeping/chillin out all day, partying all night, sleeping in sunday, waking up for this ( Read more... )

             I’ve come across an author by the name of Etgar Keret. He’s a fresh, young, Israeli writer who has a collection of short stories, some microfiction, out called The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God. I know, how could anyone pass up a book with a title like that? The collection contains a short novella titled Kneller’s Happy Campers. The ( Read more... )

Love has torn us apart.

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All I want is to watch the new star wars clone wars movie! Why do all the links have to be destroyed? DAMN IT!

Today, in front of the moldy, stainless
steel sink,
washing black beans from a container,
weeks old,
the smell drifting up from the murderous garbage disposal;
a perfume so familiar.

The days he came home after putting in ten hours
around deep fryers, around paperwork,

undereducated cashiers.

There, in front of the moldy, stainless steel sink,
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So I was doing the whole, post-work perusal of the web and came across something interesting. Upon reading, I had the smallest inkling that I'd heard of this before but anyway, apparentlly Ernest Hemingway was once either challenged to, or bragged that, he could write a story in six words. The story is as follows:
"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."

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Would you pay $300 for a ticket to a music festival? Would you pay $300 to camp out, among thousands of people, to see some bands ( Read more... )

Today was my first day back at the bookstore. It's nice to not completely hate your job. To not have to wake up entirely too early, work too hard for to little pay, too be miserable. Too bad the job is only temporary. To make up for it you should all get online and order as many books as you can from textbook brokers on Farris. :) That might ( Read more... )

I love days like today. Day long drizzle under grey skies. Open windows providing the only light, all the switches switched down. Soft music in the background, a good book and healthy snacks. Days like today make me extremely content. I appreciate them, and you should as well. :)