GPOYW. Genus: The Bathroom Shot. Species: Mouth Agape, Head Cropped, and Toilet Visible.

What have I been up to lately? Thanks for asking! Well, I had taken a brief pause from Tumblring. Several reasons why. For one, I’ve been busy with ‘hustling’ or being ‘on my grind’ or ‘chasing paper.’ I mean, listening to Girl Talk. Yeah. And freelance work. Did you know the term ‘freelance’ was first used in the middle ages to describe a knight who would go from joust to joust, his job solely to make WordPress websites, design flyers, and write anonymous ad copy—all while begging everyone for a pittance? Yeah, I’ve been a freelance.

I’ve also been reading books! I read Play It As It Lays and most of Infinite Jest and some stupid philosophy books and I’m sure some other things. I mean, where did my time go? As per David Foster Wallace’s ten favorite books list, I’ve been reading Red Dragon and it’s awesome. It is very suspenseful, and the narrative machine rides like a fucking Porsche. (Not that I’ve ever ridden in a fucking Porsche.) I’ve been reading for an hour before work every day lately; this morning, a passage in Red Dragon made me tear up a little. I don’t know. I’ve got on my To Read pile the rest of Infinite Jest and then some Kierkegaard and the Simone Weil reader. And a million other things. This post is getting a little aimless, so I’m just going to publish it!

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I’d be slightly remiss in my personal tumblogging duties if I didn’t mention that I’m ecstatically happy, and that’s really reduced my desire to blog about, like, stuff.