November 24th, 2008 / 3:57 pm
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things that inspire me more than most literary journals

here is a short, halfway conceived list of things that inspire me more than most literary journals:

1. The Musicmart, State Street, Chicago, Illinois.  the music mart is sort of an indoor mall where symphonies play music during the fall and winter.  i like to go there and sit down at a table and listen to the music and write down things that will later be called juvenile or silly.  feel free to visit me anytime at the music mart and i will buy you a small fountain drink from sbarro.  later, i will ask you to have “dibs” on the refill.  email me in advance if you’d like to do this because finding me at the musicmart is a game of “where’s waldo” since i have been told numerous times, by different people, that i resemble a homeless man.

2.  Evander Holyfield and Boxing in General.  evander holyfield seems to have more power than anyone else on earth.  sometimes when i am writing something, i think, “would this beat up evander holyfield or would he bounce left then right and uppercut the shit out of me?”  also, i saw a match between lennox lewis and oliver mc call the other day in which mc call had a nervous breakdown in the middle of the fight.  i felt really weird watching it but also inspired.  find the video and watch it, he starts crying in the middle of the fight.  i feel like this is how i feel when i know i am writing something entertaining.  all i do lately is type and watch boxing.

3.    The Blue Line, Chicago, Illinois and The Surgeon.   sometimes i just ride the blue line around until it gets somewhere i don’t know and then i get out and walk around.  i do the same thing with the bus.  which brings me to The Surgeon.  The Surgeon is a man who rides the blue line.  i often see him sleeping in the back.  every once in a while he wakes up quickly and starts doing this sawing motion with his hand.  no one is going to cry when he dies.  i am at home with people who will not be remembered.

4.  A Video I Saw on Chicago Public TV Yesterday.  there was a video on public access tv yesterday where an old lady was sitting next to her son.  the son was in a wheelchair.  the old lady kept saying, “this is my maurice and he is not right because someone gave him a cigarette mixed with formaldehyde.  maurice wants you to never do drugs because drugs have ruined my maurice.”  then maurice would just groan and sigh and his mom would say, “yes maurice, i love you.”  i want a group hug between me, The Surgeon and Maurice.

this post will not receive 85 comments because it does not take a stance on a literary issue and then attempt to dismantle other arguments ultimately resulting in nothing.  i do not have any opinions on literary matters that extend beyond myself.  you are all silly.  j/k everyone, it’s mean monday.  i don’t mean any of this.

199 Comments

  1. jereme

      you lazy fat fuck.

      this is like the third time you haven’t posted a picture with your posts.

      i hate you.

  2. jereme

      you lazy fat fuck.

      this is like the third time you haven’t posted a picture with your posts.

      i hate you.

  3. barry

      i dont know why you like holyfield so much. he was much better when he wasnt a heavyweight.

      i saw that lewis mccall fight. it was devastating.

      mike tyson, in his prime, the mike tyson who knocked out the then, pound for pound best fighter in the world, michael spinks, could not be beat by any heavyweight of any generation. ali’s rope a dope bullshit would have lasted two rounds against tyson, then it would be night night for ali.

      you should dump boxing and watch ufc.

  4. barry

      i dont know why you like holyfield so much. he was much better when he wasnt a heavyweight.

      i saw that lewis mccall fight. it was devastating.

      mike tyson, in his prime, the mike tyson who knocked out the then, pound for pound best fighter in the world, michael spinks, could not be beat by any heavyweight of any generation. ali’s rope a dope bullshit would have lasted two rounds against tyson, then it would be night night for ali.

      you should dump boxing and watch ufc.

  5. barry

      i forgot to say that tyson knocked out spinks in 88 seconds

  6. barry

      i forgot to say that tyson knocked out spinks in 88 seconds

  7. matthew savoca

      ima eat cho children fo breakfas

  8. matthew savoca

      ima eat cho children fo breakfas

  9. sam pink

      i like holyfield because he is imperfect.

      another fight that inspired me was haugen v pazienza where pazienza got his nose broken in the second round and kept dancing.

      i like the fight where sugar ray beats up some white dude with a moustache. there was a point in the fight where ray leonard is just winding up and punching the guy’s face without stopping. very inspirational.

  10. sam pink

      i like holyfield because he is imperfect.

      another fight that inspired me was haugen v pazienza where pazienza got his nose broken in the second round and kept dancing.

      i like the fight where sugar ray beats up some white dude with a moustache. there was a point in the fight where ray leonard is just winding up and punching the guy’s face without stopping. very inspirational.

  11. daniel bailey

      sports and writing. i always want my poems to feel like that time reggie miller scored 8 points in 9 seconds to beat the knicks.

  12. daniel bailey

      sports and writing. i always want my poems to feel like that time reggie miller scored 8 points in 9 seconds to beat the knicks.

  13. sam pink

      here are some other things i just remembered that are inspirational:

      1. being able to slip your shoes on without tying them. this one is really immeasurable. the time spent tying your shoes too easily becomes the time to think about why you are doing anything and how shitty your shoes are.

      2. the song “burn your house down” by wolf eyes. download this.

      3. singing the song “slow ride” without any inflection, and humming the solo parts, while sitting on my couch.

      i encourage others to write things that inspire them .

  14. sam pink

      here are some other things i just remembered that are inspirational:

      1. being able to slip your shoes on without tying them. this one is really immeasurable. the time spent tying your shoes too easily becomes the time to think about why you are doing anything and how shitty your shoes are.

      2. the song “burn your house down” by wolf eyes. download this.

      3. singing the song “slow ride” without any inflection, and humming the solo parts, while sitting on my couch.

      i encourage others to write things that inspire them .

  15. Ken Baumann

      1. The scores to Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood.

      2. Squirrels.

      3. Argumentative phone calls.

  16. Ken Baumann

      1. The scores to Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood.

      2. Squirrels.

      3. Argumentative phone calls.

  17. barry

      ahhhh vinnie pazienza. i forgot about that fucker. i watched when roy jones jr beat the piss out of him and he wouldnt fall down and roy was begging the ref to stop the fight but he wouldnt so he just had to keep punching him. it was sad.

      squirrels… yes

      i also like the movie tin cup where roy mcelvoy is about to win the us open but he goes for the hole in one instead and he keeps hitting it into the water time after time after time. that gets me every time. if you havent seen that fucking movie go rent it. TIN CUP. its got cheech in it and renne russo, the sexy red head.

  18. barry

      ahhhh vinnie pazienza. i forgot about that fucker. i watched when roy jones jr beat the piss out of him and he wouldnt fall down and roy was begging the ref to stop the fight but he wouldnt so he just had to keep punching him. it was sad.

      squirrels… yes

      i also like the movie tin cup where roy mcelvoy is about to win the us open but he goes for the hole in one instead and he keeps hitting it into the water time after time after time. that gets me every time. if you havent seen that fucking movie go rent it. TIN CUP. its got cheech in it and renne russo, the sexy red head.

  19. Gene Morgan

      My mom was in the gym one day, and she looked over at this guy punching air and going nuts in the gym, making all kinds of loud noises. She then leaned over to her trainer and said “That guy thinks he’s hot shit.” EH was heavyweight champion at the time. My mom totally shit-talked the heavyweight champion of the world.

  20. Gene Morgan

      My mom was in the gym one day, and she looked over at this guy punching air and going nuts in the gym, making all kinds of loud noises. She then leaned over to her trainer and said “That guy thinks he’s hot shit.” EH was heavyweight champion at the time. My mom totally shit-talked the heavyweight champion of the world.

  21. jereme

      i think the fight between foreman and moorer is inspirational to me.

      teddy atlas has more balls and moxie than any of us.

  22. jereme

      i think the fight between foreman and moorer is inspirational to me.

      teddy atlas has more balls and moxie than any of us.

  23. ben

      Nikolai Valuev is probably going to kill Holyfield. Quite possibly, he will literally kill him. Valuev is 7 feet tall and over 300 lbs. Holyfield is 6’2″ and like 220. To put it another way, the weight difference between the heavyweight classification and the mini-flyweight classification (the lowest recognized fighting weight) is less than the difference between Holyfield and Valuev.

  24. ben

      Nikolai Valuev is probably going to kill Holyfield. Quite possibly, he will literally kill him. Valuev is 7 feet tall and over 300 lbs. Holyfield is 6’2″ and like 220. To put it another way, the weight difference between the heavyweight classification and the mini-flyweight classification (the lowest recognized fighting weight) is less than the difference between Holyfield and Valuev.

  25. sampink

      holyfield can’t be killed. no one is as valiant. you could kick his ass and you are still not as bad ass as holyfield.

  26. sampink

      holyfield can’t be killed. no one is as valiant. you could kick his ass and you are still not as bad ass as holyfield.

  27. jereme

      to be honest, heavyweight boxing is so uninteresting.

      watch my boy manny pacquiao (he is unaware he’s my boy) against eric morales.

      manny sold stolen cigarettes to survive on the streets of manila as a homeless child.

      that’s fucking inspiration

      holyfield is a muscle head who can’t keep his black snake in his pants and needs money very badly.

      bankrupt bitches

  28. jereme

      to be honest, heavyweight boxing is so uninteresting.

      watch my boy manny pacquiao (he is unaware he’s my boy) against eric morales.

      manny sold stolen cigarettes to survive on the streets of manila as a homeless child.

      that’s fucking inspiration

      holyfield is a muscle head who can’t keep his black snake in his pants and needs money very badly.

      bankrupt bitches

  29. sampink

      pacquiao will destroy de la hoya

  30. sampink

      pacquiao will destroy de la hoya

  31. jereme

      sam this is where i nod

  32. jereme

      sam this is where i nod

  33. Rauan

      “manny sold stolen cigarettes to survive on the streets of manila as a homeless child.

      that’s fucking inspiration”—-

      and now he’s a boxer— WOW!!!!!!

  34. Rauan

      “manny sold stolen cigarettes to survive on the streets of manila as a homeless child.

      that’s fucking inspiration”—-

      and now he’s a boxer— WOW!!!!!!

  35. barry

      yeah i like some of the smaller guys too. but most off them are old now, they been around too long and just rely on name recognition. there are lots of young, hungry, maniacs that could kick the shit out of them, they will just never get a shot. there’s a lot of shady shit that goes on in promo. the only way a really good up and comer will get a shot at one of the big name guys is if they are sure he will lose.

      i agree, heavyweights bore me.

      ufc is real shit. those guys will rip your fucking faces off.

      i watched this documentary where teddy atlas put a gun to mike tyson’s head and tyson laughed at him.

      fuck teddy atlas, his mouth looks like a horse.

  36. barry

      yeah i like some of the smaller guys too. but most off them are old now, they been around too long and just rely on name recognition. there are lots of young, hungry, maniacs that could kick the shit out of them, they will just never get a shot. there’s a lot of shady shit that goes on in promo. the only way a really good up and comer will get a shot at one of the big name guys is if they are sure he will lose.

      i agree, heavyweights bore me.

      ufc is real shit. those guys will rip your fucking faces off.

      i watched this documentary where teddy atlas put a gun to mike tyson’s head and tyson laughed at him.

      fuck teddy atlas, his mouth looks like a horse.

  37. barry

      rauan –

      he will make more in 9 minutes then you and your mother and father made in your entire lives.

  38. jereme

      rauan,

      you should revise your statement. now he’s one of the best boxers and will be a hall of famer – WOW!!!!!!!!!!! (i added a few more exclamation points).

      any one can be a boxer.
      any one can be a writer.

      but you are focusing on the wrong part. boxing isn’t the inspirational part.

      surviving and keeping a smile. that’s the important part.

      WOW

  39. barry

      rauan –

      he will make more in 9 minutes then you and your mother and father made in your entire lives.

  40. jereme

      rauan,

      you should revise your statement. now he’s one of the best boxers and will be a hall of famer – WOW!!!!!!!!!!! (i added a few more exclamation points).

      any one can be a boxer.
      any one can be a writer.

      but you are focusing on the wrong part. boxing isn’t the inspirational part.

      surviving and keeping a smile. that’s the important part.

      WOW

  41. jereme

      barry,

      i like UFC but the politics annoy me.

      i miss PRIDE. They appreciated the ground game and promoted the fighters instead of their organization.

      UFC only cares about UFC.

  42. jereme

      barry,

      i like UFC but the politics annoy me.

      i miss PRIDE. They appreciated the ground game and promoted the fighters instead of their organization.

      UFC only cares about UFC.

  43. barry

      i wouldnt say they only care about the ufc.

      they are trying to build an empire in order to market to the entire world. i think anytime you devote your energy to a task that large you have to be egomaniacal to an extent.

      i dont know, business aint my thing. but i think the sport is amazing. and ufc, though political and frustrating at times because of it, has the best fighters in the world.

  44. barry

      i wouldnt say they only care about the ufc.

      they are trying to build an empire in order to market to the entire world. i think anytime you devote your energy to a task that large you have to be egomaniacal to an extent.

      i dont know, business aint my thing. but i think the sport is amazing. and ufc, though political and frustrating at times because of it, has the best fighters in the world.

  45. barry

      one more thing. i think dana white has showed time and time again that his interest lies in the integrity of the sport as a whole, as opposed to the ufc. sure he promotes his organization, but he cares about the sport.

      he just doesnt want mixed martial arts to fall into the hands of fuckfaces like the x elite bullshit that promoted a douche bag like kimbo slice.

  46. barry

      one more thing. i think dana white has showed time and time again that his interest lies in the integrity of the sport as a whole, as opposed to the ufc. sure he promotes his organization, but he cares about the sport.

      he just doesnt want mixed martial arts to fall into the hands of fuckfaces like the x elite bullshit that promoted a douche bag like kimbo slice.

  47. barry

      either way. if eric morales got in the ring with anderson silva he would have his nuts fed to him in less then a minute.

  48. barry

      either way. if eric morales got in the ring with anderson silva he would have his nuts fed to him in less then a minute.

  49. jereme

      well dana can be accused of doing the same gimmick with brock lesnar.

      dana chose the better of the two. one was a wrestler, one was a street fighter.

      they both had a fan base outside of the typical UFC viewer.

      and don’t go knocking street fighters. bas ruten is a bad motherfucker.

      kimbo needed to become a full blown mma fighter if he wanted any sort of longevity. i don’t think he cared. brock does. that’s why he’s been training to be well rounded.

      dana picked better.

      nothing more than that.

  50. jereme

      well dana can be accused of doing the same gimmick with brock lesnar.

      dana chose the better of the two. one was a wrestler, one was a street fighter.

      they both had a fan base outside of the typical UFC viewer.

      and don’t go knocking street fighters. bas ruten is a bad motherfucker.

      kimbo needed to become a full blown mma fighter if he wanted any sort of longevity. i don’t think he cared. brock does. that’s why he’s been training to be well rounded.

      dana picked better.

      nothing more than that.

  51. jereme

      bary,

      i concur. anderson is a bad dude.

      his big weakness is leg locks. have you ever seen the fight in Pride where Ryo Chonan did a flying leg lock on his ass?

      fucking amazing.

  52. jereme

      bary,

      i concur. anderson is a bad dude.

      his big weakness is leg locks. have you ever seen the fight in Pride where Ryo Chonan did a flying leg lock on his ass?

      fucking amazing.

  53. sam pink

      i think there is a lot of psychology that people don’t understand about boxing.
      i think it is funny when people knock it as macho shit.
      i can’t understand if rauan is being sarcastic or not.
      i don’t understand that.
      i would say wow sincerely if someone were a legendary boxer but i wouldn’t say it sarcastically, simply because i am a shithead writer and also because i don’t think about jobs in terms of being impressive or not.
      i will assume that he or she was being sincere since it would be silly to say wow to someone about their job, like there is a hierarchy of jobs that are honorable.
      if i walked up to someone and they said, “i am a bagger at a grocery store” and i said “wow” i would immediately have a moment like on “wonder years” where my inside would say, “could it be, am i this much of a douche?”

  54. sam pink

      i think there is a lot of psychology that people don’t understand about boxing.
      i think it is funny when people knock it as macho shit.
      i can’t understand if rauan is being sarcastic or not.
      i don’t understand that.
      i would say wow sincerely if someone were a legendary boxer but i wouldn’t say it sarcastically, simply because i am a shithead writer and also because i don’t think about jobs in terms of being impressive or not.
      i will assume that he or she was being sincere since it would be silly to say wow to someone about their job, like there is a hierarchy of jobs that are honorable.
      if i walked up to someone and they said, “i am a bagger at a grocery store” and i said “wow” i would immediately have a moment like on “wonder years” where my inside would say, “could it be, am i this much of a douche?”

  55. sam pink

      also, i don’t understand the mentality of reading a post, then the comments, then making sure everyone knows that you disagree with the comments in an indirect way. i used to work at a daycare. when the kids fought over a toy, i sat down and explained to them each others’ feelings and then they both understood. then they could understand that they didn’t really think that joey was a “mean-o” but that they lack an understanding of things larger than themselves.

  56. sam pink

      also, i don’t understand the mentality of reading a post, then the comments, then making sure everyone knows that you disagree with the comments in an indirect way. i used to work at a daycare. when the kids fought over a toy, i sat down and explained to them each others’ feelings and then they both understood. then they could understand that they didn’t really think that joey was a “mean-o” but that they lack an understanding of things larger than themselves.

  57. Jimmy Chen

      85 comments. let’s do it guys!
      sam pink is alive!

  58. Jimmy Chen

      85 comments. let’s do it guys!
      sam pink is alive!

  59. sam pink

      blake said if i get 85 comments, he’d send me the “htmlgiant mvp giftset” which is a package of pencils with my name on them, and a kool aid stained copy of “the fox that stole homeplate” by matt christopher.

  60. Blake Butler

      what a p licker

  61. Blake Butler

      sam pink is training wheels for a boner

  62. sam pink

      blake said if i get 85 comments, he’d send me the “htmlgiant mvp giftset” which is a package of pencils with my name on them, and a kool aid stained copy of “the fox that stole homeplate” by matt christopher.

  63. Blake Butler

      what a p licker

  64. Blake Butler

      sam pink is training wheels for a boner

  65. sam pink

      today when i went to the library, i sat next to a girl. she sat there for fifteen minutes then left. i assume she was making it look like she didn’t want to leave immediately because of me. i like bartlett pears.

  66. sam pink

      today when i went to the library, i sat next to a girl. she sat there for fifteen minutes then left. i assume she was making it look like she didn’t want to leave immediately because of me. i like bartlett pears.

  67. kathryn regina

      sam i thought you moved to iowa

  68. kathryn regina

      sam i thought you moved to iowa

  69. sam pink

      i am back

  70. sam pink

      i am back

  71. barry

      HIERARCHY OF JOBS FOR PURPOSES OF WOWING

      1. english instructor at community college

      2. html commenter

      3. boxer

      4. subway sandwich artist

      5. day care provider

      6. soldier in iraq

      7. sponging off parents well into your twenties

      jereme:

      equating a joke like kimbo slice with brock lesnar is ridiculous. brock lesnar is an all american wrestler and started training ju jitsu and boxing before he fought in ufc. kimbo slice is a chump who got lucky in a few street fights that found their way to you tube. i could fucking take kimbo slice.

      “dana just picked better”

      he didnt just pick better. he didnt get lucky. he’s a smart guy who knew what he was doing and knew what he was looking for. lesnar is not a gimmick. he did just beat randy coutre. i know randy wasnt in his prime but he’s still a bad motherfucker. kimbi couldnt even hold up randy’s balls.

  72. barry

      HIERARCHY OF JOBS FOR PURPOSES OF WOWING

      1. english instructor at community college

      2. html commenter

      3. boxer

      4. subway sandwich artist

      5. day care provider

      6. soldier in iraq

      7. sponging off parents well into your twenties

      jereme:

      equating a joke like kimbo slice with brock lesnar is ridiculous. brock lesnar is an all american wrestler and started training ju jitsu and boxing before he fought in ufc. kimbo slice is a chump who got lucky in a few street fights that found their way to you tube. i could fucking take kimbo slice.

      “dana just picked better”

      he didnt just pick better. he didnt get lucky. he’s a smart guy who knew what he was doing and knew what he was looking for. lesnar is not a gimmick. he did just beat randy coutre. i know randy wasnt in his prime but he’s still a bad motherfucker. kimbi couldnt even hold up randy’s balls.

  73. sam pink

      barry, fight kimbo to promote paper hero

  74. sam pink

      barry, fight kimbo to promote paper hero

  75. barry

      i cant pay him.

      if he would do it for free i would fight him.

  76. barry

      i cant pay him.

      if he would do it for free i would fight him.

  77. sam pink

      leave mean posts on his blog about how his poetry sucks.

  78. sam pink

      leave mean posts on his blog about how his poetry sucks.

  79. sam pink

      barry graham v kimbo slice, awp.

  80. sam pink

      barry graham v kimbo slice, awp.

  81. barry

      is he from chi-town

  82. barry

      is he from chi-town

  83. Blake Butler

      as comments here approach 85 i will continually delete one by one beginning from the top maintaining a constant, even 83

  84. Blake Butler

      as comments here approach 85 i will continually delete one by one beginning from the top maintaining a constant, even 83

  85. ryan manning

      they are ruining ibiza

  86. ryan manning

      they are ruining ibiza

  87. sam pink

      i know like a hundred guys in chicago that could fuck kimbo slice with two broken hands.

  88. sam pink

      i know like a hundred guys in chicago that could fuck kimbo slice with two broken hands.

  89. sam pink

      arlovski trains here. he lives by my friend.

  90. sam pink

      arlovski trains here. he lives by my friend.

  91. barry

      i like arlovski.

      i really like forrest griffin.

      i think he just started out brawling and really worked into a great fighter.

  92. barry

      i like arlovski.

      i really like forrest griffin.

      i think he just started out brawling and really worked into a great fighter.

  93. sam pink

      well friends, we made it to 47, heavily padded by my own input. it looks like the world just isn’t ready for an 85 comment post that doesn’t try to establish exactly what surrealism is. fuck.

  94. sam pink

      well friends, we made it to 47, heavily padded by my own input. it looks like the world just isn’t ready for an 85 comment post that doesn’t try to establish exactly what surrealism is. fuck.

  95. barry

      i think the problem is there are only like six commenters who even know who arlovski is. fuck.

  96. barry

      i think the problem is there are only like six commenters who even know who arlovski is. fuck.

  97. daniel bailey

      will

  98. daniel bailey

      i

  99. daniel bailey

      will

  100. daniel bailey

      try

  101. daniel bailey

      try

  102. daniel bailey

      for

  103. daniel bailey

      eighty

  104. daniel bailey

      for

  105. daniel bailey

      eighty

  106. daniel bailey

      five.

  107. daniel bailey

      five.

  108. daniel bailey

      i will type sentences about things.

  109. daniel bailey

      i will type sentences about things.

  110. daniel bailey

      walls basically make it harder to move quickly through a building. i am dreaming of a world without walls.

  111. daniel bailey

      walls basically make it harder to move quickly through a building. i am dreaming of a world without walls.

  112. daniel bailey

      some guy at the reading tonight read a poem where he basically said vaginas don’t look nice, but i like the way vaginas look. i think vaginas are sexy.

  113. daniel bailey

      some guy at the reading tonight read a poem where he basically said vaginas don’t look nice, but i like the way vaginas look. i think vaginas are sexy.

  114. daniel bailey

      i am drinking bass pale ale, which is a pretty decent beer for not costing a lot of money.

  115. daniel bailey

      i think abraham lincoln #3 has the best cover art of any book or magazine ever.

  116. daniel bailey

      i am drinking bass pale ale, which is a pretty decent beer for not costing a lot of money.

  117. daniel bailey

      i think abraham lincoln #3 has the best cover art of any book or magazine ever.

  118. daniel bailey

      bob dylan is way the fuck overrated.

  119. daniel bailey

      bob dylan is way the fuck overrated.

  120. daniel bailey

      carmen sandiego was a fun game to play. i remember wishing that i could see carmen sandiego naked, or at least in her underwear (which are probably black and she wears pantyhose with the straps probably, because she wants to seem like slut even though she’s actually pretty classy).

  121. daniel bailey

      carmen sandiego was a fun game to play. i remember wishing that i could see carmen sandiego naked, or at least in her underwear (which are probably black and she wears pantyhose with the straps probably, because she wants to seem like slut even though she’s actually pretty classy).

  122. daniel bailey

      i do enjoy some bob dylan though, don’t get me wrong.

  123. daniel bailey

      i do enjoy some bob dylan though, don’t get me wrong.

  124. daniel bailey

      i’m tired of eating unhealthy food. someone should give me a grant so i can hire a cook or something. that’s how i would spend grant money. servants.

  125. daniel bailey

      i’m tired of eating unhealthy food. someone should give me a grant so i can hire a cook or something. that’s how i would spend grant money. servants.

  126. daniel bailey

      muncie sucks. every night i hear trains squealing across tracks like they’re braking to avoid hitting a possum or something.

  127. daniel bailey

      muncie sucks. every night i hear trains squealing across tracks like they’re braking to avoid hitting a possum or something.

  128. daniel bailey

      i actually did brake to not hit a possum tonight. possums fucking suck at crossing the road. they don’t know how to run, and that kind of pisses me off.

  129. daniel bailey

      i like all animals except for possums, i think.

  130. daniel bailey

      i actually did brake to not hit a possum tonight. possums fucking suck at crossing the road. they don’t know how to run, and that kind of pisses me off.

  131. daniel bailey

      i like all animals except for possums, i think.

  132. daniel bailey

      i am only 19 posts away from 85, sam.

  133. daniel bailey

      i am only 19 posts away from 85, sam.

  134. daniel bailey

      lately, i’ve read blake butlers in the rape year…

      i liked it.

  135. daniel bailey

      i also read this feels like normal….

      liked that too

  136. daniel bailey

      lately, i’ve read blake butlers in the rape year…

      i liked it.

  137. daniel bailey

      i also read this feels like normal….

      liked that too

  138. daniel bailey

      i also read joey minutillo’s chapbook

      which i thought had its moments

      joey is good at “intimate detail.”

      his imagery is very specific and evocative a lot of the time.

      also, he didn’t come to muncie like he said he would this weekend, that dick.

  139. daniel bailey

      i also read joey minutillo’s chapbook

      which i thought had its moments

      joey is good at “intimate detail.”

      his imagery is very specific and evocative a lot of the time.

      also, he didn’t come to muncie like he said he would this weekend, that dick.

  140. daniel bailey

      today i did dishes will singing along to “in the aeroplane over the sea.” it was kind of nice.

  141. daniel bailey

      today i did dishes will singing along to “in the aeroplane over the sea.” it was kind of nice.

  142. daniel bailey
  143. daniel bailey
  144. daniel bailey

      i’m pretty sure my neighbors are all dicks.

  145. daniel bailey

      i think that about all my neighbors basically.

  146. daniel bailey

      sam pink, i hope you appreciate what i’m trying to do.

  147. daniel bailey

      i’m pretty sure my neighbors are all dicks.

  148. daniel bailey

      i think that about all my neighbors basically.

  149. daniel bailey

      sam pink, i hope you appreciate what i’m trying to do.

  150. sam pink

      i appreciate this.

  151. daniel bailey

      today i went to work for a meeting and when i came back there was a bunch of dirt in my tub.

      i was very confused and a little afraid that someone had keys to my apartment.

  152. sam pink

      i appreciate this.

  153. daniel bailey

      today i went to work for a meeting and when i came back there was a bunch of dirt in my tub.

      i was very confused and a little afraid that someone had keys to my apartment.

  154. daniel bailey

      i hope that i’m not being shadowed.

  155. daniel bailey

      i hope that i’m not being shadowed.

  156. daniel bailey

      i have a lot of cigarettes in my apartment that i’ve bought and haven’t smoked. they just keep building up.

      i should light them all on fire in the street and let the moths or the falling show get their fix.

  157. sam pink

      hold on here, let me try to start a feud real quick. how about this: the real reason michael crichton wrote jurassic park is so when he died scientists would be able to use the book as a template for reanimaing crichton’s body to use in a theme park. a really, shitty, really fucking boring theme park where huge michael chricton’s walk around and observe things.

  158. daniel bailey

      i have a lot of cigarettes in my apartment that i’ve bought and haven’t smoked. they just keep building up.

      i should light them all on fire in the street and let the moths or the falling show get their fix.

  159. sam pink

      hold on here, let me try to start a feud real quick. how about this: the real reason michael crichton wrote jurassic park is so when he died scientists would be able to use the book as a template for reanimaing crichton’s body to use in a theme park. a really, shitty, really fucking boring theme park where huge michael chricton’s walk around and observe things.

  160. daniel bailey

      i need to remember to unplug my tv and my cable box and move them to the center of the room before leaving tomorrow because i’m afraid the ceiling is going to give in around the edges. i can’t really explain that. i think it has to do with bad plumbing.

      i’m kind of tired of always living in shitty places.

  161. sam pink

      the other day i woke up to someone reaching behind me to look for their phone inside the cushions of the couch. the person said, “sorry i am just looking for my phone.” i said, “sorry i am just sleeping, please rub my back.”

  162. daniel bailey

      i need to remember to unplug my tv and my cable box and move them to the center of the room before leaving tomorrow because i’m afraid the ceiling is going to give in around the edges. i can’t really explain that. i think it has to do with bad plumbing.

      i’m kind of tired of always living in shitty places.

  163. sam pink

      the other day i woke up to someone reaching behind me to look for their phone inside the cushions of the couch. the person said, “sorry i am just looking for my phone.” i said, “sorry i am just sleeping, please rub my back.”

  164. daniel bailey

      four more comments, sam pink. (3 after this one).

  165. sam pink

      motherfucker

  166. sam pink

      here is where i start breathing real hard and looking at the people on the sidelines cheering me on

  167. daniel bailey

      four more comments, sam pink. (3 after this one).

  168. sam pink

      motherfucker

  169. sam pink

      here is where i start breathing real hard and looking at the people on the sidelines cheering me on

  170. sam pink

      FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  171. sam pink

      we did it dan

  172. sam pink

      FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  173. sam pink

      we did it dan

  174. daniel bailey

      tape on the doorway is another thing. i need to make sure no one can enter my apt.

  175. daniel bailey

      tape on the doorway is another thing. i need to make sure no one can enter my apt.

  176. daniel bailey

      or at least something.

  177. daniel bailey

      this should be 85.

  178. daniel bailey

      or at least something.

  179. daniel bailey

      this should be 85.

  180. daniel bailey

      oh shit, i didn’t realize you made those comments, sam. we are exceeding expectations.

  181. daniel bailey

      oh shit, i didn’t realize you made those comments, sam. we are exceeding expectations.

  182. sam pink

      and we didn’t even have to reference ferdinand saussure or lacan.

  183. sam pink

      and we didn’t even have to reference ferdinand saussure or lacan.

  184. daniel bailey
  185. daniel bailey
  186. Blake Butler

      crap

  187. Blake Butler

      crap as in darn

  188. Blake Butler

      crap

  189. Blake Butler

      crap as in darn

  190. Ken Baumann

      blake you will always be defeated

  191. Ken Baumann

      blake you will always be defeated

  192. Ken Baumann

      4. taking a hot shower in winter weather

  193. Ken Baumann

      4. taking a hot shower in winter weather

  194. sam pink

      watching surgery on tv

  195. sam pink

      watching surgery on tv

  196. Ken Baumann

      accidentally knocking over someone else’s television

  197. Ken Baumann

      accidentally knocking over someone else’s television

  198. sam pink

      feeling afraid to ask for more napkins at a restaurant.

  199. sam pink

      feeling afraid to ask for more napkins at a restaurant.