January 2nd, 2010 / 6:07 pm
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i am Writer checklist

1.)    Skinny eyeglasses (unusual hue?)

2.)    Satchel

3.)    Fell for a compliment back when

4.)    Ponytail inappropriate to age (and hair heft, ply, puissance)

5.)    Earth tones (or all white?)

6.)    Access to drugs, but not the great ones

7.)    Took a strong found sentence, added two words, twisted, called it your own

8.)    Subaru in lot. Or bike. Or shoes with just a hint of yellow

9.)    Feels a small, repetitive animal jumping around inside stomach/thorax.

Am I missing something? I will stop at 9, since 9 is a holy number (in certain sections of hell).

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27 Comments

  1. mike young

      #9 is my favorite

  2. mike young

      #9 is my favorite

  3. sarah

      HA @ “Access to drugs, but not the great ones”

  4. sarah

      HA @ “Access to drugs, but not the great ones”

  5. isaac estep

      i don’t know about the ponytails.

      Literature inspired tattoo with long explanations for he/she got it on hand.
      A moleskine that is actually being used.

      I don’t know that’s a couple.

      I’d like to know where the great ones are too.

  6. isaac estep

      i don’t know about the ponytails.

      Literature inspired tattoo with long explanations for he/she got it on hand.
      A moleskine that is actually being used.

      I don’t know that’s a couple.

      I’d like to know where the great ones are too.

  7. Nick Antosca

      Ponytails seems incorrect. Certainly in Brooklyn ponytails is not correct. But maybe ponytails will be the new mustaches. In the TENS.

  8. Nick Antosca

      Ponytails seems incorrect. Certainly in Brooklyn ponytails is not correct. But maybe ponytails will be the new mustaches. In the TENS.

  9. Lily

      stuff writer people like?

  10. Lily

      stuff writer people like?

  11. Lincoln

      What about ponytails with USB cords that you can mind-rape dragons with?

  12. Lincoln

      What about ponytails with USB cords that you can mind-rape dragons with?

  13. Sean

      I have a ponytail and am oldish, so maybe that’s where i went?

      how about using the word “chapbook”?

      You hear that word from any other profession?

  14. Sean

      I have a ponytail and am oldish, so maybe that’s where i went?

      how about using the word “chapbook”?

      You hear that word from any other profession?

  15. Stu

      That picture is awesome, Sean.

      How about referring to readings as “gigs” because you always wanted to be a musician, but didn’t have the talent?

  16. Stu

      That picture is awesome, Sean.

      How about referring to readings as “gigs” because you always wanted to be a musician, but didn’t have the talent?

  17. Cheryl

      Earthtones for the great earth mothers/fathers clutching their Wendell Berry. All black for the post-punks who when drunk will proselytize about Lipstick Traces and Greil Marcus.

  18. Cheryl

      Earthtones for the great earth mothers/fathers clutching their Wendell Berry. All black for the post-punks who when drunk will proselytize about Lipstick Traces and Greil Marcus.

  19. Nate

      I have experimented with the ponytail now that my hair is long. People say my hair is “pretty” now though, so I’m not sure where to go with that.

      Also, I like my Subaru.

  20. Nate

      I have experimented with the ponytail now that my hair is long. People say my hair is “pretty” now though, so I’m not sure where to go with that.

      Also, I like my Subaru.

  21. Aaron

      how about the shitty day job to bemoan and from which suffering and “inspiration” are drawn?

      ouch, #2 hurts

  22. Aaron

      how about the shitty day job to bemoan and from which suffering and “inspiration” are drawn?

      ouch, #2 hurts

  23. Pete

      Sounds about right, except that #4 should include “if going bald, shaved head”. I’m also claiming special dispensation for driving a 15-year-old Honda Civic. Other than the drugs (or does strong espresso count?), I’ve got everything covered.

  24. Pete

      Sounds about right, except that #4 should include “if going bald, shaved head”. I’m also claiming special dispensation for driving a 15-year-old Honda Civic. Other than the drugs (or does strong espresso count?), I’ve got everything covered.

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  26. h

      i snarfed my coffee when i read this. well-played. (p.s. i love greil marcus. oh the cliche.)

  27. h

      i snarfed my coffee when i read this. well-played. (p.s. i love greil marcus. oh the cliche.)