Part II "Drugs"
Part III "Violence"
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p.s. Hey. This weekend, the honorable writer and d.l. Postitbreakup introduces us to the work of a young writer, Damien Ark, who very happily has joined the fray of commenters here as of a couple of days ago. Please give him a big DC's welcome and support for his writing, if you don't mind and are so inclined. If the necessitated screenshot formatting of the text is hard on your eyes, just click the wordage and it should enlarge to a more vision-friendly scope. Thanks for your attention, everyone, and very great thanks to both Postitbreakup and Damien himself. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, D. First, that article of yours that you kindly linked us to yesterday was indeed quite extraordinary, and I too count it among the finest things I've read by you. Thank you, and much respect! I remember running into you just before the Brad Renfro interview, yeah. If memory serves, it took place in that funny building just east of Book Soup where they used to hold a lot of screenings, and may still do. ** Keaton, Hi. No, actually, he was maybe the most vulnerable, emotionally on-edge people I've ever interviewed, and I felt very protective of him the whole time. Really a complicated guy. Thank you for your sweet words, man. Have a great weekend doing whatever suits you best. ** Nicki, Hi, Nicki. My snuggly hugs, ha ha, thanks. It's cool: you're kind of singlehandedly getting people here to interact again, just like in the old days. It's been a while since the place has felt so community-ish. Thank you a lot. Gosh, you're making your fiction sound fucking imperative, my friend. Gimme. Lots of love to you too. ** Sypha, I think you're off to the woods today, no? Really, have a superb time. Ducks are nice. I like ducks the way you like cats. Well, maybe not as much as you like cats. Ugh, about jury duty. Tell them you're an anarchist. That will get you out of the duty in a second. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. Obviously, I hope your body gets a move on, healing-wise, and I guess enjoy the artificial zoning as best you can until then. ** Empty Frame, Hi again to you, EF. Oh, cool, I'll hit the Wire site today, thank you! Yeah, Alex G is a real find, I think. Gorgeous weekend to you! It's drizzling here, so gorgeousness might take some extra added effort, but consider it done. ** HyeMin Kim, Hi. Tenure does sound kind of musical, yeah. But I guess I've had so many friends in line for tenure at various universities, so the word immediately radiates the stress with which they always talk about their hopes of getting said tenure. You take care too. Fine weekend to you and all of yours! ** Kier, Hi, K. Oh, with money, gotcha, ugh, money. I hope you can find a way in or a loophole or something. Thanks about the interview. Yeah, I'm excited about the Swedish 'Sluts'. I haven't had a novel polished in Sweden in a while, so it's very cool. Wow, no wonder you're beat. Sure, 'Heathers' is terrific. I haven't seen it in ages, but yeah. I even like Winona Ryder in it, and I'm not a big fan of hers. Not to mention Christian Slater, who had such a cool quality back then. My Friday was nice, some meetings and friends-seeing. It was cool. Have a super good weekend! ** _Black_Acrylic, Howdy, Ben. ** Rewritedept, Yeah, but Eddie Furlong could totally turn it around again, so I think he's the much luckier of the two. I miss bowling. I haven't bowled in, like, a year or more. I just heard the new Boris. It's a good one, uneven, like all of their records, but pretty energized and stuff. I will try McClusky. And the Christian Fitness stuff too, via that link you stuck in your comment first. Cool. I hope your weekend rocks! ** That's it? Okay. Do spend some time reading Damien's chapter this weekend, please, and do feedback in his direction, if you can. Obviously, it would mean a lot to him. To Postit, too. Hell, to me as well. Thanks! See you on Monday.