About me: I’m just shy of 30 and
I’m mad as hell. Being underemployed has given me a chance to reassess
my life and it’s left me more bitter than this dirty sock water I’m drinking—I
will never be a rock star, or date a super model. I don’t get carded at bars
anymore, teenagers now think of me as creepy and I prefer VH1 over MTV.
More and more I am guaranteed a hangover if I indulge in four or more
beers the night before and little by little, music is becoming too loud and
angry for my tastes. I’ve stopped trying to live each day as if it were my last,
because I’m too busy worrying about ten years down the line. It seems like
my entire life is a formulaic process to determine some unknown end result.
Pragmatism has never been my forte. I often feel like a very stupid game
show contestant trying to phrase my answer in the form of a question. What
is fulfillment, Alex? Somewhere between my first joint in high school and my
last cup of coffee, I quit trying to find an answer and left my fate in the cold,
clammy hands of target markets, Ikea catalogs and a bitter piece of pie called
the American Dream--At least I still have my hair.
Hey! We're just trying to let our St Louis area friends know that we're going to be at 2 Cents Plain tonight (Thurs July 10th) with Git Some (2 ex Planes Mistaken for Stars) from Denver, Manic Knitting Circle from Chicago, and Highway Heat from St Louis! We'd love to see you there if you can make it!
You got your Tao in my Swayze. Your Swayze’s in my Tao.
Within the ancient passages of the Tao Te Ching there is great wisdom on how to live your daily life; how to live the “Way”. The same life lessons can be found in the sage-like colloquies born out of Patrick Swayze’s storied film career.
Proceeds from this book benefit the American Cancer Society.
Happy birthday you dirty old sunuvabitch...In honor of this your first day of breathing air, I shall work the hotline so that you may go to the Bebop and stare at the hot waitress.
