All the Gods are Bastards

I’ve just found my dream life.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:17:29 -0400

I’ve just found my dream life.

You Are Boring

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:28:41 -0500

Here’s the full text of a piece I wrote for The Magazine a few months ago. I really enjoyed writing it, and would like to thank Marco once again for publishing it there. If you haven’t checked out The Magazine yet, you should. Anyway, here’s why you’re a total snooze:

Everything was going great until you showed up. You see me across the crowded room, make your way over, and start talking at me. And you don’t stop.

You are a Democrat, an outspoken atheist, and a foodie. You like to say “Science!” in a weird, self-congratulatory way. You wear jeans during the day, and fancy jeans at night. You listen to music featuring wispy lady vocals and electronic bloop-bloops.

You really like coffee, except for Starbucks, which is the worst. No wait—Coke is the worst! Unless it’s Mexican Coke, in which case it’s the best.

Pixar. Kitty cats. Uniqlo. Bourbon. Steel-cut oats. Comic books. Obama. Fancy burgers.

You listen to the same five podcasts and read the same seven blogs as all your pals. You stay up late on Twitter making hashtagged jokes about the event that everyone has decided will be the event about which everyone jokes today. You love to send withering @ messages to people like Rush Limbaugh—of course, those notes are not meant for their ostensible recipients, but for your friends, who will chuckle and retweet your savage wit.

You are boring. So, so boring.

Don’t take it too hard. We’re all boring. At best, we’re recovering bores. Each day offers a hundred ways for us to bore the crap out of the folks with whom we live, work, and drink. And on the internet, you’re able to bore thousands of people at once.¹

A few years ago, I had a job that involved listening to a ton of podcasts. It’s possible that I’ve heard more podcasts than anyone else—I listened to at least a little bit of tens of thousands of shows. Of course, the vast majority were so bad I’d often wish microphones could be sold only to licensed users. But I did learn how to tell very quickly whether someone was interesting or not.

The people who were interesting told good stories. They were also inquisitive: willing to work to expand their social and intellectual range. Most important, interesting people were also the best listeners. They knew when to ask questions. This was the set of people whose shows I would subscribe to, whose writing I would seek out, and whose friendship I would crave. In other words, those people were the opposite of boring.

Here are the three things they taught me.

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wrists: (by MAZZALIARMADI.IT) what what what WHAT IS THIS...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:45:12 -0500

wrists:

(by MAZZALIARMADI.IT)

what what what WHAT IS THIS STUFF

urhajos: National Geographic me so hangry

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:37:48 -0500

urhajos:

National Geographic

me so hangry

My "Eric" sucks the life force out of the room when he eats.

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:34:53 -0500

My "Eric" sucks the life force out of the room when he eats.

Lake Retba in Senegal.

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:55:55 -0400

Lake Retba in Senegal.

me, dancing. additional possible spirit animal....

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:38:42 -0400

me, dancing. additional possible spirit animal.

descepter:

Happy Seal

stop it. you just stop it right now.

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:38:07 -0400

stop it. you just stop it right now.

"To have a style is to be trapped."

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:33:10 -0400

“To have a style is to be trapped.”

- Milton Glaser (via themodelburnbook)

shorter prease. plus blue heels and blue hair net/pillbox hat....

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:00:42 -0400

shorter prease. plus blue heels and blue hair net/pillbox hat. boom, done. no groom necessary, just a sick party.

bippityboppityboo:

origami dress..how cool!

paris, jumping in cemeteries…as you do.

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:32:23 -0400

paris, jumping in cemeteries…as you do.

DJ Snoopadelic. Slappin some soul to your ass. Nate Dogg...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:24:57 -0400

DJ Snoopadelic. Slappin some soul to your ass.

Nate Dogg tribute #respectthewest #vibehouseSXSW

JCD’s next attempt?

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:27:46 -0400

JCD’s next attempt?

“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:33:11 -0500

“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn’t make you feel good kick them to the curb and the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.”

-Amy Poehler