June 2009
5 posts
So Cow- To-Do List
Easy, breezy, charming. My...
When I get off the bus, sometimes I find myself wishing someone would watch me walk away.
(My) Texts From Last Night: 6/13
Her (2:33am): You really just wanted to get me on your couch to make out, didn’t ya? ;)
Me (2:35am): Making out is fun. But good bad movies are sublime. Watching good bad movies with you whilst making out? Well, that’s something I’ll smile on for a while.
Her (2:39am): Oh really?
Me (2:40am): Winky face and the like. Let’s hang out again soon. I think you’re cool.
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The lead singer of this band (Okay) has...
Back, sluts.
I’m making an effort to make an effort again. Why? Because Dave Seger wants me to. And because I could likely write about things on here that I can’t in other places.
What, you ask?
How about Erin? A girl I’ve known for about 4 years and am currently almost dating. I’m obnoxiously smitten with this girl and regardless of whether or not she makes out with me, I have no...
July 2008
2 posts
“This rejection of a genuine relationship with another, for the sake of...”
– G.C Bernard, speaking of Beckett’s, Krapp’s Last Tape
Sorry I’ve slacked here.
Two things:
1) I’m in Conneticut for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference. I’m here till the 15th. It’s prestigous as shit, I’m on the ocean, I’m surrounded by some of most important theatre artists in the country, I have no obligations, yet I’m continually getting depressed at random intervals throughout the day.
I...
April 2008
10 posts
I’m changing my religious beliefs on facebook. This is kind of a big deal for me, as capital G-O-D consumes a good deal of my art, my conciousness, my sanity. It now says Verse Chorus Verse, which is not just a reference to my play (which was my frackin’ religion at the time), but also to the endless cycles which pervade our lives, our cultures, our universes. Lately, I’ve been...
Frightened Rabbit- Poke “…you should...
Life is about experiencing love. Not being in it.
“Read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t...”
– Neil Gaiman (via sugerbuzz) (via boringloser)
From My New Play, "...But We Were Happy."
We should unpack tomorrow, he says, gesturing towards the whitewashed walls, that single hanging bulb. This is our home now, he says, and we should unpack. He tries so goddamn hard to smile at me as he slides a bowl of tuna my way. I made this, he says. God, I want to cry. (She almost does, but then breaks into a torrent of hysterical laughter.) On the drive home there was this dog in the...
You know those relationships that can’t exist beyond one night? They’re not one-night stands. They just can’t exist beyond the night. And you know how you always go through a period of resentment after the fact? Well. That’s where I am. And it’s a miserable place to be.
Sun Kil Moon’s new album sounds great so...
The title of track 7 off Los Campesinos! new album: This Is How You Spell, “Hahaha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” I kinda love that.
March 2008
15 posts
Bayliss: My great-grandfather’s lying on his death bed, and his last words to my great grandmother were…”I’m sorry I married you.” Pembleton: What’d she say? Bayliss: “So am I.” -Homicide: Life on the Streets
“Helm clearly expects audiences to instantly fall in love with Hoffman, but I had...”
– Nathan Rabin of the AV Club’s riff on Mister Magorium’s Wonder Emporium for his segment: I Watched This On Purpose
“Some nights you go out and see shit that’s no good for you. You know what...”
– Donald Waltemeyer, from David Simon’s book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Today's Inbox
Randall- Would a 10-day Residency/Observership at the O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference be of interest to you? Gregg
I have a writer friend who constantly feels the need to compete with me. I don’t like it. And I’m really starting to not like him. Which is a shame, ‘cause there was a time when I really did. I don’t like most writers. My nose is filled with dry blood.
Annnnnnnd:
An excerpt from my latest full-length, Pretty Penny. Why? Cuz I like it. CRYSTAL: Do you want to be exposed for what you are, little boy?TOMMY: I don’t want to lie anymore. I don’t lie to you. I want you to ruin me. I want you to kill me. I want to feel as if nothing has ever happened. I want to feel like the womb. I don’t even want to be real. I want to be trash. I want to be aborted.
What?
Sometimes all I want to do it hurt, hurt, hurt. I have a married friend. She is miserable. And I’m pretty sure she has feelings for me. And I, of course, have feelings for her. Although I wonder if I would if she wasn’t married. Fuck marriage. Fuck this world for making us think eternity and love are anything but mutually exclusive.
I’m writing a play about God appearing in the sky and the guy who gets out his rifle to shoot Him down.
When we’re alone, we’re sad because we’re lonely. When we’re with someone, we’re sad we’re not allowed to feel alone.
February 2008
7 posts
I tried posting an Andrew Bird song and it...
This is a song by Hello Saferide. It’s...
Thesis Blues
Writing a thesis is hard. “I consider my work to be fairly cutting. I deal with severe issues, exploring social ills like rape, violence, addiction, etc. from different, and more controversial, perspectives than other works that I’ve read. I find ways to empathize with every character I create, no matter how deplorable they are. I don’t like writing “nice” or “good” characters, mainly...
I’m writing the best play of my life. I got...
This band Sun Kil Moon released an album of Modest...
Seger's Text Message Response to my Tumblr...
“Yesssss”
Okay, shit.
I’m making an effort. I will have the best tumblr ever. Behind Tim and Dave. I’m at a coffee shop with my friend, Laramie. He’s trying to act like he’s not waiting for the bathroom to open up when he is. The guy before him was in there a long time. It prolly smells like poopie.
January 2008
1 post
Frustrating?
Is this thing? I’m finding it frustrating, DAVE. It’s hard to NAVIGATE. Or maybe I’m silly. Anyways, I got one of these a few months ago and completely effing forgot about it. Now I’m giving it another shot cause I want friends. Dave, Tim, get me more friends on this thing.
October 2007
3 posts
“People go on loving God, don’t they? All their lives. Without seeing...”
– Graham Greene, “The End of the Affair”
I’m in rehearsal for my show. What if it’s boring?
