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January 18, 2017

Pickles Reads reviews my book

Remember when NASA beamed Beatles music out to space in some veiled hope of contacting alien life?

This is like receiving a response.

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I always knew RL Stine drew inspiration from Twilight Zone (e.g. Say Cheese and Die from A Most Unusual Camera, Night of the Living Dummy from The Dummy), but this was pleasantly surprising #goosebumps #rlstine #richardbrautigan

I heard this is good with ice cream #soylent #amazon

I still draw like I’m in the first grade #doodling #ultrakwon

Been a while since I saw a Sakura tree in real life but this pink crabapple tree is not too shabby #sakuratreewithdrawal #japan #murica

‪Bates Motel is the most underrated TV show I’ve seen since Hibana Spark. Even under the rare occasion I stick with a show to its series finale, it’s almost always out of obligation... like broccoli. But Bates is like eating a bag of Cheetos for recess #batesmotel #hibanaspark‬

Just finished reading Master and Margarita, which might be the most boring book I’ve read since White Noise by Don Delillo. Now reading Wind-Up Bird by Murakami, another snoozefest. Why is there this institutionalized idea in the literary aristocracy that the mark of a fine author is the ability to grind out a tome? It contradicts the standard of all other mediums #murakami #windupbirdchronicle

These should come with epileptic seizure warnings for your tastebuds #luckycharms #frostedflakes #luckycharmsfrostedflakes #pinkdonut #mariocereal #epilepsy #fda

I feel so special to not know anyone else whose favorite Pokémon in the world is #bulbasaur

The most famous BBQ establishment here... also you know you’re at a Michael Simon restaurant when the BBQ sauce tastes like mustard #mabelbbq #mabels #mabelsbbq #michaelsimon #downtowncle #bbq #bbqsauce #ribs #bbqrestaurant

I’m not too keen on prison dramas, nor well-versed in kaiju cinema, but the world of Kaijumax manages to blend both genres into one hilariously idiosyncratic vision that’s equal parts adorable and diabolical, and a total riot #kaiju #kaijumax #kaijumonster #kaijumonsters #oz #comicbook #brookstone #boxes #orangeisthenewblack #prisonbreak

It never got better than Frosted Strawberry and Brown Sugar Cinammon so did you really think Watermelon Jolly Rancher was gonna sway me? You know me all too well! #poptartmania #watermelonjollyrancher

Trash cans are all about that snowcapped life here #lyndhurst

A satire of privilege #dondelillo #whitenoise #thanotophobia

Basically stretching for me is lying on the floor and looking out the window #vantagepoint

First time at the shooting range. Despite everyone's warning about the recoil, I figured I'd played enough video games to prepare me. Honestly I didn't think I should be concerned by the kick until I got to the bazooka level. What really stunned me was the violently bombastic explosions emanting out of my hands. I used a Ruger American. Strenuous on my anterior deltoids. Suffice to say, going back to shooting 8 bit ducks will never be the same #endofsummer #riteofpassage #murica #shootingrange #duckhunt #rugeramerican

I absolutely adore 30% of this book. The rest of it however perpetuated too much my ongoing hypothesis of "short stories" as the highbrow cocktease, literature's dirty little secret that short stories are not really stories that are short, but a mostly nebulous collection of creative writing exercises. No amount of imaginative metaphors, stylish descriptors, and abstract prose could make up for the lack of material beneath the magical masquerade. Again, I love 30% of this book - exploring the profound ideas and theoretical insight surrounding the mind's creativity - and that 30% deserves the highest praise. The rest is prolonged foreplay without sex #streetofcrocodiles #brunoschulz #magicalrealism #surrealism #absurdism

Morning reading #270w #quickstart #gedeozone

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