He referred to his projects rather ecumenically as items. Although each was minutely embedded in particularity, the force of his attention rendered them in some sense uniform.
Author: OoD
On Sunday night he put on his work suit and sat in a chair until dawn.
On Sunday night he put on his work suit and sat in a chair until dawn.
World’s longest book: insults I haven’t forgotten.
World’s longest book: insults you haven’t forgotten.
Another evening of mutual assured destruction.
Another evening of mutual assured destruction.
A grid system was developed in order to rationalize intuitive choices.
A grid system was developed in order to rationalize intuitive choices.
Everything you think, feel, and say, compounded daily.
Everything you think, feel, and say, compounded daily.
On the fifth anniversary of her mother’s death
On the fifth anniversary of her mother’s death she found a lump on her breast. There was no one to tell; the roommate-slash-fuckup she occasionally slept with had skipped out in the middle of the night without paying rent. She wasn’t close with anyone at work, and anyway, she’d been laid off three weeks earlier. Yesterday she’d thought, “if one more thing happens, I don’t know what I’ll do.” And she’d been right: she didn’t know what to do.
Such beauty that the only suitable response would be to no longer exist.
Such beauty that the only suitable response would be to no longer exist.
And then, gradually, fear becomes your way of life.
And then, gradually, fear becomes your way of life.
We finally came to the end of big, dumb ideas.
We finally came to the end of big, dumb ideas.