Crocodiles Eating Stuff |
I found the complete Planet Earth season in a Shanghai market for $4 (LIKE YOU'VE NENER SEEN BEFORE), and it mostly works in my DVD player, and it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Like M...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:10:00 PST |
Dear China, |
What's up with all the flashing lights?
And did you think Blade Runner was really the ideal city skyline?
Be that as it may, thank you for the smiles and Geisha-behind-hand-giggles. Thanks for t...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 26 May 2007 07:07:00 PST |
Coke/Urine |
Just got to Shanghai and very much disappointed in the scarcity of dragons and opium dens. That being said, the DVD selection is amazing! I got myself the entire Planet Earth series for 5 ...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 23 May 2007 12:29:00 PST |
Open letter to people outside my window. |
Dear people who were outside my window last night--
You did not keep me awake. In fact, you may have been totally quiet and sedate. However, when I awoke to four empty forties of Camo Silv...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:49:00 PST |
Howl II: Whine (written by me, age 13) |
I found this in my desk, wrote it in 9th grade, age 13. Often overlooked in the contemporary canon of American poetry, this is a fine example of early pre-emo prep school teen angst.
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Posted by Derek on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:11:00 PST |
Revolution Numb/Benign |
Backdrop:-50 years ago yesterday, Hungary was under newly founded Soviet rule.Budapest was the site of an enourmous uprising which saw young studentrevolutionaries seize power from the country's commu...
Posted by Derek on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:09:00 PST |
Heineken. |
After a month of living in eastern European hostels and temporary apartments, you start to notice a shift in what you buy when grocery shopping. General house supplies always come in boxes too l...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:42:00 PST |
Dear Eurotrash |
Dear Eurotrash
Thank you for co-opting American music three years later. Thank you for wearing enormous sunglasses, they will keep your eyes safe from cataracts. Thank you for printing Ame...
Posted by Derek on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:06:00 PST |
Gotta Let it Burn |
(from the 1996 Guidebook, Ushering: 101 Easy Steps to Ushering in the Local Church)
On "Correct Words": Do not use the term invalid. Handicapped people are not invalids. There are many peo...
Posted by Derek on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:11:00 PST |
across the sea |
Fictional Characters I've Had Crushes On
-Caddy Compson (William Faulkner)-Mary (Bruce Springsteen)-Daisy Buchanan (F. Scott Fitzgerald)-Franny (JD Salinger)-Mary (Farrely Brothers)-Tessie (Eugen...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:12:00 PST |
