It came suddenly, anticlimactically.

A total stranger rolled up in an uber and showed me a wad of 20s, I signed over my title, and watched him drive away in the car that has been my spiritual anchor for the past 16 years.

It was my ex that actually tracked down the Volvo 850 in the summer of 2006. We needed a car to drive back to Ohio from Oregon for ( Read more... )

Posted this on Reddit today and I just feel like adding it to Facebook today too because it's good memories for me:
https://imgur.com/a/AYx6p8g
I was in a fun insane experimental band called Capillary Action in the mid 2000s. Through a strange coincidence we ended up being Joe Lally's backing ( Read more... )

I just found out an hour ago. I'm just completely melting down. I'm a therapist for kids and I feel like I need to call in to work tomorrow because my head is just a fucking mess. I'm tired of being tough for other people. My wife is having a really hard time already and spent nearly an hour last night crying about worry for her own family. I love ( Read more... )

Posted a lot elsewhere:
http://worldfamouscommentary.wordpress.com/Also ( Read more... )

http://jig.joelpomerantz.com/otherwriters/ginsberg.html

http://jig.joelpomerantz.com/otherwriters/ginsberg.html

GINSBERG: I'm observing my own mind and consciousness and ( Read more... )

This is some writing from 2008, the last cap-act tour

capillaryactiontour.blogspot.com

His History

I found a broken man, his smile tucked away for a while

I know that wasn’t the plan, his future hung by a breath

on make or breaking wings to take him from his faulty dream

man, its the little things, its the little things, its the little things

On the drive he speeds on home he spins the wheel to blur the fear

he grabs the phone in fit of ( Read more... )

Following the suicide of a 15-year-old boy, police in the Armenian capital Yerevan are cracking down on adolescent fans of emo music, a derivative of punk rock that is known for angst-ridden lyrics. Armenian officials contend that emo aficionados undermine social stability. But some psychologists and rights activists caution that hauling tattooed ( Read more... )

I last posted on livejournal over a year ago. I made a private posting, one of a few private postings I hope nobody ever sees, most of them despairing and drug addled. Since then, I've met quite a few honest guys who I've been able to share my private shit with, which makes this livejournal outlet useless ( Read more... )

I've been in such an incredible writer's block for the past year. Or is it life block. Same thing. Art draws from truth, which is your life. When your life starts grinding to a halt, waking up in the morning becomes pretty terrifying ( Read more... )