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    11.24.2009

    banks

    face forward discussing cultural commuters
    the two plasma screens are glowing
    the teleconference cameras are running
    post-geographical immigrant ideas.
    bank of american is the friendly bank
    someone says.
    what if bank of america had everyone over
    to its apartment and opened up some beers
    and said 'my bad guys, we cool'?
    no we're not cool.
    we're not even kind of nice.
    you should probably stop trying to be so helpful.
    it seems like you're exhausting yourself.
    let's get lunch.

    11.22.2009

    free pastries

    none of you know me and it's probably going to stay that way.
    tonight, i met up with a friend to discuss some things.
    we met there near closing time (due to the bustling schedules we both keep as unimportant people that no one has ever heard of and probably never will).
    as the staff was kicking people out they were milling over what to do with the unsold pastries.
    they debated on whether to throw them away, bring them home to their undoubtedly hungry flatmates or leave them neatly placed on the curb for a lucky vagrant to stumble upon.
    not 5 seconds after having stated the last option, they all looked over at me (unshaven with sunken eyes, still smelling of last night's drink).
    they audibly began agreeing on how they should give it to me.
    i sort of brought this on myself by staring at the mystery bag of coffee shop treats without blinking while they were deciding the contents ultimate fate.
    they called out to me, 'hey, do you want some free pastries?'
    unable to contain my excitement and therefore any shred of dignity, my eyes grew wide as 'shit yes!' slipped past my lips.
    they quickly laughed and commented to each other on how excited i got, treating me very much like a dog (a well fed dog).
    i quickly grabbed the bag and exited the shop due to their obvious desire to close.
    as soon as i was out front, i began to ravenously eat a blueberry bran muffin and as i was pushing the last chunk in my mouth, i looked back and saw the staff looking out their floor to ceiling window at my state.
    i darted around the corner and ate a lemon custard danish around the corner and another bagel on the walk back to my quiet room to report on tonight's eventful conclusion.

    Complete List Of Influences (exluding parents, family, friends, 'lovers')

    NPR
    Carl Sagan
    Bill Nye
    The Outsiders book
    Beach Boys
    Vice Magazine
    Dov Charny
    Seattle Liberals
    Jorge Luis Borges
    William Gibson
    Tao Lin
    Fredrick Barthelme
    Bill Gates
    Red Dwarf
    Ruby Room
    The Boeing Company
    Apple Computers
    Trader Joe's
    Sailing
    Private School
    Public School
    Vans
    Thursday
    Bad Religion
    Jim Jarmush
    Wong Kar-Wai
    Tom Waits
    Sonic Youth
    Thrift stores
    Nirvana
    Rainer Beer
    The Old Fire House
    Veggie burrito
    Black Metal
    College English Department
    HTML
    John Malkovich
    Superjail
    Solid state amplifiers w/ distortion
    Patrick Nagel
    Zach Galifianakis
    Nas
    The Stranger Paper
    Seattle DIY

    11.20.2009

    I CAN TELL THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR AREA CODE IS READING MY BLOG

    DON'T PRETEND.
    I CAN TELL THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR AREA CODE IS READING MY BLOG.
    I HAVE GOOGLE ANALYTICS.
    YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW IN YOUR AREA CODE.
    THEREFORE, I KNOW YOU THINK I'M INTERESTING.
    THREE DAYS AGO, YOU STAYED ON MY WEBSITE FOR ELEVEN MINUTES.
    I THINK YOU ARE IN LOVE.
    DON'T FIGHT IT.
    JUST KEEP READING.

    11.05.2009

    SINGLE AND LOVING IT #5



    He Knows A Ton Of Chicks

    There's this dude who's lived around here for a while.
    He has a harem, as we say. Dark bangs, lit cigarettes.

    Women hold his hands wherever he goes and
    the light from the Oakland sky seems to shine

    on him, naked, in his bed with several
    beautiful white birds who go to art school.

    It's not that we want to be him.
    We just want to know how he finds the time

    to be desirable.
    I can barely finish my beer,

    these women know what kind
    of graying, obscure, tediously hip

    sex I could give them.
    We would disappear together.

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