Archive for the ‘ rant ’ Category

Between Extremes

  • February 15th, 2010
  • Posted in rant . self

Sometimes when I don’t know what to write, I start off typing these 3 little words:“Drugs, Sex, Violence” I don’t know what that means.  I’m not sure if there’s a significance to the order, but that’s how it comes out. Probably it’s an unconscious homage to Hunter Thompson, a man who made his life a [ READ MORE ]

Hating on Story Gurus

I just watched Tropa De Elite and was deconstructing from a story perspective, trying to really get at the process for creating such a story. Okay I’ll assume you haven’t seen Tropa De Elite, so I’ll just say it’s the kind of story with several different character’s whose paths intertwine, morphing the characters and arriving at [ READ MORE ]

The Opposite of Buddhism

  • February 11th, 2010
  • Posted in rant

Watch this video about life in the digital age: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/ Okay here’s my thoughts: On Drone Attacks I had never thought about the people who pilot the drones in Pakistan.  That is seriously fucked up.  And while it’s great that we’re developing technologies that prevent our people from getting killed, I can’t see the end result as anything good. [ READ MORE ]

Of Ghosts

I met Andy at a bar to talk. I had never met him before, he was just a friend of a friend; later I’d find out he wasn’t even that. He was a squirrely guy, about 32 and nervous, jumpy. The kind of person who makes you uncomfortable because you feel like [ READ MORE ]

Signs of Awakeness

  • December 14th, 2009
  • Posted in rant . self

I’m half awake. My whole face feels like it’s sagging. I’ve gotten plenty of sleep, more than enough really. So I’m tired because I’m unfocused. Because trying to keep everything inside my head is tiring. Lazy people should stay focused all the time, otherwise they risk over working themselves with [ READ MORE ]

Mandatory minimums are fucking bullshit.

  • May 22nd, 2009
  • Posted in rant

My neighbor was a juror on a trial dealing with a really fucked up situation, that I won’t go into here, but lets just say he was the only one who didn’t want to crucify the defendant.  So they fought it out for 3 days and eventually he conceded defeat, after getting the charges cut [ READ MORE ]

Fuck Everything – Finding Hope in Philadelphia

  • April 6th, 2009
  • Posted in rant

It was Friday at around 8:30 when I suddenly realized that I was done with this city. “FUCK PHILLY!  FUCK the assholes spitting all over the SIDEWALKS!  FUCK the speeding taxis trying to KILL me! FUCK the parking authority handing out tickets to everyone who stays still for 20 seconds!  FUCK the negative, rude, arrogant, ignorant [ READ MORE ]