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Dear World
FOUND by Annette Dutro
in Indianapolis, Indiana
My boyfriend and I found this tonight on the sidewalk outside a cool little gift shop, Silver in the City, on Massachusetts Avenue. I like that the author is equally distraught by Starbucks and the atomic bomb. And who could resist the twisted "Duck, Duck, Goose" imagery written on pretty floral paper?
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
this about sums up my life.
In a weed-inspired moment, Kim Jong Il, the whack-tacular dictator/poet of North Korea, jots down a stream-of-consciousness entry in his journal, simultaneously lambasting capitalism while expressing a note of regret about his threats to South Korea.
ha! the writer's "starbucks starbucks starbucks. . ." reminds me of my own "meat meat meat!" curse for those bad, yucky days where everything just becomes meat. . . as in..."it's all just meat today."
i hate those days. i really hate those days.
fantstic! i think duck duck ATOMIC BOMB! should permanently replace duck duck goose.
reminds me of: http://www.explosm.net/comics/993/
i have an equal hatred for starbucks. smashing all independents with its fancy words and ethnic cup sizes.
Starbucks haters of the world unite!
...unite and? Go get coffee?
I like this find, although tattooing a mustache must be painful.
mm Starbucks...
I hate to say it, but there are much worse companies to hate than Starbucks. I used to boycott them but now they are fair trade, use organic products, have recyclable packaging, give discounts for bringing your own containers, offer fair wages, profit sharing, and stock options. I hate that they put the little guy out of business too, but this is a capitalist society. If you are going to hate a company hate one that is truly destructive like ConAgra or Monsanto. If you have never heard of them then boycott Iams, Fast Food, or WalMart.
Don't know WTF I am talking about?
Read: Fast Food Nation and/or Culture Jam and gain some enlightenment.
And on a side note... it is nice to read the comments before the idiots who use the comment sections as their personal forums show up.
Oh, and before you all jump down my throat, I ALWAYS buy local before buying chain. That goes for restaurants, coffee shops, pet supply stores, grocery stores, farmers markets, and anything else local.
SHOP LOCAL AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY!
Ah, my sister's writing from 9th grade.
Duck, duck, duck, ATOMIC BOMB! Nice. I, too, am prone to underlining things so enthusiastically that I accidentally cross the words out.
Only part that I'm a little confused about is "tattoo mustache". Tattoo a mustache on, or tattoo on a mustache?
Obviously what Annette found was one of James Whitcomb Riley's soothsaying poems!
It's funny that it was found near that Starbucks on Mass. Ave. Anyone else remember The Abbey? Those were the days ...
And yeah, any "OMG STARBUCKS IS eViL" conversation should strive for the whole picture. You can rag on them for pushing out smaller, comfier coffee shops and helping move America toward monoculture (which is really sad since coffee shops have traditionally been great new breaths of fresh air). On the flip side, they pay their workers really well, provide health benefits (!), and have pretty progressive job-hiring programs.
Heh, I'll be muttering "Duck duck duck ATOMIC BOMB!!" to myself all day ...
worse companies to hate: ditto!
WOW, this is one of the best finds ever.
I think that these must be the lyrics for the author's killer protest song that's totally gonna' kick ass at this year's high school battle of the bands....
Stapler - Damn, I think you might be right! I could totally hear this in a punk rock song....
Duck, Duck, Duck ATOMIC BOMB
As the guitarist shreds the only four chords he/she knows...
I want a fly tattooed to my nose
Is the opposite of bad, real bad?
Sounds to me like someone already found some weed... smoked the last of their stash, penned this in a blinding flash of inspiration that felt so meaningful at the time, and now the Night Walker must find more weed, in order to keep the flow of masterful creativity going. (I'm certain that must have been how Finnegans Wake was written.)
A poetic Bomb. WAR is OVER. Just kidding. Any musicians out there? someone should totally give this a tune!
Worse Companies to Hate wrote: And on a side note... it is nice to read the comments before the idiots who use the comment sections as their personal forums show up.
And all the stuff you wrote above this comment was what?
the only thing i can think of with the "tattoo mustache" is that the foam from his starbucks coffee has gotten in his mustache and stained it. (Like a tattoo) But i could be totally off.
Hate ConAgra? Then where am I suppposed to get my delicious Ranch Style beans?
At first I thought they didn't have Starbucks durning the Korean war, this person must have been watching MASH, then I read the comment mentioning Kim Jong Il and it made since. Worst Companies to Hate, I used to hate Walmart and still have my reservations considering how they treat their employees. However, I read recently that Walmart is actually high on the list of companies that donate and mostly to their local communities. Of course it's the least they can do after ruining small town America.
Ah, all the crazies hang out on Mass Ave. The writing style reminds me of a "community member" (read homeless person) that I used to help at the library, who wrote prophecies about very strange things... I wonder if it was her. She wore a jean jacket....
WORSE COMPANIES IS SINGLE HANDEDLY CHANGING THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND TAKING DOWN THE MAN. WHAT A HERO! SAVING OUR CULTURE AND COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, ONE MA AND POP SHOP AT A TIME.
YOU NOBLE CHARACTER, YOU. I CAN ONLY STRIVE IN HOPES AND DREAMS THAT I MIGHT SOME DAY BE A FRACTION OF THE HUMAN THAT YOU ARE
Starbuck is a character on the new-ish Battlestar Galactica. She was thought to have died leading her people to Earth, the promised land. Adds a less literal, more cerebral meaning.
Battlestar Galactica is awesome. I do, however, wonder how much money Starbucks contributed to the show to get that name in there.... Is it on the original? I never saw the original.
I think this was some kids attempt at his/her language arts homework. "Oh shit! I forgot to do my poetry homework!" and then it was trashed: "Awe, Mrs. Soandso said she would call my mom if I wrote about weed again."
I especially like the flowery paper.
NJ- Philanthropy is a product of luxury. It is WalMart's practice of exploitation and destruction that ALLOWS them to donate a pittance (compared to their profits) in order to create the illusion of some moral equivalence. This is how the bourgeoisie works, don't buy into it. Starbuck's tact is at least a little better (they ARE reducing their actual bad practices) but they only do it to add "occasionally eco-friendly" to their brand identity, in order to sell more of their shit. Don't buy into that, either. and, yes, this is a capitalist world, but it doesn't HAVE to be (and if i have my way, it won't be for long).
Chrome Toaster- you are totally wrong about finnegan's wake, drugs dampen creativity don't buy into that shit, either. the most creative thing created in a haze of pot smoke is cheech and chong.
No, Patti Smith, I AM THE NIGHT WALKER.
Hating starbucks isn't so much about hating the corporation, but hating those starch white collar corporate brown-nosing self-obsessed yes-men (and women) that go there every morning before driving their soccer mom SUV's to the cubical jail cell they spend half their meaningless lives in.
Wow am I a judgmental bitch or what?
All this generalizing is making me thirsty. Think I'll go to Starbucks.
y'know what flies even more than dinosaurs when i punch it? Shitty corporate sci-fi shit. DON'T BUY IT!
And you just know that this guy thought this was the most profound thing ever written...
Starbucks tastes good. I'd rather buy my coffee elsewhere, but I'd rather work at Starbucks since they give health insurance. So there you go. Shabam.
So, this is totally the new song by an all-grrrl gutter punk band that'll never make it out of indianpolis because ass-tards like SALT think politics is nothing but an ego trip (and all too often, dude is right).
When I write poetry, in its first fase it sounds exactly like this. I useally write down all the thoughts I have before going to sleep, like "birdbug, birdbones" or something like that. When I look at the paper next morning, it looks pretty much as that find. Maube someone simply was constructing poetry?
Are we really arguing about Starbucks today?
Rex-- Usually, I think you're a pretty level-headed guy, but "drugs dampen creativity don't buy into that shit, either. the most creative thing created in a haze of pot smoke is cheech and chong."
Seriously??? Do you really need me to write out a list of the most celebrated artists in our culture, most of which abused drugs? Let's not get into this debate.
Jay said: "Usually, I think you're a pretty level-headed guy"
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
Really?
Imagine what Burroughs and Bukowski woulda done if they weren't dampening their creativity with drugs. The answer is probably nothing, cuz they probably woulda just exploded, wrote one amazing story and then died.
IF JAY THROWS UP SOME BILL HICKS LINES i WILL EXPLODE
Before Starbuck(s) was coffee or featured on Battlestar Galactica (whatever that is????) it was a character in Moby Dick. Thought you guys were more well-read than this.
Rex the perfect name for that grrrl gutter punk band:
The Crotch Punchers
Freak in the sheets, you took the words right out of my mouth. The character on battlestar galactica must be named after Melville's Starbuck, not the coffee . And starbuck dies in Moby dick, so it still fits with this ... poem.
My first thought upon seeing "tattoo mustache":
http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1689998
So much cooler than a tribal arm band or Chinese characters that supposedly mean "strong fire life" but really translate into "green monkey face".
seriously the best find ever. i mean it. hilarious, entertaining, possibly drug-induced, and mildly disturbing. perfect.
I don't know if I want to wander too close to a homeless soul that is thinking "duck duck duck ATOMIC BOMB". Interesting find. I once again have a spam protection free day.. do the Found guys see me as no threat whatsoever? (muttering duck, duck, duck ATOMIC BOMB!!!)
Yaaaawn.
*scratch scratch scratch*
shuffles off to find more coffee in the kitchen
Is that a "p" in Atomic Bomb - Apomic Bomb?? This reminds me of a friend of mine who refers to ibuprofen as ibupropen.
Not a big Bill Hicks fan, SALT, nor, to be quite honest, do I really go much in for Burroughs, though I know some people really like him. I just thought your original statement was kind of asinine, Rex, considering the huge percentage of artistic geniuses that were addicted to one substance or another and masterpieces that were written while high. And not just "counterculture" stuff like you're talking about.
I think this crappy poem was written by some teenager who thought she was being profound, all while sitting in Starbucks and waiting for her Mom to come pick her up. It's cute, though. I wrote my share of crappy poetry when I was a teenager. It's the inspiration and motivation to be creative that really matters, even if the end result could use some work.
Monika - Yes, you are a judgemental bitch.
YOU'RE RIGHT, JAY, THERE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO CREATIVITY IN TODAY'S WORLD IF IT WEREN'T FOR PSYCHEDELICS AND HEROIN. FOR-FUCKING-GIVE ME
sounds like plenty of my pothead friends: think they're deep and philosophical but really the things they say are just crap.
sometimes they say good stuff, though, i guess. and sometimes they aren't high.
i like how this is sent out for "the world"
lets all go smoke some weed and set off atomic bombs at Starbucks
So true, Rex! Charity is NO SUBSTITUTE for justice. In fact, as you are pointing out, charity is really just a way to prolong injustice by obscuring its true nature.
I think the author is trying to pen lyrics for a new Evanescence song.
*snap**snap**snap**snap**snap*
Deep man...reeaal deep...cool man...reeaal cool
"I think this crappy poem was written by some teenager who thought she was being profound, all while sitting in Starbucks and waiting for her Mom to come pick her up. It's cute, though."
hahaha that comment rocks my world!
And say what you will about 'tattoo mustache', I think 'tattoo my heart' sounds way more painful!
Interesting how many comments speak in absolutes - what's meaningful and what's crap - who's totally right or totally wrong.
Worse Companies To Hate obviously has some valid points, and anyone who says (s)he doesn't is either brainwashed or in guilt-ridden denial for being a contributor to such problems.
I admit, I don't always (or even usually) buy local or non-corporate. I'm too poor these days to do it.
Oh yeah - and SALT sounds like a real douche. There's my own little absolute.
duck duck duck atomic bomb reminds me of the bomb drills in school when we'd duck under our desks in case the ruskies dropped a bomb on us. it was only as an adult that i questioned the wisdom of this; however, there is no better way to kiss your ass goodbye.
I think the author is trying to pen lyrics for a new Evanescence song.
Monkia. No, you are a judgenmental bitch. But you're also right.
Hey kids, for the record, starbucks isn't fair trade. They may have a couple blends of coffee that are fairly traded but they are not an ethical company in any way, shape, or form. Don't be fooled by their insidious labeling!
want real fair trade coffe? check these guys out. they are pretty excellent.
www.equalexchange.com
and... i thought the ideal name for a riot grrl band was, Eat My Bloody Pussy, or maybe, The Fucking Cunts.
The Crotch Punchers would probably smoke too much pot to get any songs finished.
SINCE WHEN DID EVANESCENCE WRITE SONGS OF GREAT POLITICAL IMPORT, SUCH AS THIS MASTERPIECE?
THIS IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF ONE OF THOSE RIDICULOUS VEGAN PUNK BANDS. "FOOD NOT BOMBS!"
EAT MY SHIT, PUNK KIDS
I have what I call a "mancott", which is where I don't go to places like Starbucks based on the simple fact that I hate coffee.
Rex you have made me spew my water (don't drink coffee......sign) across my keyboard.
The debate regarding do drugs enhance / kill creativity makes me think of the Family Guy episode where Peter and Lois compete at the community talent show. They're high from smoking weed; think they are performing amazingly when in fact they sound like howler monkeys.
And as an aside, Dave Crosby, once stated that upon reflection doing drugs killed his creative process......
you go Turbo. make a stand! :)
Ugh..this find is sooo EMO.
I'm so tired now...I need coffee...and a snack.
Oh good lord! Yeah, this song will be a hit.
Honestly, I know the whole Starbucks thing is pissing folks off and I can see why. I support my local coffee houses all the time.
However, this bandwagon to make Starbucks out to be THE enemy is so worn & weary.
Guess the writer here saw that and was trying to get a new song....better try again.
Just so everyone knows, the (independent, locally-owned) "cool little gift shop" I found the note outside of is Silver In The City http://www.silverinthecity.com/
I like this find!
But why do some seem to think that this is a slam on Starbucks? More, it seems to me, that it is a commentary on life...that most of us have morning after morning (here, represented by the repetition of Starbucks) until eventually, the pattern is interrupted by Death. I think the entire ode depicts the contradiction of the common/everyday (childhood games, coffee, art) and the destruction of civilization (death, bombs, war).
I wonder why the author wants the night to last forever? The author sounds pretty desperate to me...
I like the first two lines of this"
"War is over - IF you want it."
"Just kidding...keep killing yourselves."
Flip. To the point. No fluff.
Until the Starbucks part...then it kind of falls apart. Needs a new hook.
Although the Duck-duck-atomic bomb game reference is a damn close representation of where the "W" has us going...but, don't get me started. I have to have my BP checked and can't afford to be upset.
Interesting find to say the least. Would love the story behind it.
The paper makes it hilarious.
Not that all political song lyrics or whatever needs to be written on rolling papers or an old paper bag.
Mabye grey stationery would have been a good choice...or the notepad of a Motel 6.
I think these are notes on a poem or dramatic reading...perhaps even a song lyric cheat-sheet.
I picture a young woman with a guitar & heart full of agenda.
What the heck is an "ethnic cup size"?
Commenting on the forum, rather than the find (sorry) I'd like to point out that Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC; the drug in pot) affects every individual a little differently. We have not yet discovered what the part of the brain that THC affects does. So before you jump on the "pot is awesome" or "pot is the devil" bandwagon like so many people on here have (on older finds in addition to this one) get a life and stop treating whether or not you do it like a chip on your shoulder. And generalizing all people that smoke pot into the same group is ridiculous, as some overdo it (much like some do with alcohol) and give it a much worse image than it deserves and others use it responsibly and in moderation. You may as well say everyone that drinks alcohol is a drunk... yet it is so freely available and accepted in society that it's rare to see it attacked.
Rex, I don't know what is bothering you today, but attacking a large and diverse group of people over a single trait that they share is ridiculous as well as a form of prejudice. Get over it, not everyone that smokes pot is a drug-induced zombie.
Thank you, Josie! I don't like blanket statements and I don't like uneducated generalizations. (I know, so why am I on the internet, right? Ba dum ching. ) If I were at home, I could look up a long list of admirable people who were addicted to opium/laudanum or heroin or alcohol or smoked lots of weed.
Listen, I'm not saying that a lot of shitty stuff doesn't get written while high. I'm just saying that not absolutely everything written while high is shitty. Is that so difficult to concede?
Oh crap, I'm like 6'3''.....TALL. Please don't tell my mother I'm ethnic. If I was 20' tall I'd be a whole 'nother race...vente.
The Abbey was awesome. Old skool coffee house full of studying students and those in for a last stop before the bars.
i don't beleive i attacked a group of people, but rather a group of substances. Never did i say that everyone who smokes pot is a drug induced zombie. I did make some generalizations on the subject of the effects of pot on creativity and at least one overstatement of such (that cheech and chong line).
These positions are based on observations i have made repeatedly in my almost 29 years of sobriety, that being my entire life. A life during which i have watched many a mad-man mellow out through self-medication, and many an artist quickly become banal-as-fuck after "experimenting" with chemical "enhancement" and i've seen many people come back to life after qutting.
I'm not saying users are never creative, i only suspect they were more creative before they started using and would be more creative still (or at least more productive) if they weren't using.
Also, maybe people like Jay would be able to afford to make ethical consumer decisions if they weren't wasting time and money on self-destructive habits and maybe the night walker who wrote this found would be searching for a real solution to the issues she complains about instead of searching for a sack of weed to score.
Marijuana is the opiate of the masses!
I live in a town with tons of homeless peeps wandering around and lots of social services (because long about the time of Reaganomics, doors at the local mental institution were flung open and the hospital was shut down without making provisions for any of the patients). I see a lot of folks hanging outside the Starbucks who might write something like this. Not so much poetry as delusional schizophrenic ranting. Anyway, that's what today's find reminds me of. It makes me sad. Tattoo my heart, indeed.
Also, i don't normally act like a judgenmental bitch about this stuff, i'm just in the mood to pick fights today, a mood that has caused me to overlook one of the more interesting comments on this thread, which i will address psydonymically directly...
A hippie is defined as a young person who defied established customs and adopted an unconventional mode of dress.
Starback... Starbuck... can't say i remember him. Is he the one with the tambourine? Or is he the one who jumped out of the boat all the time?
Damn, i only wrote the "story" part of that book as a way to sell novels full of gruesome descriptions of whale slaughter and to advance my personal opinion that a whale is a fish, not a mammal (or a dinosaur, for that matter).
Rex-- No, you made a generalization about the effect of <i>drugs</i> on creativity, not just pot. But even if it were just pot, I would still object to it. Not just because I'm in chronic pain and wouldn't have made it through a top college (with three majors, one of which was extremely creative) without smoking weed, but because, as I said, people who use blanket generalizations (i.e. all art would be better if people didn't smoke weed!) piss me off.
marijuana is the opiate of the masses...niiiicely put. props rex.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Starbuck was the first mate.
Um, Starbucks was the mermaid.
Um, Starbucks was the mermaid.
I take that back. A hippie is defined as a smelly, lazy slob who drenches himself in patchouli and listens to horrible music by the Grateful Dead and misappropriates clothing from ethnic cultures he knows nothing about. A hippie has no real political convictions or any type of education. The only type of ideals he espouses are ones that ultimately make his own life easier (for example - share the wealth so that I don't have to work).
Baby basil - an ethnic cup size is a venti. Starbucks doesn't like small, medium and large. So their small is a tall (huh?), a medium is a grande (which means large, so again - huh?) and venti means 20 in Italian so a venti is 20 ounces (which might make some sense but it's still really stupid).
There's a mermaid in Moby Dick?
Starbuck is the first mate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
Starbuck was a mythical mermaid from antedeluvian times after whom the character in Moby Dick was named.
This is a great note, Netty. Cool.
The mermaid has a moby dick? I got lost...
It's true that pot makes a lot of people nothing more than lazy, drooling idiots. It's also true that pot enhances some people's creativity, humor, and overall sociability.
I don't smoke because all it ever did for me was make me fall asleep. When I feel like turning into a lazy, drooling idiot, I get drunk. Conveniently, alcohol has the above-described positive effects on me as well, so I get the best of both worlds from just a few beers.
Starbucks terminology is stupid. Barrista? Try "counter help." Also, all political standpoints aside, the #1 reason to stay the fuck out of Starbucks is the fact that their coffee blows.
Prove it.
Smoking pot is a personal decision. Don't be a hypocrite, everyone has their own vice.
And, charitable donations are tax deductible, right?
wait a second, is this... why... why, yes it is! More of someone else's words in my mouth. what the fuck?
Hey kids, here's the deal: Tonight i have a staged reading of a play i've been writing for four years. That means 1. i am anxious as hell. 2. I need to not do anything productive or think about that play or any other play i'm writing today in order to have a clean slate for watching it and taking feedback on it, so i can see it fresh even though i've spent the last six months reading and re-reading it.
In other words... i am full of energy with nothing good to put it into. which means: if you are actually getting pissed off, then you probably ought to stop talking to me, cuz i've got another hour and a half with nothing more entertaining to do than insult you and argue for the sake or argument. (Cuz i'm tuff, that's why.) So, yeah, shut up and definitely do not offer up sob stories from your personal life (oh without drugs i don't know how i woulda made it) to someone who says they are in the mood to pick a fight.
Unless, of course you WANT to get angry, in which case i'll be happy to oblige!
Thank heavens for methylphenidate, pindolol, Cytomel, venlafaxine, Lamictal, clonazepam and Zyprexa. If it weren't for those, I'd probably use drugs too.
I quit using Starbucks for a couple of months and was able to make a downpayment on a house.
Desperate Cynic, I'm on Lamictal too. Unfortunately, I've found that it's not in very high demand when I've tried to unload my extra pills on the street.
Break a leg, Rex.
those presecription drugs for psychological "diseases" make me really really sad. they are tailor-made for the express purpose of killing our creativity and allowing us to accept the unacceptable circumstances our society has created for us to live in.
thanks Kate.
i like people named Kate. This weekend, i race a Kate. I hope she doesn't get too mad when i win.
Wait...the mermaid has a moby dick and is named Starbucks? Duuude...me thinks the first mate's name is 'Smeee.'
No, wait . . . that is Peter Pan right?
Ugh. I don't know. I just know I need some coffee to buzz me up from my hippie-high. . . . you know, from the other night, that I wanted to last forever . . . . where I saw the pretty lights and knew the secrets of the government that they don't want you to know. I mean, that's what that congressman dude told me would happen when he sold me the weed in the first place. Dude is sooooo gettin' my vote now too.
Flargy, i'm not talking acute, i'm talking chronic.
Sob stories like your 29 years of sobriety? I don't do drugs, but I don't approve of gross generalizations about people that do. Alcohol, cocaine and marijuana have medical uses (other drugs may as well but I don't know of them), and overuse of any of them, or "improper" use, can cause problems. Overuse of caffeine does as well, along with television, shopping, exercise, and pretty much anything else. So Rex, if you feel like arguing, why don't you pick another topic? Like overconsumption, which has led to most of the world's problems.
If you're so anxious, why don't you go run around and get rid of the extra energy? Or funnel it into something constructive rather than being controversial on a comment page (this isn't a forum, btw).
Good one, Flargy. Recreational Lamictal, heh-heh. Step right up! One chance in a thousand all your skin will fall off! Don't wait until you actually NEED a mood stabilizer/anti-convulsant! Get it now!
Rex, my man, thanks for your concern. It's true, but the alternative (for me) is worse. And chronic, yes. Many years. You're in my heart.
1) I, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE FROM THE FOUND COMMENT BOARD, DO NOT EXCUSE DOUBLE, AND WORSE, TRIPLE POSTING. NEVER COME BACK.
2) THE PSYCH MED DEBATE WILL GO JUST AS FAR AS THE DRUG DEBATE
3) IN YOUR HEART?
But Desperate Cynic, can Lamictal find that slipper that's been at large
under the chaise lounge for several weeks?
Hi, my name is Turbo and I am a recovering sober person and I loves the sauce.
THROW 'RECREATIONAL' IN THERE
Rex, my Lamictal prescription is for seizures, not anything psychological. Although some of the psych drugs really can work wonders for some people, truly giving them their lives back. I'm not in favor of all the knee-jerk diagnosing and prescribing that some doctors seem to enjoy doing, but the drugs themselves do have their place when administered responsibly.
Now, I don't think I understood your second message about "i'm not talking acute, i'm talking chronic." What does that mean?
my 29 years of sobriety isn't a sob story, bitch.
If i feel like arguing, then i ought to switch to a topic we all agree on? I mean if we're going to call it "overconsumption" then by definition we agree it's a bad thing, no fucking argument there.
Let see where IS there an argument... i barely use caffeine, television or shopping, and last i checked it's gonna take a fucking LOT of excersize to reach the point of "over-use" so i'm pretty safe on those counts too. That "all things in moderation" argument is bullshit. How about a moderate dose of bleach in your eyes?
and i made it to the end of the day! Time to go run around!
Let's just calm down and e-hug eachother. Rex, hope tonight's wondrous. (I'm another Kate and I'm tickled you like my name.)
I love all of you, you catty bunch of crazies.
hear, hear
If you have been sober you're whole life then the only thing you "know" for about drugs is that you haven't used them. Other stuff is observations and opinions - not fact or even intimate knowledge from a personal prospective because you, as you said, are a life long sober.
There is nothing wrong with that - I know plenty of people who don't and haven't used drugs, and plenty who have had their lives destroyed by them. I'm not an advocate of drug usage - but I'm also not an advocate of people who spout off information as though it is anything other than an opinion and the look down their noses at anyone who disagrees.
And that little mini passive-aggressive rant on psychological drugs was the most uneducated drivel I have ever read.
Break a leg out there with your surely un-drugged-super-sober-creative-play. No seriously - break a leg.
Jan pretty well nailed the FIND in the second comment of the day. Good job!
Let's not have the creepy Tom Cruise thing going on with the drugs... let's keep things illegal or corporate, eh? I know it hasn't happened yet... let's keep it that way.
I love silver in the city! mass ave is one of my favorite places to go, I cant wait till the Fringe Fest. this is such an incredible found..I havent read all of the comments yet, but I'm going to. i was just enthralled by the fact that it was found in front of one of my favorite places
this is my favorite find ever
Bite ass you idiot.
How do you know Doofus didn't have a computer problem when that happened?
We have to put up constantly with your hate-filled-spew-in-all-caps-DAILY. Except for those fabulous days when you AREN'T here at all.
I think you are the one who needs to leave and never come back. People who say they want you here - or more- are just blowing sunshine up your ass, and you like it.
Grow up moron.
just thought I'd point out that it's not a reference to the game Duck Duck Goose, but refering to people having to duck from atomic bombs...I thought that was pretty obvious but no one else seems to see it.
I think this find rings of nothing more than a crazy rant.
No wonder we all like it so much.
The pretty paper is a plus for sure.
I don't know too many homeless folks you carry around nice stationery paper.
i'm sick of people whining about starbucks, walmart, and corporations. do something about it other than whine. like don't support them. duh!
Ooooh , I love it . It makes all the sense in the world . I'm a disillusioned American too .
Shaddup , backintheday , I'm sure the author does NOT go to STARFUCKS.I'm really sick of people telling people to do something about stuff when they don't even know what they do .Just shut up .
What amuses me most about the comments here is how seriously uptight people get over the blathering bullshit of total strangers.
Keep up the good work, F**ktards!
here, here
My god Rex! Normally I like reading your comments but I have to agree with most people on here...you have a real problem with generalizing especially on things that you have no person knowledge. Not to mention you are turning more and more into a pompous ass. Do you think we really want to hear about how many fucking plays you've written and when and where they will be performed? Get over yourself already.
Jan and Ruby, you crack me up! I whole-heartedly agree!
What a way to end this day.
While I don't doubt the author's sincerity, this is an awful poem. It's just so...obvious?! It's the sort of thing a bad comedian would write if they were mocking the stereotypical 15 year old radical...
some days i feel like this too
Actually, it is "Hear, hear!"
I've been speechless all day.
1. I thought she was quoting John Lennon at the beginning.
2. MC2 was the only one who mentioned how expensive Starbucks is. $4 bucks for a cup of coffee? You'd have to be on drugs to pay that much!
3. Quit Picking, if you've never had sunshine blown up your ass, you don't know what you're missing.
4. Rex is 29 years old? Somebody needs to turn that boy on!
5. Weed is a GREAT aphrodesiac.
Wow, ironically, the day after I decide to stop boycotting Starbucks, this find shows up, and so does the debate.
I am also convinced this was written by a friend of mine.
Too bad we aren't very close to Indiana.
Umm... Not all of the Josie from Sidney comments are from me... I don't use quotes to emphasize words... crazy
Unworthy: hahahahahaha! It is we who are unworthy. I'll be right over.
all the media monkeys with their junkie junkies will invite you to the plastic pantomine. throw their invites away.
Ha. Go. Don't go. Support them. Don't. What. ever.
My statement was more about the "WHINING" about how they are destroying America.
Bottom line, people whine, but they still shop/go there.
Just like this site.
We all complain about people and idiots we don't even know...how they write...or don't spell...and yet, WE STILL COME BACK.
That's all I'm saying.
Oh I get it!
This is a note written by a street person, to all the voices in his/her head.
Each line is for a different persona that's bugging them.
You folks crack me up.
You better take some munchies, Desperate Cynic, cuz tonight will last forever. How ya not gonna touch that?
This find still depresses me. I can't drink coffee because it gives me stomach rot. I can't smoke pot because it makes me super paranoid and it's just not fun the way it used to be. I don't take pharmaceuticals. I can only vaguely recall Moby Dick, and I don't watch Battlestar Galactica. So, whatever. As the bard says: "Keep killing each other/ Starbucks, Starbucks/ Starbucks death."
I like Starbucks.
Yeah, I said it, what?
Upon first read I thought the "T" in atomic was an "R" and read "AROMIC Bomb" which I thought sort of fit after the Starbucks rant.
UGH.
Stop already.
Found sucks lately because of these comments back and forth. Whatever happened to "no cross talk." Can we go back to that.
WAH
To "So tired":
Go hump yer hat. I'm pretty sure the U.S. Constitution guarantees your right to not click on the comments button (assuming you're an American, that is).
Maybe you should start your own site. Something along the lines of www.nobodytalktoeachother.wah, perhaps.
Flargy you described the acute effects of smoking pot and drinking. i'm talking about the long term chronic tendencies that form around these behavoirs.
I'm done debating. My play reading rocked shit (thank you very much, i'm proud to be pompous) and i'm a few hours away from hitting the road on a weekend camping trip, so it's blue skies and well adjuestedness for me today. Many people worthier than you (on account of they exist in real life, not just online) have been trying to turn me on to drugs ever since high school, not gonna happen.
ASHDAHHAHAHA
'DOT WAH' IS THE SECOND THING ON FOUND MAGAZINE THAT HAS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD
Same here, Salt... the first being Bunnee.
Fair trade blows. Pay money for the label and the infrastructure instead of paying the farmer? What is fair about that? They only buy coffee for about 10% more per pound than market value. Why not change the structure and allow the coffee farmers to set their own prices and not be strapped to the market forces. Fair Trade is still keeping its boot on the neck of the poor while the man profits.
Rex, I don't believe anyone was trying to turn you on to drugs. We just wanted the gross generalizations and judgement to stop.
Sounds like the makings of a Billboard Top 10 hit.
Rex-
No wonder you're so bitter. You sound like you're trying so hard to stay on the straight and narrow path that you don't ever have any fun in life. Pull that stick out of your ass and live a little.
What this actually reminds me of is my first day at a new school in 1st grade. We all went out as a classroom to the playground and the teacher had us sit in a circle. One kid was chosen to go around chanting Duck... Duck... as he put his hand on each of our heads. This game had not been played at my previous school so I had no idea wtf was going on. I assumed it was "Duck" as in DUCK OR YOU'LL GET HIT! as opposed to the web-footed waterfowl. So I ducked. Too shy and ashamed to ask what this game was... so there I was in a class of 40 or so, ducking in the circle alone. Took me a bit of feeling very stupid to figure the game out.
Then I wiped the floor with all those losers. FAST little 1st grader I was! VRRRRRROM!
Paris, you don't know, and i'm not bitter, i'm just right.
Does this remind anyone else of System of a Down lyrics?
So I read this and think of a list of friends who would love to find this sort of thing, then notice "HEY this WAS fond by someone on that list"
Anyone else super worried about "Apomic bombs"?
I love "Starbucks Starbucks Starbucks death". That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?
I actually really enjoyed this -- kinda cliche, kinda lacking momentum as a poem, but I love the childish duck-duck-goose reference to give it this sort of distance, lack of seriousness about death.
My favourite lines are "tattoo mustache/tattoo my heart/tatoo your war all over me!" -- really effective use of repition and the permanance of tattooing, especially something so personal as the (emotional) heart, a really obvious, permanent marking of scars from violence and war.
I'm not saying they should be poet laurete or anything, but definitely has some potential or good points.
Wow! I didn't think this type of beatnik poet still existed.
I totally picture this being read a la Mike Myers in So, I Married An Axe Murderer.
Woman! Woe Man. Wooooomaaann!
I LOVE that movie!
you'd only find such a note on mass ave... gotta love downtown indy.
I seriously know who wrote this. A few friends and I had just been at a House Party and art exhibit downtown and stopped at Starbucks. This is the most incredible thing ever.