Sam Pink's Blog, page 52

emotional moment in a talk show where the host kneels dow...

emotional moment in a talk show where the host kneels down by a crying guest and takes his/her hand and says, in a quiet tone, "[name of guest]....whatsa matta you, eh?"

the last line from an autobiography i write in the form of a biography

"And with that, he took the stage and delivered a vivacious (if not wildly embarrassing) version of 'Hit Em Up' at a karaoke bar, before dropping dead from having eaten--over the period of a few months--too many legos." 

whenever you're eating with someone, i recommend saying, ...

whenever you're eating with someone, i recommend saying, 'what's that you're eating?' then when they go to show you, either slap it out of their hand or smush your hand down into it and say, 'fuckatta here with that shit.' 

urge to whip someone with my jumprope

urge to whip someone with my jumprope

whenever i see something in the news about like, an old p...

whenever i see something in the news about like, an old person who lived alone and was found dead after the neighbors complained about the smell, i always think something like 'that's what i'm talking about'/'oh hell yeah' in terms of a solid future goal. 

sometimes when i'm drinking green juice i like to imagine...

sometimes when i'm drinking green juice i like to imagine it's monster-snot, whoa ewwww!!!

urge to go to the post office everyday and walk right up ...

urge to go to the post office everyday and walk right up to a window and say, 'hey did that package arrive yet?' even though i'm not expecting a package and then when the employee says 'what package?/you have to wait in line' i just knock on the counter a little while clicking my teeth and say 'alright, i'll try again tomorrow' and walk out.

something i notice on the internet is 'totalizing'--like ...

something i notice on the internet is 'totalizing'--like where people dismiss or 'close off' others after labeling them something, rather than understanding that each person is endlessly able to present new ideas/things with his/her mind. like people and their work is put up against an abstract 'whole' (for instance, a writer up against all of 'literature' or a person's culture up against all of culture) and then dismissed as being deficient in certain things, rather than being seen as a positive statement of something, a different angle.   

i started a twitter

i started a twitter

violent 'gun movie' that's about people fighting for poss...

violent 'gun movie' that's about people fighting for possession of a bag of chest-hair shavings but it's never explained why and they refer to the bag as 'the stuff.'