Top ten Netflix rentals

February 6, 2007 in Rant

(As annoying as they can be to read, who doesn’t love making pointless lists?…no particular order)
Spirited Away
DiG!
War Photographer
Double Indemnity
Rear Window
Wild Strawberries
Harold and Maude
Bottle Rocket
Blue Velvet
Annie Hall

Go-cart dreams

February 1, 2007 in Non-fiction

Strandwood Elementary probably functions in my mind in the same way most people think about their first relationships. When a young, idealistic person finally enters into the hyped up world of dating, it isn’t odd for the beloved’s flaws to melt away (or be overlooked) and for every “first” [...]

The setting as a foundation for a short story

February 1, 2007 in Short Story

Mountain Vista Middle School has a basketball court that rises a few inches above the field’s level like an island. The school has no blacktop; just the court with two baskets. Both baskets have unreadable red spray paint graffiti all over the backboards [...]

The Suburban Hangover

February 1, 2007 in Poetry

i take pictures of something that’s blind
from all the other flashes it has seen
but i still feel it necessary and impending
any angel will do the job
the compulsory nightmare
mindless tourism incarnate
because the more i use computers
the more i act like one
programmed to do a specific function
at the same time programmed not to entertain
internal protests that bash [...]