James Coburn, learning to surf (extremely slowly), learning to sew (tres slowly), learning guitar (excrutiatingly slowly), writing, reading, boggle!!, roller skating, road rage, the smug satisfaction of the carpool lane, ray dennis steckler, herschell gordon lewis, palm springs film noir festival, dancing with my cats, painting with my cats, channeling my cats' energy and writing collaborative poetry, drinking (actually, i have been much less of a drunkard lately but let's keep this as an interest anyhoo), my "i hate my self and i want to die" shirt, complaining, cracking up over my own wit in a totally obnoxious manner, half-cocked, ill-informed armchair political ranting, shaking my fist at the heavens like tbonz, pretending that me and all my little problems and foibles are really important, the desert
No one. People don't like me because they're all ignorant stupid jerks. But these guys seem like fun:
"Sure, I look like a white man. But my heart is as black as anyone's here."
--George Wallace, governor of Alabama, to a predominantly black audience
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey
"[He] called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse."
--Mike Tyson
"I can't really remember the names of the clubs we went to."
--Shaquille O'Neal, on whether he visited the Parthenon when in Greece
"This is a great day for France!"
--Richard Nixon at the funeral of Charles de Gaulle
"The Jews and Arabs should settle their disputes in the true spirit of Christian charity."
--Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin senator
"Now we are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we are going to succeed."
"I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
--Ronald Reagan
"The president has kept all of the promises he intended to keep."
--George Stephanopoulos
"I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted."
--World Bank economist Lawrence Summers on why we should export toxic waste to Third World countries
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Dept. of Social Services, Greenville, SC
(from "1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said")
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LES FLEUR DE LYS! france gall, punk, gangsta rap,johnny cash, david bowie, misfits,dystopia, stfu, clash, siouxsie, joy division, subhumans,xray spex,x, germs, 45 grave, the kids, naked raygun, the prisoners, the distraction, pailhead, kinks, SMD, specials, zero boys, the dicks, dils, dictators, 13th floor elevators, the real kids, ill repute, the damned, gg allin, birthday party, tubeway army! i guess i never finished this list: how the hell could i have forgotten the ramones?? i'm an idiot...the shakes, turbo negro, richard hell and the voidoids, dead moon, plasmatics, sham 69, cibo matto, the bangs, the checkers, devo, blondie, ny dolls, runaways, velvet underground, the pack, the eat, the jack saints (one naked frog can't be wrong), modern lovers, beach boys, go gos, nikki and the corvettes, the beatles, rolling stones, corrosion of conformity, the adicts, radio birdman, mc5, warren zevon, the mutants, the girls, the epoxies, descendents, the exploding hearts, the spits, the shins, elliot smith, the saints, brian jonestown massacre,the wipers, bill fox, eugene kelly, link wray, tina and the total babes, the creation, the zombies
Spider baby,donnie darko,who's afraid of virginia woolf?, whatever happened to baby jane?, office space, the virgin suicides, the graduate, after hours, Beat Girl, Les Enfants du Paradis, Teenage Doll, wonderland, harold and maude,girl on a bridge, brady bunch movie, switchblade sisters, suspiria, 2 thousand maniacs, battle royale, Rosemary's baby, the girl who knew too much, my neighbor totoro, the bad seed, a place in the sun, a bucket of blood, heathers, Caddyshack, night of the living dead, the wicker man, rock and roll high school, reform school girls, north shore (when you're not a BARNEY anymore, barney...), it's a wonderful life, key largo, holy rollers (unholy rollers?? can't remember, but it's a documentary), zombie, harlan county, USA, pippi and the pedophiles (don't think that's the right title, but accurate), Paper Moon, Smithereens, El Norte (for showing me last 2 in junior high: thanks, mom), Five came back, City of God, Wild Guitar, Sunset Blvd., 400 blows, cool hand luke, rebecca, down by law, the exorcist, welcome to the dollhouse, a patch of blue, dog day afternoon, the good the bad and the ugly, born into brothels, Little darlings, The God of Cookery, PINKY VIOLENCE COLLECTION!: Terrifying Girls High School-Lynch Law Classroom, Delinquent Girl Boss - Worthless to Confess, night of the iguana, Lady in a Cage is the best fucking movie i've seen in a while. IDIOCRACY is the best fucking comedy i've seen in a while. And The Baby (1973) is mega-awesome. the well, the glass wall
Your mom told me to kill it...but i watch south park, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld reruns, league of gentlemen, STRANGERS WITH CANDY, The Office (yes, i do think the american one measures up), LOST, America's next top model is the greatest show ever (well, until this season), and of course, elimidate...great moments in television: that senator blowing his head off, gg allin on springer, the surreal life. sex pistols and siouxsie on whatshisnames show on british tv in the '70s. elvis costello (first appearance?) on SNL. dick van dyke walnut dream episode
anywhere but here, she's come undone, the corrections, i know this much is true, running with scissors, joe sacco's Palestine, my year of meats, the bell jar, flowers for algernon, a confederacy of dunces, white oleander, the virgin suicides,me talk pretty one day, naked, toxic sludge is good for you, fastfood nation, anything by raymond carver, slut! (nonfiction), retro hell (nonfiction, by the ben is dead people), butchering livestock at home, miss flora mcflimsy's books (esp halloween one), Hate (comic)
michael jackson and your mom...ok, and the god-like jim hightower, barbara ehrenreich, journalist silja talvi, greg palast, ralph nader (except when he runs for president)