rest in peace

Bender, bender,
never-ender!
Won't be sober
'til November!
—traditional

Einmal ist keinmal.
—kundera, the unbearable lightness of being

i'm back into the fountainhead again. god, i love that book. it's like the bible for grown-ups. there's everything you need: the ideal, the avatar, determinedly setting the unreachable example, the virgin/whore, even the friggin' devil. is roark a religious man? obviously; look at his buildings.

That’s a pie-crust promise: easily made and easily broken!
—m. poppins

my favorite ayn rand quote:  When a man thinks, there is a spot of fire alive in his mind—and it is proper that he should have the burning point of a cigarette as his one expression.

damn. when i first came across that line in atlas shrugged, i nearly peed. i was on the subway going to a freelance job at some ad agency. i typed it out and hung it above my desk as soon as i got to work.

Not a million miles could keep us apart...
—the hissyfits

Everybody wants to know the rumors!
Everybody wants to know the scandal!
Idle idle idle idle idle idle idle idle
Idle idle idle idle idle idle idle idle
Idle idle idle idle idle idle idle idle
Idle idle idle idle idle idle idle
Idle gossip
—the toy dolls

one week from wednesday: DEATH DISCO! kickstart's playing with the anabolics. it's been too long! and all your favorites will be there: irish icon b.p. fallon, restauranteur d.j. mojo, and independent film-maker jolly joli! don't miss it! remember: wednesday, february 16th: kickstart at death disco!