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About Me

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."- Thomas Jefferson

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My Interests

Music. Words. Guitars. Bicycles. Hung Like A Jury.

I'd like to meet:

Bertie Wooster. Crispus Attucks. Mississippi John Hurt. Someone with $200,000 to give. A terrorist. Lemme. A dog breeder who will discuss breeding a dog to walk on its hind legs. Both Harry Selbys.

Music:

Pelican!!!!, Tom Waits, Dirty Three, Supersuckers, The Boss, Mogwai, Archers of Loaf, Unwound, The Jesus Lizard, Laughing Hyenas, Low, God Hates Computers, Sleep, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, etc. Oh yeah, Neil Young.

Movies:

Rock Star. Big Fish. Coen Bros., The Aristocrats. Oh yeah, Manufacturing Consent.

Television:

The Office! (BBC), Arrested Development (give me a Gob!), Oh Yeah, Jeeves and Wooster.

Books:

Journey to the End of the Night. Hunger. Growth of the Soil. Brotherhood of the Grape. Kangaroo. Legs. The Plague. 1933 was a Bad Year. All Carson McCullers. I mean all! All Bukowski. Queer. The list could go on forever.

Heroes:

Jim

My Blog

The Baby

I can’t believe how much I love my cat. It’s platonic. But barely.
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

Top 10 on being an existentialist

10. Nothing Matters9. It doesn't matter8. Nothing will ever matter7. Even if things do exist (and they do), they don't matter6. Nothing Matters5. Matter doesn't matter4. Nothing Matters3. Nothing matt...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:47:00 PST

Day nineteen (19) Cleanse

I'm as clean as I'm gonna get. Yesterday someone told me I look anorexic. Nice. Eff U! I said, "You don't. You still look fat. Fatso." That's not true. I am pretty thin though. I thought I ha...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:00:00 PST

Day eighteen (18) Cleanse

So little time, so little to do. Actually I have a ton to do, but it all seems manageable. The cleanse is rapidly approaching its end. It's weird to have it be almost over. I'll have to get used t...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:31:00 PST

Day seventeen (17) Cleanse

Just four (4) more days to go. My band has a show on Friday right near my house. Typically I'd have a few drinks before hand. You know, just to lubricate my knees and such. Not this Friday. Nope,...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:41:00 PST

Day sixteen (16) Cleanse

Q: If a cleanse doesn't get written about for one (1) day, does it still happen?A: Yes, it does.I was so damn busy yesterday that I had nary a minute to jot my follies. No matter, nothing cool happen...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:23:00 PST

Day fourteen (14) Cleanse

In the words of dearly departed Kurt Vonnegut, so it goes... My body is adapting still, to this thing. Yesterday morning I ran around Lake Merritt. I got out the door and my legs felt pretty good. ...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:24:00 PST

Day thirteen (13) Cleanse

Welp, I had a transgression yesterday. It was planned, but check this out, here's my HUGE slip: I had one (1) glass of Champagne and a salad that contained some added salt and oil, a few nuts, and g...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:59:00 PST

Day twelve (12) Cleanse

Today is Jesse's Birthday. Going to see Wilco tonight. The plan was originally to make today a free day. I'm not in the mood for that. I think I mentioned that. I'm this far, I might as well see ...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:16:00 PST

Day eleven (11) Cleanse

Feeling really good. My martini fixation subsided upon waking up today. Last night at band practice, I really wanted a cold ass beer. I guess my martini obsession was less during that phase too. I...
Posted by Mark William Lynn I on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:28:00 PST