"I'm not that social, just a good drinker."-the Von Bondies ( Read more... )

"I had the notion that you'd make me forget the world. But your undecisive mind shows me that you are just another girl."-The Spill Canvas ( Read more... )

"I've got a hunger twisting my stomach into knots that my tongue is tired of. My brain's repeating 'if you've got an impulse, let it out.' But they never make it past my mouth."-Death Cab ( Read more... )

Did one of you guys send me an Algernon Charles Swinburne poem at my office?

In these campfire nights of misguided post-adolescence,
we pretend to be demi-gods among mortals.
But you were just a girl and I was just a man
and we were just as lost as anyone else

I remember ich leibe dich
and tea sipped gingerly by the lilac trees.
The smell of chai tea and tobacco burning
intermixed with your perfume.

When I’d roll the scent on my ( Read more... )

Recently, an article was written in Entertainment Weekly about Gil Scott Heron, the man credited for inventing rap and is often called the godfather of hip hop. He was an MFA student of poetry in the 1970s who started speaking his poetry over bongos and drums. He was a black man who wrote about black culture, and spoke in outrage about the Kent ( Read more... )

Silly Notions During a Cigarette Break ( Read more... )

"I'm on fire. And now I think I'm ready to bust a move."-Motion City Soundtrack ( Read more... )

Driving through the smoke infested streets I'm speeding, picturing ( Read more... )

So it turns out I'm a dumbass...I could be in grad school for the MA, at least, but definitely not the MFA. I will not know until April ( Read more... )