April 2011
1 post
Going through old journals. I was really angry at...
Small deft flakes
bring us your cleanse
release us from our warmth
which clouds our hearts like alcohol
Make us see clearly
show us the paths of those to trot before
so that we may decide:
is this the path we are meant to take,
or must we stand up for freedom
and move away from the path
and into the snow
August 2010
1 post
April 2010
3 posts
Base:
A physical resolution to the game at hand. To read: Murder.
To wit: some shall revere my name, all should despise it. In truth the antichrist will be more beautiful and lovely than we can imagine.
What then, say you to the gods? For if there is any task more Sisyphean then I pray, tell me, for I have not yet had my fill.
[Inspired, R. Moses]
“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.”
– George Patton
[via]
“Just tell me that this isn’t what you wanted. Just tell me that.”
There was a pause on the other end. “Of course this isn’t what I wanted.”
I didn’t know if it was true, but it didn’t really matter. The fact that she said it made it true enough. She said more, but I don’t recall anything of grave importance. In this uncertainty, I found...
March 2010
2 posts
In my world
one does not sing, but screams songs of joy to God.
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant...”
– —Hunter S. Thompson
[via]
February 2010
1 post
Three
When I am sad, there is only despair. It is lonely, I cannot see the path ahead. The weather in the midwest is cold, and never ending. Constantly changing, it gives us no security.
When I am happy, I can see the future. There are plans, there is possibility. The sun gives us warmth; brings warmth to our bodies, energy to our soul. My skin is comfortable, and is willing to soak up the sun.
When...
January 2010
3 posts
This Side of Public Discourse
I
If you ever call Obama a socialist, your beliefs are necessarily fringe. You are not a moderate. This is not because of the title of the accusation. Obama may or may not lead to a more socialist-like governance than you want. The problem is with the ad hominem—the name calling. If you are a true moderate, you would judge each issue on it’s own merits, and try to find...
“To hell with delicate studies of the American scene. Fuck the American scene....”
– Ernest Hemingway, in a letter to Ezra Pound
(via putthison)
People need to read more of these works
I find myself often quoting the books I read. Within the past ten minutes, I have come across at least four ‘tweetable’ passages in Ford’s The Sportswriter. Unfortunately, taking these passages so far out of context—and then reinserting them into another context, my own—truly bastardizes their meaning.
Being aware of this, I can do it correctly. For example: this is one passage...