I've got a lot of papers that I need to work on, so I'm writing in here. If anyone has a really good idea that I could write a 10-12 page paper with about one of the following novels, please let me know. I am stumped ( Read more... )

( Everyone else is doing it. )

Mitch Hedberg died today. If you haven't heard him, he was probably the funniest comedian ever in the history of ever. I hate when celebrities die, because it's sad, but you have no real connection to the person, so you can't be sad in the normal way. Anyway, Mitch Hedberg died, and that sucks.
( If you click on these words, some jokes that Mitch Hedberg wrote will appear. )

I'm going to be published in the next issue of the Giles Corey Press (yes, it's a Salem Witch Trials/The Crucible pun, funny huh?) which is the U of L independent, student-run literary magazine. Anyway, I've submitted to them before and not gotten accepted, but that was when I first got here and I was writing some mediocre weak-ass shit. So I'm ( Read more... )

Robert Creeley died today. I've just recently been getting really into his poetry. My postmodern American literature professor came into class today and told us. He was crying; he knew Creeley. If you haven't read Creeley, he wrote intentionally awkward, nervous poetry. I sort of think of him as the L.S. poet. He writes poems like Eric wrote early ( Read more... )

From McSweeneys Internet Tendancy (www.mcsweeneys.net):
TYPES OF
PEOPLE AND THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT BY
CHARLES BRONSON.
By Seth Fried

Punks
Creeps
Hippies
Well-meaning salesmen
Helicopters
A telephone book
The Constitution
An overweight man holding a torch
A low-budget film
A mirror image of himself
The abstract quality of love

I've been meaning to get on here for a few days, but really, it just hasn't been a priority. I wanted to write in here, not so much to document my life as to just let everyone know ( Read more... )

I haven't been this happy in months. God, it feels good to be this at peace. That's all I want to say right now.

I don't typically post my stories on here, because I just don't really like to, but I'm making an exception this time. I turned this story in for workshopping, and EVERYONE in the class had TOTALLY DIFFERENT things to say about it. Some people would say, "Such-and-such adds so much to the story, I loved it," and others would say that the very same ( Read more... )

The Magic 8 Ball said, "MOST LIKELY".