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THERE IS NO GOOD RIDDANCE
by Dan
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Laurie Anderson - "Thinking of You" Tomorrow, wake up an hour earlier than you did today. This should only take an hour, so once you've finished, you'll have wasted none of your regular day. Get out of bed immediately and do not dress. Eat a small piece of raw meat, any meat, coated in sugar. Just pat it in sugar and eat it. This will be your exact amount of energy needed. Get dressed in clothes you don't care about and leave your house. Find a crack in the sidewalk with a flower growing out of it. Near there should be a wall, climb it. At the top you should be able to see much farther than you could before. You're looking for public transport: buses, taxis, a sign for a subway, anything. The first one you see, go and catch it. Take it until it stops, if it's a taxi, hand over whatever money you have and say "take me this far". When you get out, talk to the first person you see, find out their name and where they are from. If you do not speak the same language, at least get a name. Now, use this name in some way, let it change your life. Tattoo it on your body, spray paint it on a wall, masturbate to it, write it on bread and ingest it. Anything to let transference take place. And once transference takes place, you may begin your day as usual, and awake awake awake. [Buy from Nonesuch] Posted by Dan at June 29, 2010 12:02 AMComments
Beautiful writing. It actually inspires me to get up earlier (and then do Jessica's motivational dance in the mirror). Thanks! Posted by Hannah at June 29, 2010 2:28 PMThere's so much liberty in waking up early. You can even read and listen to your tea and drink music. When I get up at 1000 sometimes, angels shout unbearable rackets. And if god exists, she doesn't want me. There's so much ante meridiem in this Laurie Anderson song. Blame it on the violin! Posted by Pedram at July 1, 2010 12:51 AMvery nice vedio. Post 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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