i felt it was time.
but i thought i would save this. i did write the whole thing in one sitting, with some minor alterations to follow. and i liked the humor. but ... whatever.
Uhhh .... I sprang full grown out of a beached whale just last week .... I think. But in the last week, I learned I like the following things:
Drinking, smoking, music, movies, artsy things, weapons that don't fire bullets, the ones that fire bullets too, underage girls and their mothers, husbands that never come home from work, newspapers, pictures, my dictionary, my bed, mommas with long hair, dready mommas, mommas with shaved heads, shaved heads in general, girls with attitude problems, barflies, girls who wear 501s, mommas who wear panties, mommas who don't, existential philosophy, poetry, anarchy, humanity, interdependence, emotions, casual sex, dirty sex, long sex, long dirty casual sex, make-up sex, rebound sex, celibacy, masturbation, dark beer, anything that doesn't like me, most things that do like me, Manhattans with two cherries, my flava, people who don't waste it, cold beverages, Wu Tang, ancient Asian war manuals, video games that piss me off, pool, women who play pool better than me, people with a chip on the shoulder, pimpin', playa hatin', playin', romance, books that make me feel good inside, the sunset, the sunrise when I had too much to drink the night before, John Brown, cheap cigars, expensive aged Scotch, big dogs, doin' stupid things when I am drunk, the New Yorker, sports, Allen Iverson, people who spell better than me, people I have nothing in common with, Bloody Marys hash browns and omelets for breakfast, Gin and Tonics with very little tonic, mommas who can drink more than me, mommas who can't drink more than me but still try, mommas who drive trucks, mommas who drive jeeps, mommas who drive '50s cars, guys who enjoy talking about women cars or philosophy, The Pixies, olive oil, red wine, good vegetarian cuisine, food that was cooked just for me, days when the Kings (basketball) win, getting stoned and watching hockey, blood, even my own, fighting over women, women who hit hard, mommas who wear leather, old cars, fast cars, drinkin' and drivin' old cars very fast, tryin' to forget about the kid I hit on the road last night, dodgin' the detectives when they investigate the car in front of my house, dodgin' my landlord, dodgin' bill collectors, dodgin' angry women, sex with angry women, anything angry, not hurting people I am stronger than, being tall, Bob Dylan (before Christ), Tuesdays, The AP Stylebook, hyphens en-dashes and em-dashes, people who can write, mommas who can take good pictures, mommas who rub my head, people who can actually use a semi-colon correctly, did I say pool? basketball hoops behind my house, good pitching, football on Sunday mornings, Monday Night Football, food that looks good on the plate, glass pipes, mommas who don't use speed, people who aren't white, some of the white ones too, stories where the protagonist dies not having completed his goal, revolutionary thought, the rights that are not contingent upon owning property, good bowel movements, throwing up water, outdoor pot, knowing what's going to be in the newspaper before it comes out, the California State Fair, bonfires in Half Moon Bay, clean LSD, black coffee, the way the deer just chill in Point Reyes, earthquakes that wake me up at 4:15 in the morning, the way I get back to sleep, they way no one believes there was an earthquake until they see it on the news, large nipples, Jeopardy, anything that lets me prove how smart high-school dropouts can be, people with no regard for the rules of society, The Sonic Youth, To Kill a Mockingbird, anything that makes me think of sex, dark skin, Duncan the wandering nomad philosopher and his friend Toad, having a washing machine, love letters, my sister, anything that makes me cry, BJs, mommas who know that monkeys have tails and apes don't, bananas, Conan, pizza, ladybugs, horses, long nights, pain, cleaning the carpet, afros, new ways of thinking, forward women, all body hair, and a few other things that have escaped my mind.
But in that same time, I have learned that the world has a few problems. That is, I have a few problems with the following things:
George Bush and every one who shares his name, ownership of property, Playboy magazine, and really all porn, wine coolers, gas prices, poor mileage, pork, police, patchouli oil, capitalism, cancer, notions of individuality, Christianity, slavery, rejection, irresponsibility, mornings when I can't remember the night before, violence that is not fun, girls who are inconsiderate, most men, bell peppers, the way pool gets harder as you get drunker, Real TV, movies where the guy gets the girl, my father, short songs, anything too quick, the industrial society and its future, pregnancies, Jay Leno, mommas who are too skinny, being defensive, losing at anything, being criticized for the way I live my life, typos, people who get everything handed to them on a silver plate, and those who don't care how good of a job they do, and I am sure there are a few others.
Overall though, I think that I like the things that I have seen in the past week. The world is a good thing. There is so much raw emotion and depth that I feel like I can just chill forever and never be too disappointed. Well, not forever. I still eagerly await my death and whatever comes after. But I will chill in the meantime. there are so many pretty girls and so much good music. And when those things go bad, I know there are a lot more drugs that I am yet to try.