8/18 Dear Editing, You Suck. Love, Me.

First, peep this little item. In summation: Ralph Papitto, 80-year old Chairman of Roger Williams University got angry over criticism about a lack of diversity on the board and used the n-word to refer to black candidates. Word leaked out and he apologized. Okay. He swore that that was the first time he ever used the word in his life. I smell bullshit, but I suppose it's possible. THEN he said, so quoteth Fox News: "The first time I heard it [the n-word] was on television or rap music or something." Wait, WHAT? The man was an adult during the segregation era. He lived through the entirety of the Civil Rights movement and it wasn't until rap that he heard "that word"? Way to deflect your racist tendencies by claiming it was Kool Keith's fault for teaching you the no-no word which shattered your racially sensitive, 60-year old eardrums. That defense only works for 14-year olds caught smoking weed, dumbfuck.

Now, I was so busy yesterday I had scant time to write an update, let alone the rant above. I spent, quite literally, all day working. I Read through The Zoo Story in the morning, thinking that it was pretty much done and ready to send. I couldn't have been more wrong if I thought radium produced stable isotopes (Science joke! High-five, Brandon!). I ripped that shit to shreds. It looked like a third grader's attempt at writing a paper for AP English:

yes, that does say 'porno theater etiquette' in the corner-- wanna fight about it?

So I spent hours editing, then hours typing up those edits and retooling and pacing, then taking a break by reading 100 pages of the Peter Carey, then printing out the updated version and going through it yet again. After a solid 8 hours of attention, I was pretty sure it was ready with just a few changes to be made in the morning. We shall see. George Jones and Hootie helped me through, but who knows what tomorrow brings.

Drink Count: 0 (too busy to drink! High-five, Sobriety!)

Worst Album Cover #2:It really and truly looks like a possum stuck to his lip, and I personally like to imagine that's elephant piss cascading across his mulleted shoulders and he's just being ironic with the title.