Why do we take some people more seriously than most others? a) Because "some" people love you and everything they say must be right. b) Because "most" people are idiots and you should take Nothing they say seriously, which leaves you with "some" people.c) Screw people. I know I am right. (Sounded cool right?—are they … Continue reading Preservatives
Art Exhibition – Room 7: MeMA
Buying the monk’s ferrari
A hundred years from now, when our century joins human civilization in its conclusive temporality, what will our page in the history book look like? My wager is on a pop-up ad. When TV sold people shit, it was unequivocal. It wasn't ashamed about coming off as crummy. Because what was your alternative? Stop watching? … Continue reading Buying the monk’s ferrari
My 13-step editing process
What I have so far: Prosaic nauseate that's sat in a document for 1-24 months/the first draft.1. This is unsalvageable. Is this what doomsday feels like?2. Let me begin by throwing in some words that make it sound like this essay is both distant from and yet proximally wreathed in the hoi polloi whose bullshit … Continue reading My 13-step editing process
The respectability of idiots
August 1973, Stockholm, Sweden. Guy takes four people hostage in a bank's vault. He goes through the customary shindig of demand or doom. He keeps this up for four days—threatening to kill a hostage every day, getting on the line with the Prime minister of Sweden, and while still on call, strangleholding a hostage until … Continue reading The respectability of idiots
Art Exhibition – Room 6: Symptoms
K
I have put something up on this blog almost every week—it's annoying. Been doing it for some years. I should be tired. It bothers me that I am not. If you haven't guessed already, this essay is going to be more narcissistic than usual. Nothing about what I am doing is special. There are people … Continue reading K
What it means to have a stomach ache
It means you roll over the bed probing the position you feel the least amount of pain and in that internal search for stomach-centered meaninglessness, you lose sleep and get up feeling cranky, and then your mum asks you why you have been in the toilet for so long. Have a good day. It means … Continue reading What it means to have a stomach ache
No one say a word
Shit. Welcome to meditations, a blog where the shit counter just hit six hundred and sixty-two. This will become relevant soon enough. When civilization kicked off, our species were all sorted under one category: survival. It remained this way for a long ass time. And then a group started using a mouthy substance to expand … Continue reading No one say a word
Needs (nonhierarchical)
Hand towels + DishclothBulbsShoe standDish strainer / Dish MatTool Box (Screws for chairs)BowlsContainers Grater Water mud pot Oil canister