Things that I need

The country, folk music, basil, longing, sadness, solitude, fortune cookies, BBQ, ceiling fans, baths, my brothers, slow-pace, snow, did I say the country? Otis Redding. Did I say being alone? Order, simplicity, clarity. Collard greens. Mineral water. Beer. I need to make people laugh. Or else. Medicine. Raw material. Wood. Woodness. Wood. Dirt and crushed up fingernails. Did I say medicine?

17 Little Things I am Big Obsessed With

1. religious imagery
2. Mexican cokes
3. old Chevy Silverados
4. Miller High Life
5. waterbeds
6. matchbooks
7. propaganda art
8. bacon
9. cheesy record covers from the 1970s
10. mason jars
11. gold chains
12. anything that is rusty
13. found materials
14. ugly pillowcases
15. fortune cookies
16. myself
17. bad poetry

15 Things You May not Know about Me

1. I suffer from extreme insomnia.
2. I take an anti-seizure medication for "mood swings."
3. I am an atheist.
4. I think most things are utterly meaningless, besides wind, trees, rain, etc.
5. I once hitch-hiked from California to Florida.
6. My favorite song is 'Pastures of Plenty' by Woodie Guthrie.
7. I like old America.
8. My favorite dessert is mango sticky rice.
9. I am obsessed with logical fallacies.
10. I lived in Los Angeles; I worked in an art gallery; I was sad a lot.
11. I played tambourine in a band once.
12. I like mason jars.
13. I think of special things sometimes (fingernail moons and glitter).
14. I think of non-special things sometimes and think that, actually, they are special (carcasses, mosquitoes, eating lots of carbs).
15. I can proabably drink you under the table.
16. I don't believe in love even though I am in love.

Conversations/Arguments I Refuse to Have

1. If you believe in Creationism, I do not want to argue or debate with you. You are, quite simply, wrong. Actually, if you ACTUALLY believe in creationism I probably do not want to talk to you at all.

2. I don't want to hear about the dream you had last night. Nor do I want to hear about what you think it means, unless you think it means you should stab yourself in the chest...twice.

3. Abortion. Please do not argue with a girl who has had an abortion about how you think it's wrong. That's just wrong.

4. OMG--The existence of God. This conversation is a cliche, the idea of God is a cliche, and the idea of existence is now even somewhat of a cliche. God!

5. I refuse to accuse large, vague entities of creating problems (the government, society, the media, et al.)

6. If it's other people's private business I guarantee I will stay out of it. The world is less and less private. I put myself on display in my blog and on my social profiling accouts, but I recognize the fact that it's merely a display, a presentation. More privacy.

7. I don't want to argue about east coast v. west coast rap. It's a non-issue at this point. I will say that I like B.I.G better than Tupac.

8. I once had an argument with someone about the importance of logic. Guess what side I was on. Yes, I think logic is important. I also think it's retardly illogical to have an argument about the merits of logic. YOU NEED LOGIC TO ARGUE. Thus, I pretty much won the argument, because --obviously-- this person could not argue. And now I'm pretty much not friends with this person any more. Please do not start a conversation off like this, "Who even said that logic was important in the first place?"

9. I guess I just don't want to talk about it unless you agree with me. Which isn't really true. It's just as the far right and far left attract more and more numbers,I find it hard to have an intelligent conversation, one based not on assumptions void and hasty generalizations, but an educated one.