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Archive for February, 2009

The following is a set of questions, ones that I would often pester my parents with when I was younger. This is how I would have responded to these questions, if asked them today.
I. MONEY
Why do we put money into the bank?
We can’t trust ourselves. And those large multinational corporations need to borrow their resources [...]

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Twelve months of the year, Hollywood releases a bunch of crappy movies designed to make money. The last two or three months, though still filled with crap, also have a significant amount of prestigious films, that cost the same bloated amount. It is often acceptable for these films to gross significantly less than their peers – ah, [...]

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The New American Criticism

griffey doesn’t suck, jack z doesn’t suck maybe made a poor long-term choice, beer doesn’t suck, wine kind of sucks, tequila rules, super mario all-stars rocks, the nfl still blows a bag of cocks, the nba doesn’t suck, the nba trade deadline doesn’t suck, tyson chandlers toe sucks, a-rod sucks, yankees suck, a-rod’s cousins check [...]

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I am warming up the water
To the concept of getting warm.
I dunk my wrists in,
The water is getting cold.
Can you hear me?
You invisible soul.
The world is getting brighter.
My haircuts better than
The one I woke up with.
The streets are lifeless
But full of light.
The windows are good for leering,
As long as you have the sight.
I am happy,
I [...]

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My father, his mouth, agape, his jaw slack, is just as spry as the day I met him. Which was about a week ago. Over the phone. This is the first time I’ve laid  eyes on him. His head looks like an aged pear, weathered and bruised,and topped with occasional tufts of brown locks, mostly above [...]

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