Saturday, April 16, 2005

Water...

After looking over last night's drunken ramblings, I have decided that a follow-up post is necessary for all of our sanities. It is currently 1:12pm in the afternoon, but it feels like late morning. I did not get much sleep last night because I spent most of it waiting for the one who said she wanted me. She certainly did want me and I awoke this morning next to a sleeping creature that, during the night, tore all my sheets asunder. I sit here now and look at the wreck that is my bed, and wonder how such a thing is possible even though I didn't actually get any. It is nice, though, to have somebody warm next to you, every so often. It's funny sometimes. When I have someone possess my bed, I long for the opportunity to sleep by myself. I have a twin bed, see, and sharing it has a tendency to drain the quality of any kind of sleep. I never awaken feeling refreshed. But, after awhile, I begin to miss the feeling of someone nice against me and attempt to lure various people in with me. Success is happiness, provided that the bedmate refrains from tweaking my nipples at three in the morning, which has happened before.

Last night's drunken revelation was found in the dingy-mopped floors of some second rate gas station. A bit after midnight, I turned to a frat brother and told him that I was hungry. I immediately left and stumbled into the night in search of food. My larders have been empty these past weeks and my eating is starting to resemble the self-imposed poverty famines of late last summer. I guess that is fine, considering I ought to finish all my bread products before next week, but it has gotten to the point where the only food I have left is hamburger meat, a package of ramen, and some bread crumbs which I found good in one of those cheap, boxed chicken soup mixes. I have some imitation crab legs, which apparently can be unrolled and stuffed with various things. I am wondering what will happen if I stuff a crab leg with Carl Budding meats.

Speaking of Carl Budding meats, a favorite memory of mine from last summer involved a few packages of Carl Budding, some cheese, a half empty bottle of port, some lucky strike cigarettes (non-filter, of course), Rosencratz, and a drunken viewing of one of my heady movies. A true sign of poverty is the ability to take cheap meats and create a platter that resembles a store bought art-meat party platter. Granted, the quality of meat was questionable, as well as the status of the meat, but the spirit of the platter as well as the aesthetic potential of it cannot be denied.

In any case, I was in a gas station looking for food. On the way to the gas station, I had determined that the way to salvation was in the ultimate processed meat product. I wanted something that would harden my arteries and give me slim chances of making it home without a coronary. I wanted a roller hot dog. The gas station didn't have any. I told the beleaguered cook that heaven was a processed meat product and because he didn't have any, he was denying me any chance of redeeming my soul and in the process, was condemning me to a healthy hell. He gave me a funny look. I stumbled back out into the night like a vampire fleeing crosses, or stinky breath. I wonder what the clerk thought of me, coming into the gas station about one in the morning demanding hot dogs for redemption. I should like to be a clerk, one day, just to see people like me and acquire pretty nifty stories. I bet I'm passed around like a cheap hooker, or a joint at a rasta party. Suddenly I feel used.

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Tonight is the SigEp Barn Dance. I am to dress like a hick. I lack hick clothes. I lack anything that resembles hick. That means I need to head to Goodwill to buy something flannel and hick-like. I asked my date, Ashley (Of gorgeous drunken post fame), if dressing hick means playing the part. She questioned what I meant by that. I told her that playing hick meant buckteeth, moonshine, bad country music, chaw, and fucking relations. Ashley told me that all of the above was acceptable, however, if I chose to fuck familial relations, we would have issues and I'd lose dancing rights. I don't think I'll be quite that hick. Besides, I don’t think hicks show with bottles of Muscatel, unless the label reads Boone's and Farm (Ah, this is a quality Boone's Farm vintage, of the '03 year. I think the grapes are a shitty variety and the wine was pressed at the Hormel Meats plant...)

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Hate to cut this short, baby, but I need to jump on the day. I think I’ll nap later, after putting my bed right.

Friday, April 15, 2005

K

Okay baby. I'm completely trashed now. Been drinking cheap rum all
night. Its a good thing this doesn't go through the spell check. My
words would be completely toast. Forgive the spelling errors. Really I
try. Typing with thumbs when you can barely see is an accomplishment in
itself.
As usual. This is a sidekick post. Post modernist. Carlos says, tired
baby, tired, I love that. I always read some sick boys profile just to
see that. Tired baby tired. How much more profound can you get. I wish I
knew the book from which it came. I can barely breathe for my
drunkenness. I cannot feel my body. My face tingles. Sall copacetic.
I have been commiserating with this one girl. She has green eyes and a
killer mind. Green eyes turn me on. I don't know why. Her redeeming
quality was her eyes and they convinced me to stay on even as she fell
apart. But the new gal seems interested in me. We both regret that I
have only four weeks. Perhaps something beautiful could have happened.
It shows that things sometimes aren't fated. Lord she has a nice ass
though. Nice and curvy.
I almost fought a skinhead last week. He pressed against me and I
pressed back harder. The jew has some muscle. I a strong boy. The
sick boy pulled me away. Thank gd you didn't know he was a skinhead. I
would've fucked the mutherfucker. Its a good thing you didn't.
My vision blurs and blue eyes pages me. I tell her about the cane sugar
coke. Fuck the corn syup shit. She needs some cane sugar loving.
I miss the jamie. She love her and I want to talk to her. We are just
friends but she feels good in the dance just like the Robyn.
So this new girl. She writes poetry about me. I'm honored. Another frat
bro warns against stalking. Im only here for four weeks and then the
ashlee. Ashlee is hot. Bailey kisees. Like spring lily perfume. My nose
is continental. Sing to me I demand scents.
I hate mold in my cheese she says. Its okay. Gogonzola is an acquired
taste. I love the fontina he says. I only had a bit. The pussy cheeses
at me. What do you expect me to do with my tongue.
Expect me at four. I will make love to you until the sun rises. I hiccup.
My parents worrry. Certainly they read this. To their own loss. Need to
see the airforce adam. I miss the motherfucker. In the summer then.
Time is temporal.
I hiccup and beat skinheads. Love you. At 1am on a Saturday

~ I write with your life and my own ~

Old Posts that didn't make it through

I have recently been writing posts on my sidekick, often while drunk. Because Blogger isn't reliable, the posts often aren't. I usually get them over to my LJ, though. I have decided to copy and past them for your edification.

Cheers

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find girls to be these strange little creatures that band together and
talk to each other in shrill voices. Occasionally they are given to fits
of giggles, in which case my brothers and I trade what-the-fuck stares.
Often teams will approach unsuspecting males and proceed to interrogate
him in squealing voices. Upon receiving an answer, they flee, leaving a
confused victim and a potentially new partner. I myself have been double
teamed tonight for a brief moment, only to be abandoned when they found
I could actually dance.

Occasionally a girl will splinter from the main flock, carrying a cell
phone as her only means of defense. The endless yakking and laughing is
an effective means of warding off a potential mate. Only the drunk dare
approach her without fear of being ignored in favor of some immaterial
voice.

Brother approaches. You drunk. Getting there. Nice beer. I'm giving in.
It’s a marketing ploy you know. Yeah I do. Giving in giving in. But it’s
so pretty.

The Asian girl gets hit on for the merit of slanted pussy. Never mind the
fact that she's pimply and pockmarked. Her eyes slant and she's
seductive for that reason. Yellow fever runs rampant and I hide in fear
of narrow uncurved hips.

Smoke. Please. Thanks. Been awhile. Want one? No. I don't. She's drunk
and mildly attractive as her bling reflects in the dull light. Punch the
numbers and the cell has rhinestones fucking rhinestones. Lord gaudy is
in again. Jesus kicks a bud in disgust and stares at a giggling crowd of
freshmen. The cellulose ass looks at me. I smile back. Go on a fucking
diet you beer whore. Even your red hair cannot save you from my
disdain.

Jesus calls after. Where are my apostles? Lurch shakes my hand. Hey man
how's it going? Getting my drink on. Same baby same. Its almost
midnight. Aint this the garden of good and evil. No baby this is all
evil.

He throws a can from the second floor. A cop drives by. Aaah. You need
better aim. I wasn't aiming at you. Flip flops on the stairs. A gulp of
beer. Lord I'm drunk. The dd nods at me and I contemplate life without
Chicago. Your soul is gone he said. I haven't been there in four years.
You are Chicago embodied. I am but sorry about the green mill. I tried.
I know baby I know.

Sigma
Phi
Epsilon
At 11:53 at night

~ I write with your life and my own ~




Writing this from 1:54am, at my computer. Come back, she said. I am back, but you’re gone. Went to a party at an apartment. Stood at the balcony. Do you ever feel like flying? No I don’t man. But the body wants freedom. You’re nuts. I’m not, I only want to fall, but I know I’ll go splat. He looks at me oddly. Don’t tell me you never felt like jumping. I didn’t. Went back inside. Bumped into the host. Sorry. It’s okay. Didn’t mean to meet you like this. Go away. Okay.

The counter was filled with blondes. Bleached, I think. My stomach rumbled. I always get hungry while drunk. I think I’m destined for fatness. You would have a six pack, he says, if only you wouldn’t eat so much. But I can’t subside without at least six meals a day. Then you need to run. But it’s cold. Lazy ass. I’m hungry. The blonde looks at me. High. No. Low. No. Drink some more. I’ve been drinking all night I’m sick of beer. Drink some more. She’s cute. Too cute. I want to lay her over the table. She looks at me with big brown eyes. I prefer green. Drink. I do. She moved to the next man. He’s wearing a shirt that reads republicans are hung. I tell him he’s hung like an ant. I think he takes offense. We exchange words and then drink to each other. To your little dick, little man. I’m not that little mutherfucker.

Hungry still. She hugs me. One of those hips away hug. I know your roommate. Everyone knows my roommate. Which roommate? The one named. I have several roommates named. He plays volleyball. All the muthafuckas do. Tell him I said hi. Get in line bitch. Make a bag last thirty years, he says. I wear mine out. You don’t respect your property. I just use them properly. Wash the fucking dishes. I do, believe me, I do. The blondes flirt with the cute guys. I sit in the corner drinking warm beer. Henner. What? You’re a fucking pimp. Yes. Me and my warm beer. I talk to someone cute. The curve accents her. We talk about nothing. Mostly because my battery has died and I cannot hear. Anything other than my stomach rumbling. I open the door. He looks at me. High five. Sig Ep. I leave.

He stands in the hall talking on the cell. I go down the stairs. He follows. Where are you going? I’m going to ZasZas Im hungry for pizza. I’m going to Phi Sigma Sigma to get laid. Good luck man. I have condoms and she calls me not the other way around. That’s how it should be. My hearing aid roars to life showing me that it died on purpose, so that I could suffer aimlessly. We walk. Cross some roads. Wave at some people. Girls flirt at us. One flashes. We ask her for more. She giggles and runs off into the night. Bitch.

I pick up the local paper. It’s bad writing. I crumple it up and throw it at the wall. Someone laughs at me. I tell her I can write better with my feces. She smirks. Bitch. I bet she write for the paper. I order a pizza. It comes. Ask for a tip. None received. She was cute though. Where are you going. Into the future. I mean where now? Home. I’m going to the Phi Sigma Sigma house. Money shot baby. I know it.

Walk home. She stops me. I know you. I know you. You’re sigep. Her friend grabs her. They walk off. I am too offensive for her friends. Me and my curly hair. I’m Lauren, she fingerspells painfully. Nice to meet you, Lauren. I’m sorry your friends are selfish bitches.

Arrive home hungry. Have consumed pizza. Grab a hotdog, stuff it in my mouth. Come back, she says. Baby, I was with you all along.


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From the sidekick at 1050pm.

Just finished a walk. Night time. Can't move my thumbs. Just past three
guys. He grabs a girl. Shriek. Did you hear about the girl who was
attacked? No I didn't damn her eyes are pretty in the streetlight. She
was raped just over there. And there are a lot of lights too. Well she
got laid. Pardon? I said she was raped. Kill rhe smile

Walking alongside the train tracks. The right of way. Station agent is a
good movie. Walking the right of way because of the railroad land grab.
Up the bridge down the hill. Four guys walk by. One has a splint. What's
his story?

A lone girl walks under the bridge. Blonde and stumbling. Didn't she hear
about the girl who was attacked? I am not intimidating though and I
merit no more than a cursory glance. She was kind of cute in a frumpy
way. Jane Goodall would be hot without glasses. Men never make passes at
women who wear glasses I chide. She turns. Dorothy parker is dead in a
wine glass.

She wore hip hugging pants. Loose polyester. Pink jacket. Got my
attention baby. She wanders close. Damn. Why can I casually flirt with
girls but not women? Confidence is alluring. Strut baby. She once told
me that the man walks can be broken by a stranger’s casual greeting. The
invincible shroud of male cockiness shattered by woman.

There is only one star visible. I pointed it to her. It beamed a
biblical moment and then Kant killed it. Somewhere an al qaeda agent
shrieks under the torment of the critique of pure reason.

I handed her a pink flower. Plucked it from d.c. I used to ride the
George Washington I told her and then his wooden teeth bit and here I
am. Will you miss this place when you leave it? Maybe she said and the
old ghost of the library shuddered her ectoplasm.

There are boxes on the quad. Kids doing a homeless rally. He nods at me
as we past. The kids play and giggle just like real homeless folk.
Tomorrow they go back to their places and the homosexual sashays past.
They're so busy being idealistic I say that they trip. She nods. How
adorable.

Ask the man whether I should have my beard. Took me two months to grow.
He plucks the roots and hears Midas' confession. Wait another five
months. Ribbons grow in concrete soil.

I'm tired. And the girl was raped twenty feet from the emergency button.
A sleeping security guard. We are lulled by the statue.

He plays guitar on the bench. Insects shower coins. Three chord wonder.
Midstate man.

~ I write with your life and my own ~

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Brautigans, because I still have no time to write

Heaven, I think
is a bit like
eating a favorite childhood icecream
outside
on a brisk spring afternoon

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Brautigans 2

She wore a long white skirt
And light blue panties
That gave crisp lines
To her sloping curves
The wind played with the hem
Of her skirt
I rapped my pants for jealousy

~ I write with your life and my own ~

Monday, April 11, 2005

Cheese Platter by Candlelight


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Or, Jon is introduced to the wonders of Gorgonzola, paired with dried Mango and a hit on the hookah.

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Tripping the light fantastic


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With Doug E. Fresh, at my favorite hookah bar.