February 2012
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January 2012
12 posts
Litany Against Fear
beingruth:
latenighthunter:
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Yes.
Addendum to yesterday's post/short novel
Something that has been very helpful to me in getting myself together has been Chris Hardwick’s new book, The Nerdist Way. If you feel like you’re struggling with stuff, it is certainly worth looking into. It is helping me to step outside of my brain and examine it to see what is going on and how I can use its strength for good instead of evil. I’m not going to bullshit you,...
“An Open Letter To Newt Gingrich From A Black Kid Who Grew Up In A Poor...”
– Travon Free, in the best open letter I have read in a long time. (via istealforksfromrestaurants)
From sucking to not sucking
So I basically spent the period from Thanksgiving until New Years’ in a kind of funk. I try to avoid calling it depression, because I’m not still 100% convinced that my problems are severe enough to warrant the label, but I was definitely pretty down. My parents brought me a whole bunch of my stuff at Thanksgiving, and I was just unable to muster the will to actually do anything but...
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
4 posts
Thoughts that occurred to me recently, and...
One important thing that I don’t believe a lot of people know about me is that I am an absolute fanatic of standup comedy. I began absorbing it towards the end of college, and have just been a sponge in the years since. It began with listening to George Carlin every night as I fell asleep. I branched out slowly, then thanks to Netflix and Pandora, I have been able to expose myself to an...
Baby stepping out of the office
I need to get my hands on a copy of Dr. Leo Marvin’s Baby Steps. I am aware that this book does not actually exist. But with the slow progress I’ve made over the last few months, I feel like a fuller understanding of how to get things rolling one little chunk at a time would be a big help.
I made the move. I found a job I like. I found an OK apartment. It took a lot of work to get...
October 2011
6 posts
Week 6 Picks
Sorry about the lack of witticisms last week. I had to make a trip home to move my crap back here to Madison. I listened to the Eagles-Bills game on the radio rolling through Ohio and Indiana. I screamed at passing cars whenever anything happened. I recommend it. If you’re on Verizon the NFL Mobile app has your ass covered. Good to know when you can’t find a good bar with Sunday Ticket...
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert, Dune (via wilwheaton)
One day, when I can save up enough money, I will get this tattooed on my left arm. In its entirety.
Week 5 Picks
No time to write up descriptions this week. I’m just gonna give you the picks. Feel free to ask me questions if you’re curious about my reasoning. I probably won’t be able to get to it until Monday. Lines from ESPN Pick ‘Em. Opinions likely flawed. Home teams in CAPS.
BILLS (+2.5) over Eagles.
Bengals (+2.5) over JAGS.
Titans (+7.5) over STEELERS.
Chiefs (+2.5) over...
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September 2011
11 posts
Week 4 Picks
Spreads by ESPN Pick ‘Em. Home teams in CAPS. All opinions likely flawed.
Bills (-3.5) over BENGALS: I don’t understand why people are calling this a trap game. This is just generally a decent matchup. This Bengals team has been sneakily good. They are hanging with teams this year. Granted they haven’t been playing many very good teams, but they beat a Cleveland team...
“One of the great forgotten facts about the United States is that not very long...”
– Malcolm Gladwell
Week 3 Picks
Lines via ESPN Pick ‘em. Home teams in CAPS. Opinions likely flawed.
BILLS (+8.5) over Patriots. I see this game going 1 of 4 ways: 1. The Bills get absolutely blown out of the water and don’t cover. 2. The Bills get beaten decisively, but pull off a backdoor cover in garbage time. 3. The Bills lose in a really tight shootout and cover. 4. The Bills win in a really tight shootout. I...
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“So be Patriotic. Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when...”
– Mark Cuban (via urban-fervor)
Week 2 Picks
Lines via ESPN Pick ‘em, home in caps.
BILLS (-3.5) over Raiders: Bills looked good last week. Raiders needed Kyle Orton to literally drop the ball in order to beat a pathetic Broncos team. I think the Bills will struggle to establish the run inside, but I think Fitzpatrick can shred an Asomugha-less Raiders secondary. Charles is a better back than McFadden, so I doubt they’ll get...
My life is the most boring movie ever made
In the best way possible. Everything has pretty much been going pretty much exactly as planned. I came here with the intention of finding work to support myself, procuring an apartment, moving all my crap here, taking up residence and playing my music. So far, I’ve found two jobs which shall provide a meager, but sufficient income. I am on the precipice of having an apartment. I put in an...
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Agent November Reporting In
So, as many of you will remember, thirty-five days ago, I drove my car here to Wisconsin from my ancestral home in Upstate NY like an MXC contestant in a velcro suit jumping against a velcro wall. I am happy to report that I have not yet been eliminated. In fact, it seems to me that I am sticking here.
There’s been a fair share of up and down, from the euphoric wave of arrival and a few...
August 2011
10 posts
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Go do yourself a favor...
and go listen to Weezer’s first two albums. Say what you will about anything after that, but those two albums are absolute goddamned masterpieces. Go. Do it. The Blue Album. And Pinkerton. Go on, already!
Scrambling up and down the quarries
I haven’t been writing here very much. For that I apologize. I’ve spent this whole month doddering around in Wisconsin trying to scrape together enough bricks and sticks and leaves to fashion some sort of makeshift life up here. That work is far from complete.
I found a job, but it is far from being sufficient. I load and unload trucks full of packages for the brown guys every...
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July 2011
12 posts
Desert Island Albums
There’s a Tumblr challenge going around asking for top 5 Desert Island songs. I’d probably just start swimming until I drowned if all I had was 5 songs. 5 albums, though, I’d consider sticking around and dealing with the sunburn. So, in a very particular order, here’s my list of 5 albums I could possibly survive with if I was stuck on a desert island. This will provide me...
The nebula in which the backbone coalesces
I finally did it. I’ve pretty much had my mind made up for a few weeks now, but let a lot of things get in my way of just finally going forward and doing it. I told work that I am leaving at the end of the month. My last day carrying the mail will be July 30th.
August 1st, I will be loading up Katrina the Wondercar and driving her to Madison, Wisconsin, where I intend to scratch out the...
