SO, I guess that means I have to start blogging like a blogger again. Or something.
The lat book I read was called Lush Life. It was written by Richard Price, and it reads like a cop tv show. Some kid murders a guy, and the cops think it’s the guy who the dead guy was hanging out with, but then it ends up being the kid. Guy from work lent it to me. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you like CSI or any of the shows like that. I also have recently read a book called Bored of the Rings, which was a very short spoof of Lord of the Rings. It is only worth mentioning because I spent a week on it. I also tried (TRIED) to read a collection of Nietzsche’s works, but I found it to be more hilarious than i thought it should be (check out the twitter tag #anesthesiareadsnietzsche) and stopped. I also read Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (which I may or may not have read before, I don’t remember), and loved his cameo and also his whole writing/drawing style, Black Hole by Charles Burns (which was a little bit of a mindfuck and I STRONGLY recommend it to comic book readers and non comic book readers alike), Amphigorey Also (which was delightful in the way that only Edward Gorey can be), and From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (the art is exquisite. the story is gruesome and engaging and has just the right amount of unexpected mysticism. Fabulous.).
Oh yeah, and I read some spiderman comix because I figure I should read some superhero comix. Turns out, I dislike superhero comix just as much as I thought I did. I think that’s all the books I’ve read recently… oh yeah and I started reading a book called One Long Argument, which was about Charlie Darwin. I thought it was a different book and stopped reading it after about 5 pages. Brave new world of common sense and wonder aside, I’m just not interested in reading about people arguing about science. I also reread the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters recently. Bunch of poems, epitaphs or whatever about people in a graveyard. Pretty awesome. This time around, that book taught me that when I was younger, I really wrote down whatever in the books I was reading.
I already mentioned that I went to wisconsin, but did I mention that I’m seeing a therapist? her name is Marie and she’s kind of awesome. Only been twice thus far, but I’ve enjoyed watching her get on the same page as me. I don’t need someone to save me at this point, but rather someone to throw ideas at me that I can’t come up with about specific things that I’m still having problems with. It feels really good. Not only am I freely choosing to get the help I want, I’ve already done most of the work myself. If I were to decide to stop getting better right now, I’d still be a whole person who could live the rest of their life out happily. I did all of that through sheer force of will. That’s something to be proud of, tumblr. (side note: Julie, I know you’re not the only person who reads this, but i almost typed Julie instead of tumblr. Sorry to the other 6 of you! I wasn’t trying to negate your readership, I swear! I love you all! …there are only 7 of you, right? I haven’t checked in a while. If there’s more I’d like to apologize and send love to the rest of you as well.)
Anyways.
Not only is the fact that I’ve come this far on my own something to be proud of, the fact that I want to go further and have decided to seek out a different perspective is something to be proud of. And I know I’ve always said that the internet is my therapist, but there’s only so far overthinking things can take you. Sometimes you need feedback.
Also: I am now on google plus. I don’t know how it works. But I’ll figure it out! Capture me in your orbs or whatever! Or don’t. I don’t really care. All I know is that facebook makes me feel 60 years old every time it changes.
Other than that, I’m kind of sick. And all of you should get used to ridiculously long text posts and bad comix again. Because with any luck, I’m back.
I hear that if you end your post with a question people can answer it. so say hello if you feel like it?
