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Part 2 of 5: The Whites of the Teeth
(part 1)

“Ah, how do you say it, an adaptation.” He put one hand on the bar, the other on the girl’s shoulder. “An adaptation for our times. Pinocchio, you know, but, uh, he is a robot. And he just wants to be loved. But a girl robot. And he wants to be human. She. Wants to be human. And, uh, there is big boobs, so no one takes her seriously, they just want her for pleasure and because you can’t knock her up, but it will be sad! And then happy! But first she will adjust to the human life by killing the men who wronged her, maybe, in awesome fashions, just because I don’t want to make, uh, how do you say it, a film for the girls. Chick flick. Chick flick, yes, this I don’t want. More Pernod! Yes.”

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November 26, 2009, 11:56pm   Comments

Part 1 of 5: The Roof of the Mouth

On the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving I was expecting a call from my then-girlfriend, so when the phone buzzed I left the knife in the peanut butter and dove across the floor of the kitchen to unhinge it from its charger. In the seconds between my belt-less jeans falling down and my own tumble onto the linoleum, I felt vaguely graceful, silhouetted in the dim light of the window above the sink as the rain poured down outside. Then I hit the floor, cursed, and clawed my way over to the wall socket where the charger lay nestled.

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November 25, 2009, 11:00pm   Comments

after some time, I am returning to this project anew. a formal re-opening will ensue.

October 20, 2009, 4:54pm   Comments

apologies as to the delay in updating. I’ve uprooted myself from washington and am currently in a suburban staging area, working on a grad school project and waiting to move my boxes into new york to start my new job. regular updating will recommence then. sorry.

May 20, 2009, 11:56pm   Comments

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neil young - “I believe in you”
from the After the Gold Rush LP, 1970

May 14, 2009, 1:08pm  Comments

» link: the secret memoir of zhao ziyang, former communist party chief of china

After I came to Beijing, my guiding principle on economic policy was not the single-minded pursuit of production figures, nor the pace of economic development, but rather finding a way for the Chinese people to receive concrete returns on their labor. That was my starting point. Growth rates of 2 to 3 percent would have been considered fantastic for advanced capitalist nations, but while our economy grew at a rate of 10 percent, our people’s living standards had not improved.

May 14, 2009, 11:39am  Comments

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paul mccartney - “friends to go”
from the chaos and creation in the backyard LP, 2005

this man. we hate this man, this man who wrote the catchiest of melodies, who is so relentlessly upbeat that his grandest follies (off the ground? pipes of peace?) are at worst trifles: james paul mccartney jr., neither the first nor the last king of pop, but probably, empirically-speaking, the greatest.

nah, I can’t stay mad at paul mccartney. he’s the greatest, especially when someone shoves him out of his comfort zone. too bad he’s so rich he never needs to leave his comfort zone, ever.

May 12, 2009, 1:24pm  Comments

sonic youth - “antenna”
live on later with jools holland, 2009

May 12, 2009, 11:48am  Comments

» link: woody allen's "brief yet helpful guide to civil disobedience"

one of my all-time favorite non-narrative pieces. originally published in the new york times, it was collected in “without feathers,” which also has two of allen’s plays in it and is worth every penny.

Miscellaneous methods of Civil Disobedience:

Standing in front of City Hall and chanting the word “pudding” until one’s demands are met.

Tying up traffic by leading a flock of sheep into the shopping area.

Phoning members of “the establishment” and singing “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” into the phone.

Dressing as a policeman and then skipping.

Pretending to be an artichoke but punching people as they pass.

May 11, 2009, 8:31pm  Comments