So for two weeks, I can live as a normal college student ( Read more... )

James Hannaway, published author:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/12ThomasBeckwithandJamesHannaway.html

so yesterday spank rock came to carleton and they played really loud music in the cave. there were so many people and they all knew the words somehow. we rushed the stage and popped and locked and the works. after i shook and sweated for a good two hours (in the front row, y'all), i had to drink about a gallon of water. there is something admirable ( Read more... )

I'm a tool of the Democratic Party.

http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/page/content/mngorilla

(I'm the one in the gorilla suit)

this summer has been lots of things ( Read more... )

so thom and i went to the reservoir today. the water was lower than usual. typically, we float over the clawing, creepy seaweed. this time, we frantically fought it off. it clung to our bodies and would not let go. every time we got some off, more came on. eventually, as we got deeper, the water got cooler. the seaweed subsided. i was grateful ( Read more... )

so ocean city was interesting ( Read more... )

i am sitting in this little air-conditioned office by myself, hoping to god that the interviewee doesn't show up. i can see it now. it's the one day i chose to wear my goofy arnold palmer golf shorts. i'm blasting various summer mixes and she comes in- a bedraggled single mother of two. here is this 18-year-old kid sitting in this (faux) leather ( Read more... )

from the meredith, new hampshire, public library- a book entitled "101 Rock 'N' Roll Riddles ( Read more... )

Heat at Code Red ( Read more... )