… I, Lonnie, purveyor of all things pop-ee and smutty, am calling for an unlearning of written language as means of communication. I want mass book burnings. I want the internet to consist of pictures and 2-d flash games. I want no one to appreciate this sentence: Though she lapped at my stinky balls...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Writing ’
Being Illiterate is Underrated.
Interviews: Alec Brownstein
alec brownstein is an artist, writer, and all-around creative guy. When he responded to my plea for an interview, little did he know that i’m a big fan of using brackets ....
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Re-introduction via DFW…Morbid, I know…
Sorry to see you go, dude. Thought we could play tennis sometime. I realized this weekend that I really haven’t developed an area of expertise (pretend or valid) for this site. And I think I want to. Ironically (in the contemporary usage) I think there would much less pressure on me to create good...
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the rut of half read books & half written letters
some of you may know that my (self-imposed) goal for the year is to read 50 books. You can see what i’ve read here. In addition to those books, I have about 7 other books that are half complete. I used to have an OCD manager who told me that I needed to work...
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Sic on Me
By the way, yes, I am aware that I’m not supposed to put quotation marks around text that has been offset with smaller margins. I know this, but I choose to take risks and disregard the rules. I am a risktaker. I’m also aware that you might argue that risktaker is actually two words....
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Thanks for Making This a Softer World
Status: Message successfully sent To: untoward@asofterworld.com, thisisfurious@asofterworld.com Subject: a fan’s plea hi joey & emily: i’ve been a linker to your site for a long, long while. i’d call myself a reader of your site but i can’t promise that i read it everyday. just sometimes. but over a number of years. like, if...
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Life’s Little Coincidences
i love life’s little coincidences. Signs that seem to whisper affirmations in your ear, “you’re doing okay. you’re on the right path.” last night, i was reading The Fortress of Solitude. Have any of you read it? At first, I didn’t like it. Remember those giant Jawbreakers, the Mega Bruisers? That’s what Jonathan Lethem‘s...
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damn, i wanted to see Spiritualized
Instead, I got totally fixated on making the blog somewhat legible. I’ve decided that I’m going to write on here about how this whole common vision thing came about. For those of you who already received your invitation, consider yourself a part of common vision nonpretentious since the beginning. Therefore, feel free to disagree...
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