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Archive for August 2002

faster faster and lots more fire, please

On 6 August 2002

MY FIRE LIFE FROM ONE TO SEVEN1. I once read somewhere (you'll get no detailed footnotes or bibliographic citations from me, today) that blind people tend not to be smokers. Something about the spark of the lighter or match, and watching your smoke curl around and form strange animals up by the ceiling, is a […]

aeiou and sometimes y

On 5 August 2002

YOU CAN'T SPELL “MIMI SMARTYPANTS” WITHOUT YSPOOKYHave you ever had one of those days where it seems like everyone is pregnant? Or maybe one of those days where everyone is facially anomalous in some way (burns, skin conditions, etc). Or you keep running into (not literally) really fat people on those little motorized scooters, which […]

impalas are like cheese fries, only for lions

On 3 August 2002

I FEEL ELDERLYWhen I found yesterday that LT had left the bedroom ceiling fan on all day, I actually felt the need to make some comment like “electricity isn't free, you know.” What other senior-citizen catchphrases are in my future?1. You damn kids, get off my lawn!2. That's not music, that's just a bunch of […]

always with the yelling. always with the screaming

On 1 August 2002

LET'S JUST GET THE WHINING OUT OF THE WAY EARLY1. Jesus fuck my head hurts. Can you have a time-release hangover? I was fine this morning and suddenly it feels like all my organs imploded at once. Yep, there goes my spleen.2. Remember the snarled mess that The Thieving Ho put me through, nearly a […]