1. washing cars at a motel 2. working at the motel 3. convenience store clerk 4. grocery store clerk/deli guy 5. c-store manager 6. oil & gas landman 7. writing center at blackfeet com col 8. creative writing lecturer at stanford next job: washing cars at a motel

man that person in that magazine using alice munros daughters confession to justify their dislike of her work is uh really going for it. they even bring in keats but only kinda disagree with him. should have just told keats to fuck off. best to use both middle fingers imo. 😂

halfway through season 3 of the bear. it does not suck. it is actually very good. my feeling is people just wanted more of the same. there will always be such people. also this season has spinning away in ep 4. one of the prettiest songs ive ever heard.

wait for it 😂

Art is foremost an aesthetic activity, one in league with beauty. Too many folks conflate art with propaganda.

the openness of critical commentary / thinking there is a balm after spending years on this site where nuance and intelligence and critical judgment are eschewed for the purpose of garnering likes (and bc the structure of this site encourages it).

there are these long long scenes in the third season of the bear and they are some of the best tv ive ever seen.

fuck yeah lol

Roberto Bolaño’s business card. 1988. ‘Poet and slouch’

every so often i look at twitter just to see how fucking stupid things are in america and i always come away having reconfirmed that yes things are really fucking stupid. what in the fucking shit NYT. what in the ever loving dumbass shit.

youre not “mature” till you travel with at least three pairs of glasses. four if youre a “true champion”.

AI bros are still at the developmental stage of “if i put my hands over my eyes you cant see me”.

everyone who attains fame on the internet gets destroyed by the internet. i havent seen it go any other way. thats just how this game works.

norman rockwell painted nixons presidential portrait. just…you know. *let that one sink in*.