January 2009
46 posts
Being able to sleep at night is important. What we do, and whatever happens to us, it’s crucial that at the end of the day, we can justify it enough to sleep. So why couldn’t I sleep tonight?
There isn’t one single thing, and that’s the problem. It’s becoming too much, not for me, but for everyone, and I’d rather not sit around while it continues, so I’ve...
Persona
I try not to cultivate much of a character on the internet. The people who speak to me know a bit about me and how I act, but my outward presence to the general public is usually restrained to posting my amateurish photos (most of which are of my lovely girlfriend), short essays about things I’m thinking about, and the occasional quip. It’s not like I’m depending on anyone for...
Sorry if my photos offended anyone.
Today is going to take up at least two chapters in my Tumblr history book.
So I decide to ignore Tumblr for the day and
I like Billy Joel. I don’t mind if that sounds stupid to people who think they have some sort of credibility just because they like the Velvet Underground songs from the Juno soundtrack.
I thought that when i grew up and moved out, I’d be able to do things like eat chicken nuggets with ice cream, but Becca has vetoed that so I’m eating fake chicken nuggets with salad.
How do I get more followers without being a pretty girl, reblogging all your posts, telling you you’re all pretty, or following any of your boring blogs?
"It's not funny because you're serious"
Becca’s response to me saying “two trips” (and laughing) after she said she didn’t have enough hands to carry our food and drinks up from the kitchen.
I think what some people are saying isn’t so much an issue of puritanism, censorship, or taking oneself too seriously. It’s not a matter of what any single person is doing in the privacy of their own blogs. The real issue is that of trends and how they have the ability to shape others’ actions. Criticisms of certain actions are attempts to reverse the trend. As for motives, I...
Since we're not monetized here,
not all publicity is good publicity.
On the eve of last Tuesday, I looked up from watching riveting videos of my epic lipdubs on the 80” plasma and noticed my personal assistant was sitting in the corner of my reading room playing tetris on one of those old beige gameboys he must have found in the trash, so I said, “I don’t pay you $3 an hour to rest on your laurels, Pablo! Go do something useful.” Ever since...
On Homosexuality in America
I’ve been wanting to write this for a while, but I wasn’t sure how to approach it or who to direct it at. I recently saw some comments about how people “choose” to be gay or not, and I knew what I had to say.
First, let me give some personal background. I’m a heterosexual, but when I was a kid, there were quite a few times I was called a fag or gay because,...
Becky is very talented.
On Gaza
I thought I would share some of my thoughts on the recent events in Israel. Firstly, I’m heartened to see such mixed reactions. Situations like these require mixed reactions because they are so far from black and white. It’s wrong to launch rockets at civilian targets. It’s wrong to use variably-discriminate force against populous areas as a retaliation. When I look at things,...