I've been thinking about the use of the phrase sexually transmitted disease and what it implies about us as a people or specifically Americans. With no other disease do we see the qualification of a its roots, a preface indicating the generally recognized way of acquiring the disease. Do we call the flu a work or school related disease? Athlete' ( Read more... )

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Saw The Namesake I was moved. I got involved in the story, was stunned by the great visuals, brought to you by Persians controlling the Indian nation 300 years ago (Taj Mahal, look it up) And genuinly identified with the dual alienation and connection with a first generation Whatever-American has to deal with in reconciling their feeling for their ( Read more... )

For starters the day began with a light aioli braised five hours of sleep followed by a pan-fried pep rally prepared with a white wine and butter reduction followed by a second entree of a hanging out with a Mariokart and Conchords remoulade followed by a brisk desertif of UCB stand-up reminiscint of Jack Daniels and a surprisingly rich tort of ( Read more... )

There is an indistinguishable heroicism to the undeterrable asshole. Some would calculate annoyance and inculcate the mode as the standard agreement of character upon which any decent person would assign such children incapable of taking a no and going to bed with it with a nice glass of cookies. Problem is that these children were born of a ( Read more... )

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A little sad, a little worried. Roads are closed and winds are blowing. I'll be okay but I still mull over the difficulties while Lorenzo sings "Wet cabbages and cheeeeeese!" in an old vaudville twang like you'd expect from a song to sweetheart from the roaring 20's. Really it's not the distance it's the difference and hoping for friends that I ( Read more... )

The convenient shroud that brightens the night coin act of some patron saint of alcoholics, vampires and the night blind. All sodium-vapor glow suffused with the overcast night sky coming together to make a purple-orange soup. The evolution of a city with nature to create a more amiable environment, a more perfect nation ( Read more... )

I don't know about you, but I get the distinct feeling that the 2000 VW Cabrio commercial featuring Nick Drake's Pink Moon is directly inspired by The Perks of Being A Wallflower. It could be coincidence yet the pitch perfect music and the feeling of the commercial is just too much like that of Wallflower, which is known as one of the key emo ( Read more... )

If by writing you mean loosely strining together a series of misspelled words in a retarded, slapdash fashion which I rarely do because I am an epically lazy human being, then yeah, I'm a writer.