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The End of Impromptu Nick Howard Week
by Dan
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I don't live poorly, I live a distilled life. My clothes distilled into one outfit, my friends distilled into one web site, my food distilled into one soup, my movies into one scene from Cannonball Run, my music into one song. It's a kind of meditative purity, my mind is clear of anything unnecessary, non-essential. Which is not to say my mind is empty, on the contrary, it is exactly full. No meniscus on the water glass, no pressure in any direction, complete and true balance. I give any extra money to charity, equally divided up amongst every charity in existence. I keep a savings account that will keep me alive until I am 83, at which point I will abandon balance and see what else there is. But until then, I am satisfied with perfection. [Buy] (drawing by nick howard) Posted by Dan at January 16, 2009 11:48 AMComments
Zen's perfection Posted by asilenceproduction at January 16, 2009 3:19 PM"don't think that everything's gonna stay the same that's impossible" Posted by matthew at January 16, 2009 4:18 PMthree cheers for impromptu Nick Howard week! Posted by BMR at January 17, 2009 6:34 PMNot only distilled, but incredibly condensed. Like soup, and just as tasty on a chilly winter's night... Posted by ibelieveinlotsofthings at January 18, 2009 12:36 AMwow, I am a fan of these drawings. Posted by julie lequin at January 18, 2009 10:52 PMtoo bad most of us are distilling our own lives while you are distilling yours. the water's getting rancid. Posted by me at January 22, 2009 6:17 PMPost a comment |
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Montreal. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto, where he is editor in chief of The Mark. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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