September 2009
August 2009
She had her high heels. I had my high tops.
You’re electric, I’m a power-out.
The American Hotel, Part 2 by Richard Brautigan
Baudelaire was sitting in a doorway with a wino on San Francisco’s skidrow. the wino was a million years old and could remember dinosaurs. Baudelaire and the wino were drinking Petri Muscatel. “One must always be drunk,” said Baudelaire. “I live in the American Hotel,” said the wino. “And I can remember dinosaurs.” “Be you drunken ceaselessly,” said Baudelaire.
The Rape of Ophelia by Richard Brautigan
Her clothes spread wide and mermaid-like while they bore her up: which time she chanted snatches of old tunes, and sweet Ophelia floated down the river past black stones until she came to an evil fisherman who was dressed in clothes that had no childhood, and beautiful Ophelia floated like an April church into his shadow, and he, the evil fisherman of our dreams, waded out into the river...
Map Shower by Richard Brautigan
For Marcia I want your hair to cover me with maps of new places, so everywhere I go will be as beautiful as your hair.
The First Winter Snow by Richard Brautigan
Oh, pretty girl, you have trapped yourself in the wrong body. Twenty extra pounds hang like a lumpy tapestry on your perfect mammal nature. Three months ago you were like a deer staring at the first winter snow. Now Aphrodite thumbs her nose at you and tells stories behind your back.
She stared at me through the window like I was maybe nothing.
– Immediately from Adverbs by Daniel Handler
You’re drunk,” she said, crying very hard. “I wish I could get...
– Soundly from Adverbs by Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket)
Archie chooses Veronica.
Uncontacted Tribes Discovered In Brazil →
I was just smoking in the mirror to, you know, check out my form, and let me tell you, I am lookin’ good. These lips should be in commercials. Have you seen my exhale? Flawless.
I often find stickers from my work on my right arm where I can’t see them (because I stick them on the counter where I also rest my arm) and don’t notice until I get home.
It kind of upsets me that no one comments on it? I mean, people must notice. These are decently sized stickers. I take the bus, and usually stand, so my arm is elevated. I wait at a bus stop.
Maybe I had it on my...
Todays theme is the sea.
I’m fairly certain Christina Hendricks is actually a goddess.
Be still.
The Pi memory champion is Hiroyoki Gotu, who...
fuckyeahfacts:
(SFGate.com)
Wrong! The current record holder is Lu Chau with 67,890 digits.
(Wikipedia)