Eric Arvin's Blog, page 53
July 28, 2011
How We Rassle
Published on July 28, 2011 18:16
Eric Recommends: "Vellum" by Hal Duncan

Vellum . The first part of Hal Duncan's epic about a battle between angels, demons, and everything in between. Gorgeously written and amazingly complex. You really have to pay close attention while reading as the story is told in a non-linear fashion, and characters are followed through different incarnations in time and space, from ancient times to WWI, from AI landscape to versions of themselves as literal fairies and sprites. It's one of the most interesting and intense books I've read in some time. I'd love to see some of his imagery on film, but there would be no way to film this and retain the spell it casts.
Published on July 28, 2011 09:13
July 27, 2011
Olympic Fever
One year from today: THE SUMMER OLYMPICS!! Wish I could be there.
I love all the wonderful...competition...


Published on July 27, 2011 05:10
July 24, 2011
Why I Am a Disgusting Bitch
Prepare to GAG at how gross I am. Seriously. You will barf all over yourself and then delete me from your computer's history.
This is my cheat day food intake for today. I started the day off with TWO doughnuts. One cherry and the other was one of those big cinnamon rolls covered in chocolate chips. If I could find a bed-sized version I'd sleep on it. Then for lunch I had Chinese. And sushi! It wasn't even good sushi. It was lazy. It was lazy sushi.
Moving on, I thought, "Hey! There's a slice of cheesecake! YUMMMMM! Daddy wants!" And Daddy got.
When supper arrived I was all about an order of bread sticks and cheese from the local pizzeria, which, by the way, has AWESOME bread sticks! I mean, I would fuck myself with these bread sticks, but then that would be wasting them because I certainly wouldn't eat them after that.
Anyway, after the bread sticks I had me one of those GORGEOUS McDonald's Frappe things AND...yes, there's an AND... a sundae. Now, in my defense, I haven't had ice cream for over a year, not being a big ice cream fan, so I thought I'd treat myself.
I think I'm through eating. Did you see a single healthy thing in that entire catalogue? Me neither. It's a good thing I'm so strict with myself the rest of the week. If I ate this carefree all the time I would need a whole new wardrobe. And I is a poor poor boy, y'all!
This is my cheat day food intake for today. I started the day off with TWO doughnuts. One cherry and the other was one of those big cinnamon rolls covered in chocolate chips. If I could find a bed-sized version I'd sleep on it. Then for lunch I had Chinese. And sushi! It wasn't even good sushi. It was lazy. It was lazy sushi.
Moving on, I thought, "Hey! There's a slice of cheesecake! YUMMMMM! Daddy wants!" And Daddy got.
When supper arrived I was all about an order of bread sticks and cheese from the local pizzeria, which, by the way, has AWESOME bread sticks! I mean, I would fuck myself with these bread sticks, but then that would be wasting them because I certainly wouldn't eat them after that.
Anyway, after the bread sticks I had me one of those GORGEOUS McDonald's Frappe things AND...yes, there's an AND... a sundae. Now, in my defense, I haven't had ice cream for over a year, not being a big ice cream fan, so I thought I'd treat myself.
I think I'm through eating. Did you see a single healthy thing in that entire catalogue? Me neither. It's a good thing I'm so strict with myself the rest of the week. If I ate this carefree all the time I would need a whole new wardrobe. And I is a poor poor boy, y'all!
Published on July 24, 2011 15:41
Floatation Devices for the Pool
Published on July 24, 2011 15:19
Bitter Queens
Stole this image from the ever reliable Maybe it's just me... Charlize Theron looks so great as the evil queen. I remember Sigourney Weaver in this role as well. She acted the hell out of that film. Tore.it.up.

Published on July 24, 2011 08:50
July 22, 2011
The WANT List
Published on July 22, 2011 11:16
Freeze! Spread 'em! Cop!
Published on July 22, 2011 05:45
July 21, 2011
Madonna - You Must Love Me
Had me a Madonna Day. All Madonna, all day. This extremely touching ballad from 1996 and the film "Evita." It won the Oscar for Best Song that year.
Published on July 21, 2011 19:00
July 20, 2011
Appropriate Poetry
Moonburn
In the bed
He and i
Tight < wrapped like the word
One hot
Faulkner night when
Crickets gave breathing lessons
Giving voice
To humidity
Bodies rushing red
Red and pink
Like porcupine readiness
The beautiful complexity
of being vague
everything rises
wet sweat glory under glow
flushed fevered hot
increasing the flow
increasing
and increasing
and increasing the likelihood of moonburn
by Eric Arvin, from my anthology Slight Details & Random Events
In the bed
He and i
Tight < wrapped like the word
One hot
Faulkner night when
Crickets gave breathing lessons
Giving voice
To humidity
Bodies rushing red
Red and pink
Like porcupine readiness
The beautiful complexity
of being vague
everything rises
wet sweat glory under glow
flushed fevered hot
increasing the flow
increasing
and increasing
and increasing the likelihood of moonburn
by Eric Arvin, from my anthology Slight Details & Random Events
Published on July 20, 2011 19:10
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