Ahh, Fuck it.Tumblr (3.0; @survivingmyself)http://survivingmyself.com/<p>To clarify, if you are in NYC we can meet in person. Otherwise, if the grammar issue allows I’ll do an online tutorial.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/455627518http://survivingmyself.com/post/455627518Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:51:04 -0400<p>Any one out there need tutoring on a particular grammar issue? I’m offering free tutoring for a project I have to do. @ message me.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/455421555http://survivingmyself.com/post/455421555Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:11:01 -0400“Horrible. This is probably the most pulpy, overwrought, melodramatic cowboy vs. Indians story ever written.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-03-11-lastsong11_CV_N.htm">Nicholas Sparks, on <em>Blood Meridian</em></a> (via <a href="http://hortenseg.tumblr.com/post/452273617/horrible-this-is-probably-the-most-pulpy">hortenseg</a>) (via <a href="http://tylercoates.tumblr.com/">tylercoates</a>)</em>http://survivingmyself.com/post/452382296http://survivingmyself.com/post/452382296Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:44 -0400So this is what death by irony feels likeIt tickles“The novel Blood Meridian (1985) establishes Cormac McCarthy as unchallenged king of literary mule carnage. No fewer than fifty-nine specific mules die in the book, plus dozens more that are alluded to in groups and bunches. Mules are shot, roasted, drowned, knifed, and slain by thirst; but the largest number, 50 out of a conducta of 122 mules carrying quicksilver for mining, plummet from a single cliff during an ambush, performing an almost choreographic display of motion and color, “the animals dropping silently as martyrs, turning sedately in the empty air and exploding on the rocks below in startling bursts of blood and silver as the flasks broke open and the mercury loomed wobbling in the air in great sheets and lobes and small trembling satellites… . Half a hundred mules had been ridden off the escarpment””<br/><br/> - <em>Skybarn reminds us, <a href="http://www.skybarn.net/post/452338916/horrible-this-is-probably-the-most-pulpy">here</a>, of one of our favorite literary essays ever, <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/southern_cultures/v006/6.4mills.html">“The Dead Mule Rides Again,”</a> in which Jerry Leath Mills argues that the distinguishing characteristic of Southern Literature is the presence of wholesale mule slaughter. If you haven’t read this, drop everything and do so now. (via <a href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/">newsweek</a>)</em>http://survivingmyself.com/post/452375013http://survivingmyself.com/post/452375013Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:20 -0400<p>Paper is basically done, though I might retype it from scratch to guarantee that it is coherent and not written in penguin.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/451624037http://survivingmyself.com/post/451624037Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:16:18 -0400<p>I just need 400 words to complete this paper (which is really just one extremely complex thought) and I can’t even find the next sentence.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/451429788http://survivingmyself.com/post/451429788Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:36:25 -0400<p>This paper smells like week old sushi, which is an insensitive metaphor since I’m sure The Joads would have loved fresh fish.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/451217020http://survivingmyself.com/post/451217020Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:57:04 -0400<p>Between the cold medicine and the red bull, I feel like I’m writing this midterm on a meth binge.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/450621007http://survivingmyself.com/post/450621007Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:02:30 -0400<p>Evidence you are on the computer too much and smoke too much = you can type with one hand without looking down.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/449483214http://survivingmyself.com/post/449483214Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:12 -0400<p>This night ends, not with a bang but with two capsules of NyQuil and the hopes of a dreamless tweet … err sleep.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/449483210http://survivingmyself.com/post/449483210Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:12 -0400<p>Best thing about this cold: I can’t tell how bad my chicken wing work-shirt smells.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/448158627http://survivingmyself.com/post/448158627Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:28 -0400<p>God I wish I had one of those shower tablets that releases eucalyptus scented chemicals so I could breathe for ten minutes with this cold.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/447979225http://survivingmyself.com/post/447979225Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:27:12 -0400<p>Told a kid today at work that if he touched my food again I was going to rip out all of his teeth and mail them to him momma one at a time.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/447320029http://survivingmyself.com/post/447320029Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:59:09 -0400<p>Caffiene and hair metal are poor substitutions for sunshine and happiness, but substitutions they are.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/445915232http://survivingmyself.com/post/445915232Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:31:00 -0500<p>Eyeliner I wore for work last night has migrated so far down my face, I now look like The Crow.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/445915229http://survivingmyself.com/post/445915229Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:31:00 -0500<p>I hate that spell check doesn’t recognize words that don’t exist, but obviously will one day.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/443833975http://survivingmyself.com/post/443833975Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:19:16 -0500<p>Let’s kick this pig.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/439871686http://survivingmyself.com/post/439871686Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:48 -0500<p>Sipping slowly on my last red bull waiting for a new case of it to be delivered at noon. Caffeine addiction achieved.</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/439434676http://survivingmyself.com/post/439434676Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:21:07 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2x04hC0Q1qzsug5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my notes from class last night = why I don’t have a 4.0</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/439372931http://survivingmyself.com/post/439372931Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:36:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2syaFO5N1qzxsfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://amindy.tumblr.com/post/439258712/gpo-springtime-w-found-these-little-flowers">amindy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>GPO - Springtime - W: Found these little flowers on the way to work. They aren’t bradford pears or dogwoods. or azaleas. but they are pretty. :)</p> </blockquote> <p>If I’m not mistaken those are crocus, the first sign of spring. :)</p>http://survivingmyself.com/post/439263198http://survivingmyself.com/post/439263198Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:08 -0500