and don’t you know that god is pooh bear?

15 August 2007

On the Road is 50. A mix tape my brother made is, uh, 10. “I made a supplication in his name.” And so in honor of both those things, and Tom and Maria’s newborn baby, some Kerouac. Belief and techniques for Modern Prose. # Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy [...]

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Grapefruit Halves

14 August 2007

A few weeks back I told someone that working in LA and thinking about New Orleans was like splitting my brain into two halves of a grapefruit and trying to eat them simultaneously. Well, even though it’s a ludicrous metaphor, I’m still proud that the LA half of my grapefruit did some good work lately. [...]

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Offering

12 August 2007

…someone left 3 Miller High Lifes on my front porch. I’m assuming it’s a gift for my subletter — the whole neighborhood loves the guy — and not an obscure civic ritual. The only time it’s pleasant to step outside the front door is once you’re beyond the sun’s reach. Last summer I had the [...]

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