So what does a freshly paid, very sharp young man do with his weekends? I'm home reading John Berrymen and HL Hix. . .let the chaos begin!!! As my twenties draw to a close, I have come to terms with the fact that: 1. I am a boring guy. and 2. I have ALWAYS BEEN A BORING GUY.
Granted, I am not staying up at night thinking "where did my youth go?" Hell, I'm still reading comic books and going out at odd hours to drink coffee. . . The fact of the matter is, I'm not at all exciting.
I don't really go out to bars anymore, hell I barely even drink. . .the last real big time bender I went on, I ended up "leaving" several dining establishments in the Orlando area. . . but that's another story (PS: regardless of what they say I NEVER put my head in that lobster tank!). In the mid-20's I drank like my stereotypes were in the driver's seat (1/2 Filipino, 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Native American). The Irish is all liver I guess. . . but those days are way over. Now I sit home and just read/write poetry and watch Criterion DVD's.
My friends were busting on me pretty fierce when I showed up the the new hipster bar the other night. They were treating it as if I should've cut a press release. . . "A public appearance" that had noting to do with a poetry reading. Made me think I should get out more, for about an hour and half. By midnight, I was more than happy to cart my boring, tired ass back home.
Maybe I'm too serious about writing and maybe I should be that Jon Favreau/Vince Vaughn SWINGERS cat, but f*(k it, all I ever really cared about was writing poetry so why should I stop now?
Being lame has got me this far. . .wait a minute. . .where am I?
today's music: son volt-TRACE; Frente-LABOUR OF LOVE EP; joni mitchell-BLUE; Jeff Buckley-MYSTERY WHITE BOY; Devo-ARE WE NOT MEN?; X-LOS ANGELES; paul westerberg-BESTERBERG; Jurassic 5-QUALITY CONTROL; tom waits-HEART ATTACK & VINE
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(i just wrote this, and something messed up, so will try again...)
I enjoy the hipster bars as much as the next poseur, but isn't there something to doing absolutely nothing? Fun is over-rated. Come with me into the virtual hermitage and weave yourself a hairshirt for posterity.
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