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I hope those pigs are really heavy or bolted down. They're a prime target for 3am drunk theft.

I'd definitely buy that PBF book.

that was half informative, half stand up routine

So you want to be a writer?

Charles Bukowski

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you

in spite of everything,

don’t do it.

unless it comes unasked out of your

heart and your mind and your mouth

and your gut,

don’t do it.

if you have to sit for hours

staring at your computer screen

or hunched over your

typewriter

searching for words,

don’t do it.

if you’re doing it for money or

fame,

don’t do it.

if you’re doing it because you want

women in your bed,

don’t do it.

if you have to sit there and

rewrite it again and again,

don’t do it.

if it’s hard work just thinking about doing it,

don’t do it.

if you’re trying to write like somebody

else,

forget about it.

if you have to wait for it to roar out of

you,

then wait patiently.

if it never does roar out of you,

do something else.

if you first have to read it to your wife

or your girlfriend or your boyfriend

or your parents or to anybody at all,

you’re not ready.

don’t be like so many writers,

don’t be like so many thousands of

people who call themselves writers,

don’t be dull and boring and

pretentious, don’t be consumed with self-

love.

the libraries of the world have

yawned themselves to

sleep

over your kind.

don’t add to that.

don’t do it.

unless it comes out of

your soul like a rocket,

unless being still would

drive you to madness or

suicide or murder,

don’t do it.

unless the sun inside you is

burning your gut,

don’t do it.

when it is truly time,

and if you have been chosen,

it will do it by

itself and it will keep on doing it

until you die or it dies in you.

there is no other way.

and there never was.

I like breaking this one out on all the "writers" out there. Not only does it criticize them in the medium they romanticize but it has the double bonus of being written by a confirmed hipster poet. EAT IT PUSSIES

Yeah I used the same brands before I came across the same problem. You should really look into vinyl dye for the plastics. I used to mod computer parts, specifically keyboards and I never had a single person complain about fading. That's saying a lot considering I was spray painting the keys black for hardcore computer nerds who can wear the letters off of a normal keyboard in under a year. You just have to lightly sand the plastic first.

What are you using to paint the plastic? I used to mess around with spray painting and found the only thing that really lasted was vinyl dye.

Ishmael

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishmael-Daniel- ... 308&sr=8-1

I don't normally like activist/environmental books but I really enjoyed this one.

Perhaps you should like to share your favorite literature then? Poems, novels, short stories, essay's, fiction, non-fiction, it's all good. I'll spare you my own weak synopsis and leave it to the thorough amazon reviews to give you a nice outline.

My picks:

The Brothers Karamazov

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/0374528373

Flatland

http://www.amazon.com/Flatland-Romance-Dimensions-Thrift-Editions/dp/048627263X

Notes From Underground

http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Underground-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/067973452X

Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041

I Am a Strange Loop

http://www.amazon.com/Am-Strange-Loop-Douglas-Hofstadter/dp/0465030785

Gutsy question, you're a shark. Sharks are winners and they don't look back 'cause they don't have necks. Necks are for sheep. I am proud to be the shepherd of this herd of sharks and I am gonna lead you to the top of this industry.

One of my favorite episodes

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/02/17/you-maniacs/

Update on the DRM they're using for the PC launch of AC2. Requires you to be connected to ubisoft server at all times during gameplay.

login as guest and play here: http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp

It's the best community I've come across. They have lots of admins, tutorials and you can watch live matches between top players.

been playing online a lot lately decided it was time to make the investment

This is the toy I waited for every christmas but never got:

The teaching model of the tunneling machine 4PP-2.

if you like this look up Saul Bass. He made that intro and there are a bunch of other great ones on youtube.

ello

I know a lot of people in Europe who use OKcupid with moderate success. I made an account just to stalk the hot ladies though, I don't plan on actually using the service :x

Beyond being a pervert you can also do the compatibility tests and it will match you to others. It's a good way to find new books/music/movies that are similar to things you already like.

Indeed. Hip-hop is such a diverse genre it's ridiculous to just dismiss it all as bad. People do the same thing with classical and country music but most of the time it's just a shitty stereotype and shitty early exposure.

classic example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERQzl4xDpXk

haha thanks. if you have the chance to try it you should, at the least it's a different experience.

If you don't like hip hop then you're not listening to good hip hop

Unless everyone was lying most of the women were trying speed dating for the first time. The "speed" was dictated by songs from some band that I can't remember the name of, so about 3 minutes.

I wasn't looking to hook up with anyone so I just frankly asked most of the women why they were there, how long they've been single, and what they were expecting to get out of it. I was the 6th guy down the line so I'd ask them "have you met your soulmate yet" or some variation on that and all of them seemed pretty indifferent about the whole thing. Maybe they were just saying that to not hurt my feelings and make me think I had a chance, who knows.

I blatantly said to 3 or 4 of them "do you like hip hop, do you like smoking weed" and they gave me this confused "drugs are bad" look . I stopped asking that question after a while but it was a really good way to root out the bitchy tight asses (most of them were bitchy tight asses). I was in a really really REALLY hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn and I don't know if you guys have hipsters where you live but you can probably imagine what it's like. All the women were probably waiting for me to start reciting poetry. The less attractive ones consistently had better personalities than the airheads. Luckily I know a decent amount about fashion and that kept the conversations going (Alexander McQueen dying yesterday and Brooklyn Decker being Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover didn't hurt (I love her)).

I was pretty drunk when I started and got progressively more drunk during the conversations so I don't remember many of the specifics. It was really satisfying to cut and shave my 5 month old beard when I got home.

I'd say half were over 28, half were over 35. Most of them were attractive. They were all way too bubbly to me. Everyone was either a publicist, worked at an ad agency or did something for a magazine. The only one I found interesting was a real bitch. At least she kept it real. She was an investment banker

It was speed dating night at the bar I went to

I didn't go there to go speed dating I was forced into it. All the women were cougars.

It was a disaster. Do yourself a favor and never grow a beard. Everyone thought I was a hasidic jew.

what was your old one? a scooter?