Fuck Valentine's Day. Right now I have a blind cat cuddled in my lap, purring, looking up at me whenever I talk to her. She loves me. And that's more than I can say for some of the other fucks in my life right now.

Happy VD everyone!

Yes, I firmly believe there's a strong correlation between this day and the spread of STDs.

"He gave me the greatest gift, and it only took 6-8 weeks to get rid of it."

Who Should Paint You: Andy Warhol
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I love coming home and finding an e-mail in my inbox that tells me a piece has been accepted for publication.

These are my notes from last night. They seemed particularly poignant, and I wanted to share. The names are the aliases I use for me and my friends. "What’s wrong ( Read more... )

If you ever wanted to see a lyric essay in the form of a film, rent "Crash."

Gorgeous.

I've had the same piercing headache and nausea since Thursday. I have no idea what's up with me.

After you die...
Reincarnated as Yourself

After death, you will be reborn again as yourself. You will live the same life, unbeknownst to you. However, you will have vivid moments of déjà vu, as you probably have now.


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Me: OK, I'll take you home now.
Nick: *starts packing a bowl*
Me: Again?
Nick: Just leaving you a little something.
Me: You're such a good friend.
Nick: I take care of the people I care about.

I must be a grad student. I got irritated with uppity undergrad students in one of my classes. We were discussing this Whitman bio, and the prof (Junior Burke) asked what I thought about it. I responded that I found the assertion of Walt's homosexuality problematic, not to dispute the fact but to warn against the temptation to use words like "gay ( Read more... )