My dad, who is far from happy, told me tonight that his faith is the one thing that keeps him going. Goddamn, that must suck. As far as I can tell life is amazing enough that the existence of god, or an afterlife, or any sort of order to everything is immaterial. Shit, today I picked up a book of Hannah Arendt's correspondences with some other ( Read more... )

Fleetwood Mac, best band ever?

A.Yes
B.YES!
C.Most definitely
D.All of the above

Is it wrong to find it amusing just how boring and seemingly meaningless my uncle's life is? I mean, part of it is schadenfreude, but part of it is just pure amusement. Now I just hope I don't end up like that in 20 or 30 years.

I love baseball. I read about it daily, I watch every Brewers game I can catch, and when I'm not channel surfing I'll almost always stop when I hit a game (not if the cubs, or yankees, or red sox are playing though, not that interested). I'm submit my second all-star ballot today. I'm looking forward to minor league games in Appleton. Baseball ( Read more... )

No matter how bad I am at getting over things, no matter how nostalgic I get (must stop that, nostalgia is crippling), no matter how much bad, stupid, depressing, infuriating shit I see, no matter how much I cry or lash out or shake my head in dismay I am so fucking in love with life. With all that disappointment, all that anger, all that ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like life was perfect before I left SRC. Obviously it wasn't, and I doubt it would be perfect now if I had stayed. Things are moving so fast it's taking me more and more time to catch up on memories and become nostalgic about things ( Read more... )

http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/?87051

Moving out today, not ready to, physically or mentally.

13-point plan to destroy America (or stay sane during the summer ( Read more... )

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_berkeley_breathed

Man, I love Bloom County and Outland so much. A shame about Opus not being as funny.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is dead. Looks like Pall Mall straights and dry and martinis for breakfast Saturday. I hope you all can make similar gestures of gratitude to one of the greatest we have seen.