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.)