And I will peer cautiously over my wall of sobriety at the delirious joviality of my peers, an intense excitement reeking of intoxication.

I am not a party animal. I am the person standing by the wall nervously glancing at the phone and wondering if I should call 911 before someone passes out from alcohol poisoning. I am the person who gets ( Read more... )

I'm an elitist asshole; as much as I encourage people to listen to Dylan, the truth is that I really don't like it when they do. So what if I'm a little protective of Bob? I mean, it's easy for people to sing a few songs and then walk around pretending to be a fan - and I don't like it.
BOB DYLAN WAS NEVER A HIPPIE
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So Eric and I were riding around Flint, by the junior high, around midnight. We stopped at a light, and when I looked in the car to the right, I saw Michael (the one who's dating Namita). So I rolled down the window and I shouted "Hey Michael! Do you still go out with Namita?" But when the guy turned and revealed his goatee as he yelled "Hey there ( Read more... )

While attending Columbia, Ginsberg hooked up with a bohemian circle of friends including Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs, who shared enthusiasms for literature, philosophy, drugs, sex and petty crime and who formed the core of the literary Beat movement. In the 1950s, Ginsberg relocated to San Francisco and joined its vibrant ( Read more... )

"One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel okay. So hit me with music, hit me with music now..."
- Bob Marley

Joan was good at covering songs, but I don't care for her own material. Walking in the rain and listening to her cover of "Let it Be" is rather nice ( Read more... )

Today, I was once again inspired by PBS and Nova. I seriously think that NOVA is one of the best programs on television and that people should be forced at gun point to watch it. Earth in Peril, part I of the World in the Balance series, reminded me of why I am considering majoring in anthropology. Though I sometimes claim to be a misanthrope, I ( Read more... )

"In addition, instead of focusing obsessively on affirmative action programs, we should concentrate on the realities of racial disparities. Taking up 'reverse discrimination' and not regular discrimination shifts our attention toward the remedies prematurely, inducing us to find faults with potential solutions while ignoring the original problems ( Read more... )

Why Jason Jeffries is a con ( Read more... )

I can't get a job, and it's not for lack of trying, either. I can't get a job because I don't have any work experience. I'm tired of filling out applications and being rejected - it's lame ( Read more... )