All Points Bulletin: Mother Giant looks out for its Young
Rock. Star.
Friends, our own Mike Young NEEDS YOUR HELP! His essay “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is in the running for Best Nerve.com Feature of 2008. The competition is fierce. Right now Rachel Shukert’s essay about spending the night in a crappy lovenest in Nebraska is in the lead, with some bullshit about Stuff White People Like trailing not far behind it, but as you’ll see when you go over there, the vote-count is pretty low across the board so a decent influx of GIANT voters could seriously tip things Mike’s way. Also, FYI, you can only vote for each essay once, but you are allowed to vote for more than one essay.
I also gave a vote to “Triangulation” by Caitlin Macrae. It’s a piece about threesomes. She seems to really hit the nail on the head about what makes them so alluring, and she seems to like them even more than I do, which is seriously saying something.
Bonus points if you get this reference.
Tags: Caitlin Macrae, Mike Young, Nerve.com
The fact that you like threesomes just totally changed my view of you. who ar you, justin? i went and voted for mike.
Halfway to a Threeway, Jim O’Rourke
Halfway to a Threeway, Jim O’Rourke
i’m a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a vest. since you skipped the bonus image, i’ll let you go double or nothing on bonus points if you can cite that line of dialogue.
i’m a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a vest. since you skipped the bonus image, i’ll let you go double or nothing on bonus points if you can cite that line of dialogue.
Mike Young ’08
Mike Young ’08
some movie i have not seen? also, like- two girls and you? or like that girl in that article – any type of three is good?
also, that poster? my roomate freshman year of boarding school hung that in our room and i was mortified.
the stuffed frog is the cover of Jim O’Rourke’s halfway to a threeway, which is admittedly not a great reference, but when i tried google-image-fishing with the moderation off i got overwhelmed and had to quit. the line of dialogue is what lisa simpsons says about nelson muntz in the episode where she has a crush on him. that reference, i’m prouder of.
re your other question- what i was really reacting to was Macrae was saying about when a couple gives you an active role in their intimacy, and how sometimes you can be attracted to what two people share with each other, rather than what either or both of them has. it’s probably a form of jealousy, at some level, but if it understands itself well enough to transmogrify into eros, it can be a really healthy thing, especially if everyone’s on the level. if anything, it would seem to prove the thesis of love being more than a sum of its part. the 2 of ‘you’ create something that a third party is not just able to witness, but is drawn to, and under the right circumstances can actually partake in.
so to answer your question- the ideal is 2 girls who are already dating each other or else are the kind of bff that shower together a lot. but we all take what we can get, don’t we?
the stuffed frog is the cover of Jim O’Rourke’s halfway to a threeway, which is admittedly not a great reference, but when i tried google-image-fishing with the moderation off i got overwhelmed and had to quit. the line of dialogue is what lisa simpsons says about nelson muntz in the episode where she has a crush on him. that reference, i’m prouder of.
re your other question- what i was really reacting to was Macrae was saying about when a couple gives you an active role in their intimacy, and how sometimes you can be attracted to what two people share with each other, rather than what either or both of them has. it’s probably a form of jealousy, at some level, but if it understands itself well enough to transmogrify into eros, it can be a really healthy thing, especially if everyone’s on the level. if anything, it would seem to prove the thesis of love being more than a sum of its part. the 2 of ‘you’ create something that a third party is not just able to witness, but is drawn to, and under the right circumstances can actually partake in.
so to answer your question- the ideal is 2 girls who are already dating each other or else are the kind of bff that shower together a lot. but we all take what we can get, don’t we?
ps- don’t tell the flannery o’connor post what we’re talking about over in this post.
ps- don’t tell the flannery o’connor post what we’re talking about over in this post.
Man, justin, you are something else. I’m super impressed.
justin:
did you leave enigma out of that quote
justin:
did you leave enigma out of that quote
JK- sonofabitch, i might have messed the quote up a little. damn damn damn. you get triple bonus points for catching that.
JK- sonofabitch, i might have messed the quote up a little. damn damn damn. you get triple bonus points for catching that.
justin:
this is actually barry. i posted as jk earlier for madore’s post because jk was a character in his stupid ass story and it saved in as my name. but yeah, i think you fucked that one up pretty bad. the quote is from churchhill, its:
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
justin:
this is actually barry. i posted as jk earlier for madore’s post because jk was a character in his stupid ass story and it saved in as my name. but yeah, i think you fucked that one up pretty bad. the quote is from churchhill, its:
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
Barry- I wasn’t *that* far off. Lisa actually says
>>”like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest,”<<
I just said mystery instead of enigma. and also fucked the order up. Lisa’s paraphrasing Churchill. The thing about the vest is the whole joke- Nelson wears a vest.
So okay, not my best moment. pls don’t kick me out of the threeway?
Barry- I wasn’t *that* far off. Lisa actually says
>>”like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest,”<<
I just said mystery instead of enigma. and also fucked the order up. Lisa’s paraphrasing Churchill. The thing about the vest is the whole joke- Nelson wears a vest.
So okay, not my best moment. pls don’t kick me out of the threeway?
i know. i’m just yappflabbabbing
i know. i’m just yappflabbabbing
threeway… with lisa simpson. thats hot
threeway… with lisa simpson. thats hot
i’m jealous.
my heart belongs to PR
my heart belongs to PR
I think if everyone posts about this on their various forums and blogs, the ones thta we don’t ALL frequent (ie zoetrope, where I have posted), Mike may get the forty or so votes he needs. Fuck a t-shirt, our boy deserves the dagun printer…
Barry Graham, rot.
I have to e-mail you to let you know where to actually send that chapbook since I’ll be gone by the time it gets here, though.
I think this is stupid, you not being able to hold your tongue. I could have as easily had the hell’s angels come looking for you for pretending to be one of them or something in that story. That might have been fun. Maybe that’s why you thought it was stupid or something. WHy did you have to ruin this post with that bullshit? Why am I responding? This is retarded, I quit this project. What the fuck bro.
I think if everyone posts about this on their various forums and blogs, the ones thta we don’t ALL frequent (ie zoetrope, where I have posted), Mike may get the forty or so votes he needs. Fuck a t-shirt, our boy deserves the dagun printer…
Barry Graham, rot.
I have to e-mail you to let you know where to actually send that chapbook since I’ll be gone by the time it gets here, though.
I think this is stupid, you not being able to hold your tongue. I could have as easily had the hell’s angels come looking for you for pretending to be one of them or something in that story. That might have been fun. Maybe that’s why you thought it was stupid or something. WHy did you have to ruin this post with that bullshit? Why am I responding? This is retarded, I quit this project. What the fuck bro.
madore:
ha. for you to talk of people holding their tongue’s. really?
you post multiple comments disrespecting my chapbooks and my press then you whine because i called your story stupid? come on man, all bullshit aside. you have to know the story is dumb as hell.
love ya, call me.
madore:
ha. for you to talk of people holding their tongue’s. really?
you post multiple comments disrespecting my chapbooks and my press then you whine because i called your story stupid? come on man, all bullshit aside. you have to know the story is dumb as hell.
love ya, call me.
i just didn’t see what it had to do with this post at all.
i don’t think i disrespected your chapbooks at all ever. i don’t remember at all right now, though. i just remember you calling me a dumbass and then i went on a tirade. but the only posts i ever wrote were semi-favorable reviews, esp. of drew kalbach’s work. it was good i didn’t know it was your press when i read your chapbook.
i dig kalbach a lot i think you are lucky to have him.
anyway, yeah, i’ll e-mail you the DC address to send the shit to. thanks.
i just didn’t see what it had to do with this post at all.
i don’t think i disrespected your chapbooks at all ever. i don’t remember at all right now, though. i just remember you calling me a dumbass and then i went on a tirade. but the only posts i ever wrote were semi-favorable reviews, esp. of drew kalbach’s work. it was good i didn’t know it was your press when i read your chapbook.
i dig kalbach a lot i think you are lucky to have him.
anyway, yeah, i’ll e-mail you the DC address to send the shit to. thanks.
also, yes, that story was pointless, but nobody seems to be questioning the literary merit of it, so i feel better about writing generally all of a sudden. i had fun writing it, i won’t lie. it could have been much longer. i was just trying to get into YPR a third time. usually when dad’s home he makes me work really hard to get in there. but he at least lets me in, which is more than i can say for some of the eyes reading this post, who’d never admit that they reject me simply because they don’t like me, i know this because they publish my pseudonyms, and no i don’t wnat to talk about this, and yes i am going to just shut up close the laptop lid read my damn monday night, and yes i’m drunk.
also, yes, that story was pointless, but nobody seems to be questioning the literary merit of it, so i feel better about writing generally all of a sudden. i had fun writing it, i won’t lie. it could have been much longer. i was just trying to get into YPR a third time. usually when dad’s home he makes me work really hard to get in there. but he at least lets me in, which is more than i can say for some of the eyes reading this post, who’d never admit that they reject me simply because they don’t like me, i know this because they publish my pseudonyms, and no i don’t wnat to talk about this, and yes i am going to just shut up close the laptop lid read my damn monday night, and yes i’m drunk.
this post was about 3somes not madore, right?
justin, barry and….
the winner is jesus
the winner is jesus
I bet Jesus could make it an orgy and get a shit-ton of extra-beautiful virgins he could borrow them from mohammed the prophet
I bet Jesus could make it an orgy and get a shit-ton of extra-beautiful virgins he could borrow them from mohammed the prophet
madore:
ha. your memory is so short. thats not what happened at all. i called my bro a dickhead and you thought i was referring to you and i honestly wasnt. but your response was to bash me for some reason. its not a big deal though. im just surprised how easily you dish it out and how disgracefully you accept ir when it happens to you. i didnt mean to disrespect your story and i didnt give a shit if i was in it or not. i only called it stupid because it was stupid. thats all im saying. when o write stupid ass stories i hope i have someone around to call me on my stupidity. thats what friends do i suppose.
pr:
threesomes, yes. lets expand that to 5 though. you, me, lisa simpson, justin, kendra, and sam pink. yes?
madore:
ha. your memory is so short. thats not what happened at all. i called my bro a dickhead and you thought i was referring to you and i honestly wasnt. but your response was to bash me for some reason. its not a big deal though. im just surprised how easily you dish it out and how disgracefully you accept ir when it happens to you. i didnt mean to disrespect your story and i didnt give a shit if i was in it or not. i only called it stupid because it was stupid. thats all im saying. when o write stupid ass stories i hope i have someone around to call me on my stupidity. thats what friends do i suppose.
pr:
threesomes, yes. lets expand that to 5 though. you, me, lisa simpson, justin, kendra, and sam pink. yes?
i guess thats 6
i guess thats 6
i get mean
i get mean
Thanks everybody! You’re too nice!
Justin I will threeway you as a gift for posting this. I’ll threeway you until the SWAT truck comes.
Thanks everybody! You’re too nice!
Justin I will threeway you as a gift for posting this. I’ll threeway you until the SWAT truck comes.