"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
--H.L. Menken

Antidepressants are a waste of money because everything in your head is 10 times more potent, finding one's self buried deep within the mess and pulling one's self out into the bright light of salvation is an autonomic unholy experience. It has to be because the self is so mundane, the self is so gloriously every-day that the process of ( Read more... )

Tonight was the third annual Festivus celebration and extravaganza, hosted by our friend Michael in his dank dirty basement. It involved soda, chips, people we didn't know, Michael's new girlfriend, the movie Mulan (which he bought for me and my brothers), peanut butter and Malt-O-Meal brand Collossal Crunch. We bought him Final Fantasy VII-- The ( Read more... )

heh.

This is a short story I wrote a long time ago. On some romantic evenings of self I go through old things I've written, and then post them on LJ like the nerd I am. Also, it's a bit...graphic. Buyer beware. It is not, in the sense you'll probably assume, autobiographical. But you know as well as I that we can never seem to escape ourselves ( Read more... )

7 part, 6 hour, 2-day exam EVENT this week.

AHHHH

In other news, I made chipotle mango salsa and it makes life fabulous.

This is random, but I feel like posting about it because it makes me feel good ( Read more... )

Today, while walking past the hospital towards school, I crossed paths with two parents and their adolescent son. We didn't exchange words, or really even glances. The only remarkable thing about them was that their son, probably 16 or 17, was in a wheelchair with what looked like severe muscular dystrophy ( Read more... )

Everything hurts.

"hey scott,
long story short, my family definitely had its fantasy football league draft yesterday--and my great uncle and sister named their team "richard the iii and tyrell" in honor of your performance. hope grad school's going well.
affectionately,
the Laurd Mayor"

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It makes my heart smile.

In other news, med school is