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Litotes and Bathos

Women, children, and lunatics: they all cannot be the Pope.

About Me

Born in Burlington, Vermont. Raised in Essex, Vermont. Currently in Atlanta, GA. Writer for Southeast Performer. Teaching at Decatur High.

My Interests

The opening scene of Closer and the closing scene of Lost in Translation. The Grand Central Station scene in The Fisher King and the suicide subway scene of Suicide Club. When Chaz tells Royal that it has been a hard year and Royal resonds: "I know, Chaz. I know" in The Royal Tenenbaums. When the little boy tries on the glasses in the hospital in Mind The Gap and sees the woman and when the son picks up his father and runs out of the hospital in Big Fish.

I'd like to meet:

Eric Bogosian, Big Papi, Stephen Colbert, John Lydon, John Cusack, Joe Strummer, Anthony Bourdain, Lloyd Aurebach, and Jeff Buckley.

Music:

The Stone Roses, REM, Broken Social Scene, The Postal Service, Prince, Bowie, Califone, FUGAZI, The Police, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Stars, Metric, Kings of Leon, Marvin Gaye, Jeff Buckley, Curtis Mayfield, The Clash, Little Willies, Stevie Wonder.

Movies:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Almost Famous, Lost in Translation, American Movie, 2001, Pi, Shakespeare in Love, The Fisher King, The Dark Crystal, Suicide Club, Basquiat, In the Name of the Father, Big Fish, The Muppet Movie, Royal Tenenbaums,The Dark Backward, Closer, Star Trek Films (except the humpback whale one - that sucked), Rushmore, Dig!, Station Agent, Velvet Goldmine, Ghostbusters and Garden State... width="425" height="350" ....

Television:

The Office and Ghost Hunters. Mythbusters too. I dig the Hitler Channel a lot.

Books:

A Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, Life of Pi, Life After God. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish. Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Rules of Attraction, Paradise Lost, Catcher in the Rye, Our Band Could Be Your Life, It, Microserfs, Tao of Pooh, Bukowski's "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame." Heart of Darkness, Gerald's Game, Trainspotting, Less Than Zero.

Heroes:

My late grandmother Teresa Martin.

My Blog

www.ashitestateofaffairs.blogspot.com

Hey folks, Most of my blogs will be posted here from now on.  Please spread the word.  Feel free to subscribe.  That wiould make me happy. Thanks. IEEAD&MUSG...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:32:00 PST

Oh! What Memories

One year, my father filled the Christmas Tree with He-Man figures.  I had to go in and pull them all out one by one.  It seemed that it would never end.  "Man At Arms" actually held on ...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:58:00 PST

When Writing About Poetry

When writing about poetry I highly suggest that You do it outside; During the winter With fingerless gloves on and a large knit cap. Preferably with Miles playing Through your laptop that acts As th...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:56:00 PST

Blog Update - I Can Tell You What Happens After Death!

Earlier, while watching Poltergeist, I stated that I wondered what the mother saw when she went to the other side to save Carole Anne.  Well, Poltergeist 2 answered that question: Bad blue screen...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:15:00 PST

They Should Have Stopped After The First One and Anal Go-Gos

I don't know what has gotten in to me tonight.  I am in finals week (one down -aced - two to go) and I should be studying, but instead I am in the middle of self-imposed Poltergeist movie festiva...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

Teeth Whitening

My teeth are numb.  Just the front of them though.  I threw the strips out about an hour ago.  You have to keep them on for 30 minutes.  Right now, there is a strange feeling of go...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:30:00 PST

birth - puberty - death

Headache caused by rogaine. Soar throat - can't do voices. No "The Office" tonight. Found a glove. HTML seems to no longer be a viable commodity. Eat, Sleep, Penicilin. Pitchfork is leaving me. Thrash...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:11:00 PST

One Cat With Herpes, The Other Has Asthma

The one with herpes has gunk in her eyes and has to go to the vet today.  The other cat, the one with asthma, through some strange feline ability that humans will never comprehend is well aware o...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:47:00 PST

Who needs directions

I never make my own food because I always fuck it up.  Chelsea bought me a California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza that I put in the oven and forgot to take the cardboard circle off the bottom, so ...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:49:00 PST

Pull Up Your Pants, Wipe Off Your Stomach.

Friends and I went to Johnny's Hideaway this weekend: Think Clairmont Lounge without the strippers.  Add forty to sixty year old divorcees and lots of hairspray and you get the idea. Good time.&n...
Posted by Litotes and Bathos on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:00 PST