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Author Archives: German Jones
September Suicide Note
I can remember still that first taste. The horrible, naseating, sip that caused me to leave the balcony and go in search of something to mix it with. I’m not sure if it was Jim Beam or Southern Comfort, but … Continue reading
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The worst thing…
“The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.” — J.D. Salinger
Credulous and Vulgar
“Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be cured by a daily application of old Greek myths to their private parts.” –Vladimir Nabokov
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Continuing on a theme…
“Thus we find him on the threshold of his career: an aesthete and an individualist. He wanted not only to live apart from the crowd, to be true to himself – but also to be liked. He sought to be … Continue reading
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Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Augie March, and German Jones.
(This city is really starting to feel like home. Oh, and I got new glasses.) “Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well … Continue reading
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Body's memories
I suppose it is quite the simple template: my body. Built in the standard way, with the usual systems and cells, skin and bones. It merged to reflect mother and father, and echoes sister and brother, but in the end … Continue reading
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Différance…
Sometimes I exist beyond my body, others I simply exist because of it. Today is one of those days, and my body is sure making it difficult. Sorta heavy, defiantly achy, my physical form is trying to keep me locked … Continue reading
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Relief.
So, this is the second time an experience has lived up to all the hype. The first was after my first year of teaching. People said it got better, felt better, didn’t hurt like it did your first year once … Continue reading
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Me and Mr. Jones 