Jordan Castro interviews Megan Boyle

January 10th, 2012 / 4:15 pm sorrytoknow—

tao and boyle are over, i guess. tao is probably somewhat of a ‘cynical’ guy (via richard yates/this), divorcing/separating from a juke wife right when her book is published on his small press . seems quite cynical.

megan, i’m sorry, you probably feel bad.

January 10th, 2012 / 5:50 pm Scottmcclanahan—

Cool.

January 10th, 2012 / 6:51 pm LikeLikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

Has anyone told her that it’s sort of embarrassing for a writer to use “like” so often?

January 10th, 2012 / 7:05 pm LikeSquared—

Like, whatever.

January 10th, 2012 / 7:06 pm LikeSquared—

True. Drugs will do that to you.

January 10th, 2012 / 7:28 pm Jimmy Chen—

i like megan’s annie hall-ish initial outfit, seems like something she could wear to 2nd okcupid date at sotta sopra on n. charles st with a 36-yr-old ‘start-up developer’ & avid thought catalog reader trying to get into the next installment of boyle’s ‘everyone i’ve had sex with’ series

January 10th, 2012 / 7:44 pm Anonymous—

did you google “2nd okcupid date with a 36-yr-old ‘start-up developer’ baltimore” to get sotta sopra?

January 10th, 2012 / 8:22 pm maggie—

sizzurp

January 10th, 2012 / 8:27 pm reynard—

‘i’m not sixteen anymore but i feel like i’m five with sunglasses on’ – ryan trecartin

January 10th, 2012 / 8:50 pm AcidMakesMeInteresting—

The bit where she asked to get punched in the face and then was punched in the face by the spooky man-child was probably the high point. I imagine this will appear on creative writing syllabi the land over as it illustrates so much about what real art is all about…and like also when she like takes like her shirt like off.

January 10th, 2012 / 10:10 pm alan—

Fuck you.

January 10th, 2012 / 10:35 pm Jonathan Safran Foer—

Megan, “I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.” Okay. So I find two fundamental issues with your character – 1) your name is perhaps missing an A and/or an H 2) from your behavior I think you are a meat eater.

January 10th, 2012 / 10:40 pm Bobby Dixon—

I hope you have a sex tape coming out

January 10th, 2012 / 10:44 pm QuoteAuthorUnquoteSpotlight—

To provide certain people the illusion of relevance.

January 10th, 2012 / 10:46 pm Mungscum—

what’s wrong with going to rehab?

January 11th, 2012 / 12:00 am William Owen—

The original was better because it had an orangutan named Clyde.

January 11th, 2012 / 1:16 am Jordan—

i don’t think drugs “will [definitely] do” [any specific thing] to anyone, in terms of how s/he will specifically think/speak/feels/act

i know people who do drugs and don’t say regularly say “like”

January 11th, 2012 / 1:19 am Jordan—

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1zMCw1w3Q0

January 11th, 2012 / 1:26 am Jordan—

i like megan and megan’s writing and wanted to interview her about it to help promote it and to hear answers to questions i had about her and the book

“when i was thinking about what questions to ask
megan for the interview, i decided to ‘simply’ ask her questions about things i
was interested in hearing about. not ‘only’ in terms of her as a writer, but in
terms of her as her, because that’d ideally be what i’d want to read/see in an
interview – answers to questions i feel interested in hearing the answer to

we decided to do a video interview because we
thought it’d be fun to do a video interview”

[via http://www.animalsorrow.com/2012/01/megan-boyle-interview-video.html]

January 11th, 2012 / 1:33 am Evan Hatch—

What the fuck is a juke?

January 11th, 2012 / 2:04 am Captain Dirk—

Beyond rehab, I don’t think there’s much hope for you two. Do you think you’ll be able to get away with writing like a child with profound autism when you’re in your 30s? You’ll all fade away with your tight pants and monotone blatherings. Some of you will go to prison for doing bizarre things with microwaves and small mammals, and the like, no doubt, once the thrill of being completely useless to the world wears thin — I mean, when you’re a desensitived, drug-abusing internet casualty, what’s left? I’ll you: Jail or a mental hospital.

January 11th, 2012 / 2:23 am Jordan—

“hope”? you’re funny

i don’t know if i will live to be 30. i don’t “get away” with things i do, i do themalso, i think there’s a book about a dog or something in which the protagonist/narrator is a child with profound autism and i think the author of that book was >30 years oldi don’t think i have anything to “fade away” from, just moments and moment until death

“useful” can only mean something in terms of specific goals/contexts, and in terms of the world, the world doesn’t have a “use” for us

i don’t view me or megan as “desensitived, drug-abusing internet casulty,” i view us as me, jordan, and her, megan, and what’s left is me, jordan, and her, megan, and whatever we do/wherever we are at any given moment

if jail or a mental hospital happens to be one of those places, then WOO HOO, THE STATE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT! I’M AN INSANE CRIMINAL!

January 11th, 2012 / 2:29 am Jordan—

formspring questions are currently ‘piling up’ in my inbox, my plan was to watch a music video on youtube, smoke a cigarette, then return to to the internet to nurture formspring

if you comment this letting me know which question is yours before i get back from smoking, i’ll respond to your question before i respond to the others

January 11th, 2012 / 2:31 am LikeLikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

I hear Dennis Copper needs some more fluffing.

January 11th, 2012 / 2:34 am postitbreakup—

i’m wondering if it’s you or someone you know/a fan of yours who’s sending the suicide stuff to me on my tumblr. i can’t imagine i have internet enemies unless they’re people who are fans of yours, or tao’s (even though i no longer mind tao & have defended him on comment threads)

January 11th, 2012 / 2:43 am LikeLikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

Well, you’re wrong–why would someone purposely engage in embarrassing behavior? That’s sort of the point–that I actually have a brain and can process the stupidity of an adult woman using thirty likes per sentence.

January 11th, 2012 / 2:51 am Jordan—

i don’t know why a person would purposely engage in behavior that cause him/her to feel embarrassed

every human being has a brain and yours processed “stupidity” after having heard a person say “like” a number of time, while other’s brains didn’t, meaning her saying “like” isn’t “stupid,” but your qualitative perception of her saying “like” is that it’s “stupid”

January 11th, 2012 / 3:31 am QuoteAuthorUnquoteSpotlight—

Hahahahahahahaha! This is funny because you so didn’t do it on purpose.

January 11th, 2012 / 3:49 am postitbreakup—

hey. penis. drugs & shit. penis. i don’t know , but jordan’s probably bigger than you. i mean of course i hate him, but he still has a bigger dick. i wish i were dead, but you should keep writing, yes? try again on another HTMLGiant, maybe i should die (cuz jordan doesn’t give a fuck about me)

January 11th, 2012 / 3:52 am Captain Dirk—

If you’re satisfied living your life like a queef squeezed out of Harmony Korine’s honey-ham asshole, good for you. Who am I to judge.

January 11th, 2012 / 4:27 am Jordan—

i’m typing thoughts in response to other comments and the video, like everyone else who’s commented

i don’t care if or want people to “worship” me…i’m honestly just like…trying to explain myself to people who comment shit about ‘what art should(n’t) be’ and ‘[vaguely abstract, metaphorical insult]’

in real life if a person said [specific comment], i’d probably respond in a similar manner but with more ‘um’s and ‘like’s and ‘i feel like’s, etc, or i’d maybe ‘simply’ leave, but since this is the internet, i feel like i might as well try to convey my thoughts re his/her thoughts in an attempt to understand each other more clearly, or something

i don’t feel emotional typing any of these comments, i’m not ‘frothing at the mouth’

i know i’m not the center of the universe

January 11th, 2012 / 4:30 am Jordan—

seems like this thread has a new “shit on jordan” theme in which the comments are all something like…

[subjective abstractions] + [metaphor] + [rhetoric] + [vague overall sentiment “against” jordan castro] = [comment]

January 11th, 2012 / 7:07 am Sick of looking at car wrecks—

@whoever runs this website: no one takes you seriously because of shit like this thread.

January 11th, 2012 / 10:27 am Jomarksn—

All of a sudden I want to sleep with Megan Boyle. And I mean that.

January 11th, 2012 / 11:40 am Jordan—

i like tao’s writing

i don’t try when i talk

i feel retarded and “get” retarded a lot, but i’m not sure if i’m “clinically retarded”

my dad is wealthy

not going to “give” anything another ten year, stop writing, or stay off the internet

if, to you, i’m making a complete, horrific jackass of myself, i don’t care – i’m doing me

can you elaborate re ‘Stop talking like Tao Lin…’

January 11th, 2012 / 12:27 pm Guessed—

megan is chill.

January 11th, 2012 / 1:17 pm kb—

i think this whole thing, including the comments here, blogs, etc, is an elaborate *self conscious* ruse / ‘art project’. does anyone else think this? being serious. but does that make it more than just the boring garbage it appears to be on the surface? i dunno.

January 11th, 2012 / 1:45 pm Jordan—

i’m glad you feel glad that this exists

can you elaborate re “shark nigga”? i’ve never heard that before and feel interested

January 11th, 2012 / 2:23 pm Mapangui—

She is either a liar or one troubled girl. Either way, I pity her.

January 11th, 2012 / 4:10 pm Guest—

You, because a shaky video of two high 20-somethings rambling about God-knows-what inspires serious dialogue.

January 11th, 2012 / 4:33 pm alan—

Dad, go listen to NPR or something.

January 11th, 2012 / 5:31 pm LikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

I’m more like your big brother. Go stare in the mirror and practice your coffee shop mean mug or something.

January 11th, 2012 / 5:54 pm LikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

Yep, because the kind of people featured in this video have proven that total transparency = “taking responsibility” for their actions.

January 11th, 2012 / 6:08 pm alan—

And because there is no better arbiter of maturity than an Internet troll.

January 11th, 2012 / 6:17 pm 88888888888888888888888—

All you have/can prove alan is that it’s far easier to decry internet anonymity as being cowardly than it is to show the equally fervent or objectionable non-anonymous heroic defender as being equally, if not more, cowardly/immature/’ugly’/etcetcetc

One need not be anonymous to be ‘troll[ing]’

January 11th, 2012 / 6:24 pm Jordan—

who are you? i might give a fuck about you

January 11th, 2012 / 6:47 pm Jordan—

everything has the potential to inspire serious dialogue because it’s the people perceiving the things who create the serious dialogue

January 11th, 2012 / 6:51 pm Jordan—

i view all of this as “art,” i think

January 11th, 2012 / 7:29 pm Jonathan Safran Foer—

Oh, you must be thinking of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – it’s a good book, but I was 31 when I started writing it.

January 11th, 2012 / 7:36 pm Captain Dirk—

Hey, Tao Clone, aren’t you underaged? Your substance-abusing friend should be brought up on charges for drinking and doing drugs with a minor. Seriously, someone send this shit to the cops.

January 11th, 2012 / 7:51 pm Cvan—

Apparently if you tell her either 1) “I’ll publish your book.” or 2) “I’m holding,” then it’s fairly simple, especially if you talk like you are in grade school.

January 11th, 2012 / 8:29 pm BeingFilmedDoesn'tMakeItArt—

Dear wealthy kid who thinks he’s interesting,

On a whim, I hit the tag at the bottom of this with your name on it and found this:
http://htmlgiant.com/author-news/trailer-for-jordan-castro-interview-with-megan-boyle-includes-physical-violence/
…your “trailer” for the trainwreck above, posted here last November. Astonished, I found a 179 comment thread of people pointing out how pathetic this pile of shit is and you jumping in over and over with your usual mixture of moaning, hyperactive self-defense alternating with your pathetic “i don’t care what you think” escape.

Deja fucking vu.

I realize now that you get off on being the HTMLGiant gimp-boy. Fair enough. I’ll be sure never to look at a post with your name on it again. I’m new here. I didn’t know. Now I do.

When I think about the amount of wasted energy expended trying to point out what a self-glorifying fuckup you are… It’s astounding. You should offer to reimberse people for the lost wages. And Ms. Boyle should see a shrink. I once knew a girl who liked boys to punch her in the face. She’s on like a lot of meds now, pulls the hair like out of the back of her head, and is like afraid to leave the house now. Not sexy. Just sad. I suggest looking up “i recommend doing reckless/impulsive stuff with friends because i usually don’t forget that stuff and it makes me feel good about being alive sometimes” in a good manual of mental illness. It may help you figure things out.

And you, dear Jordan, will never get the message, it seems. Can you NOT elaborate? (FYI that whole “I won’t live past 30” and “I’m so craaazy!” went out a long, long ass time ago. You’d know this if you read books other than MH.)

And lastly, stick with the drugs, they give you the illusion of a personality. Otherwise, you’re more like a yapping lapdog that won’t shut the fuck up.

January 11th, 2012 / 8:57 pm Taylor Napolsky—

Jordan, “Shark n***a” means you bite other people’s style. Like a shark. It’s sort of old slang, it is prevalent in Raekwon’s classic album “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.” I don’t think you’re a shark though, I’m just clarifying for ya.

January 11th, 2012 / 9:00 pm reynard—

i feel confident that we will evolve into a text-based species that has no idea how to speak

January 11th, 2012 / 10:12 pm Bpp Operator—

lol, yeah, yeah

January 11th, 2012 / 10:14 pm Bpp Operator—

“Do you think you’ll be able to get away with writing like a child with profound autism when you’re in your 30s?”

Shit like that is pretty harsh. I’m laughing out loud, surely. But damn. If this was all happening in a room I was in it would be hilarious, because a fight would be about to break out and you’d have some people trying to stop it, some trying to egg it on, others just like “damn”.

January 11th, 2012 / 10:46 pm Eduardo Quinones—

Like I liked the video because it made me laugh and I like things that make me laugh. Cool. I feel good now about myself and life for liking things I like. Like yeah. Great.

Personally I think the way an author writes and speaks would naturally be different Re: Using ‘Like’

So I don’t see why she or any other author should be embarrassed for using that term or something.

January 11th, 2012 / 10:54 pm postitbreakup—

not cool that you’re using dennis’s name since he actually posts here on occasion

January 11th, 2012 / 10:58 pm postitbreakup—

sorry i was extremely drunk

January 11th, 2012 / 11:09 pm shaun gannon—

i didnt watch this again

January 11th, 2012 / 11:44 pm MarieCalloway—

Megan, not cool that you’re like stealing like my shtick.

January 11th, 2012 / 11:52 pm Megan Boyle—

Like all of this everyone has like written will be my new book. Thank you for writing it.

January 12th, 2012 / 12:13 am postitbreakup—

The context is pretty clear if you read the thread.

January 12th, 2012 / 12:23 am Evan Hatch—

the term “shark nigga”, as popularized in the raekwon song “shark niggas” refers to one who copies or ‘bites’ the style of another. i suppose i was eager to initially dismiss you as ‘biting’ tao’s style without contributing anything but i think you are increasingly developing your own personality.

January 12th, 2012 / 12:30 am shaun gannon—

thats a really good album

January 12th, 2012 / 1:12 am 888888888888888888888888—

By far.

January 12th, 2012 / 2:03 am Jomarksn—

If your shtick is being damn lovable and overusing ‘to be’ words.

January 12th, 2012 / 2:10 am Eduardo Quinones—

Oh, this isn’t twitter

January 12th, 2012 / 2:54 am Scott Lewis—

Haters gonna hate. Gators gonna Gatorade

January 12th, 2012 / 3:42 am 300—

Lol, my one hundred year old friend. I know (knew) Dame Darcy. She is no more or less authentically troubled than Miss Megan.

January 12th, 2012 / 5:44 am Maya Reelnaym—

Why anyone serious enough about their writing would want their real name associated with this site is beyond me…

Alan, you come across as intellectually timid.

January 12th, 2012 / 6:54 am Maya Reelnaym—

This was a delusional comment

January 12th, 2012 / 12:00 pm Guessed—

lol, “my one hundred year old friend”

January 12th, 2012 / 2:11 pm 888888888888888888888888—

It’s the best because the sincerity is unknowable…

January 12th, 2012 / 2:50 pm LikeLikeLikeLikeLike—

You too? I was also banned for a few hours last night. That’s what they do now–they just randomly and compusively hit the ban button on people who hate on their ass-kissing friends and then release it a few hours later. No warnings. Nothing. What a damn joke.

January 12th, 2012 / 7:22 pm Brian M—

I like you Jordan. I liked your horny poem and story a lot.

January 12th, 2012 / 9:05 pm Brian M—

Dude, this is really cool and fun. I liked your ‘flow.’

January 12th, 2012 / 11:39 pm Cvan—

Jimmy, how dare you out the “plot” of Tao’s next book.

January 12th, 2012 / 11:46 pm Cvan—

I beg differ regarding The Dame. “One hundred year old friend”! Yeah, that Susan B. Anthony, she was somethin’. When she asked a stoned mumbling goof to punch her in the face, she didn’t stage any of that shit. She took the punch before she changed her frock.

January 12th, 2012 / 11:48 pm Cvan—

Uh, Guestagain, why do you care? It appears to me that the so-called Mr. Jordan has been “pulling on his dik” this whole thread. Any difference between this and the other video you speak of? No, not at all.

January 13th, 2012 / 12:18 am Cvan—

Ah, I’m guessing that latter applies. Was the stash hidden under the trucker cap or behind the John Deere belt buckle or maybe in the Starsky and Hutch lunch box?

January 13th, 2012 / 10:03 pm Jonathan Safran Foer—

You pretty much cut his balls off with this comment.

January 14th, 2012 / 1:43 am Don—

This video doesn’t offend me (and I liked Megan’s book a lot), but it does remind me why I do not do drugs or hang out with people who are doing them.

January 14th, 2012 / 4:12 pm Gingersnap222—

She is pretty, though.

January 15th, 2012 / 7:17 am go ahead mic my day—

Hello sock-puppet commenter

January 15th, 2012 / 8:33 am Sick of looking at car wrecks—

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