I haven’t blogged in a while. I want to graduate from college. I am tired of being in school. I have been working on other things. I am sorry. There have been a lot of things going on that I haven’t commented on.
Noah Cicero is having one of his books published. If you know me and trust me, you should buy this book. If you do not know me or trust me, you should, and you should buy Noah’s book. Also, here Noah gives some nice rules for defending against morons on the internet.
Tao Lin’s book is coming out. I also recommend buying this book. I just read it five minutes ago and really liked it. Tao Lin is a nice person who works hard on his writing. He is the Jerry Bruckheimer of vegan poets.
People should buy more of Tao’s and Noah’s books. It is inexcusable to spend $12 on a Norah Jones CD at Starbucks or whatever, and not spend equal or less money on a book by an independent writer. If you have money to buy a video game or go to the movies or something like a sporting event or a nice dinner, you should also have the money to buy books from independent writers, music from independent musicians, and an occasional drawing from a local artist. Everyone reading this probably thinks the same thing. I am just trying to get mad about something.
It is important to support art that is less “mainstream,” helping smaller, but equally valid artists. Also, buy art from artists when possible, so they can get more money. This is my opinion. You probably agree. It is easy to agree. I am sorry. I also buy things like Grand Theft Auto IV, so you can label me as an asshole hypocrite if you want to. I admittedly can afford all of these things through nepotism. It’s silly for me to talk about what other people should spend money on. Spend your money on whatever you want. We are all doomed anyway. Classic white rich kid syndrome for life. Obama 2008.
Grand Theft Auto IV got a 10 on IGN. I want to hit myself in the head really hard with a hammer, go into a coma, and wake up on Tuesday.
I was in Lamination Colony again, this time as a collaboration with Blake Butler. He put a post on his blog that he would accept the first ten things into his mailbox, with the presumption that he could edit them however he wanted to. I liked the process and result.
I was quoted in The Stranger, along with lots of people and publications I like. Ross Simonini is a good journalist. I think he also qualifies as a legend now, because I read and hear things about him from other people all of the time. The Legendary Ross Simonini. Internet literature for life.
I will graduate exactly ten years after I started college, I realized this week. University of Houston class of 2009 for life. Texas A&M Pi Kappa Phi fall pledge class beer chugging champion 1999 for life.
I will blog about being in a fraternity ten years ago soon.
Have a nice couple of weeks.