February 2011
26 posts
Writer Pics
i drew the writer pictures for my blog The Tangential
January 2011
37 posts
Things You Can Do When You're Bored and Watching...
-Finish designing Philolzophy’s tramp stamp logo
-Finish DJ logo of an alligator
-Draw author pics for Tangential
-Clean
-Work on novel that you abandoned
Productivity is drained this week.
gawker comment of the day
gawker commenters often make me like america. this is in response to a post showing twitter #rulesforgirls, which inspired some people to criticize the tweeters’ grammar.
I agree with the many comenters who’ve criticized the sexism of these posts - but the grammar criticisms are way off the mark. Those rigid grammar rules beloved by the dictionary police only apply when you are...
The Future of Reading
From “The Future of Reading,” on Wired, by Jonah Lehrer
This suggests that the act of reading observes a gradient of awareness. Familiar sentences printed in Helvetica and rendered on lucid e-ink screens are read quickly and effortlessly. Meanwhile, unusual sentences with complex clauses and smudged ink tend to require more conscious effort, which leads to more activation in the...
mpls let's grow some balls
i used to work at a newspaper where i wrote criticism and it was unethical to write about my own friends. now it seems like mpls is becoming a culture where you aren’t allowed to criticize anything and you only write about your own friends.
i am not talking about lol-omg. they are not a newspaper. they’re a bunch of freelance writers with the upfront mission of writing a gossip blog....
It's my 500th post!
So You Don't Want to Do The Number One Best Thing...
Believe me, there are some good things to do tonight. I’m talking about fun shit. Serious fun. For example, back tattoos. They are going to be peeking out all over town, and you could go look at them. You could go out just to shake your head disapprovingly at them while drinking a two-for one magarita special with peach flavoring. Another thing going on tonight is a top secret concert. It’s so...
The Tangential: Excerpts from The Tangential →
thetangential:
From “This is My Scene” by Jay Gabler
“They don’t know about my scene. If they did, it would be their scene, and FUCK THAT SHIT. I keep this business on the DL by staying at home with the front door and also the door to my room closed and locked, and since there are no outward signs that there is a scene going on here, we’re safe. When I open the scanner lid and use it as...
The Tangential: My What Tan Gentials You Have:... →
Check out the new creative writing blog I started with Jay Gabler and Katie Sisneros! (Note: This goes to the Tumblr, not that actual blog, which can be found here.)
thetangential:
WHAT IS THE TANGENTIAL? A creative writing blog based in Minneapolis, with the assignment “Write whatever you want, just try not to be boring. Try not to suck.” WHY IS THE TANGENTIAL? We want to create a...
The Tangential: The Tale of Baskin Robbins →
thetangential:
This piece of writing was initially published to Wikipedia’s “Ice Cream” entry by Becky Lang into 2006. It was promptly deleted. This is what remains:
Once, the land of ice cream was being very bad. The ice was fornicating with the salt chunks, and pistachios across the land were being pillaged….
Top Ten Fruits to Get a Blow Job From
Blowjobs from currants—if they’re noticed at all—are often forgotten after they begin and until one orgasms, somewhat unexpectedly, hours later. This is because the currant, as one of the tiniest fruits, is able to sneak into men’s pants and do it for hours without anyone knowing anything, pulsing ethereally against the penis in a speed-shifting manner that’s incredible to witness....
So I'm Guessing No One Actually Liked this Book
except for the cover design
and maybe cuz the author is hot.
2010 in Retrospect
I’ve seen a lot of good reflections on 2010 and considered how to do my own. Then I was like, “Eh. I’m just going to put whatever I want, even if it’s “sincere,” “too ironic” or “accidentally braggy.”
The first thing that comes to mind about 2010 is that I got a new nephew, Levi, and he came the day before my birthday. I’ve...
DARSCHOOF: BLANG! Your answer? →
My old editor, the very insightful Michael Garberich, was the one who pointed out the constant hedges and qualifiers in my own writing. He encouraged me to commit to what I was saying, which I’m still working on.
He provides some great insight in response to my post about the insecurity of American speech, especially in the younger generations.
darschoof:
At some recent point I staged an...
