December 2009
12 posts
Out of College, On the Lamb
I don’t plan on doing much blog recycling, but I thought this was great and deserved a re-posting.
From the blog of Ted Barrow:
Out of College, On the Lamb
1. Find yourself driving your friend’s girlfriend and her underage friend to the Kibbitz Room on Tuesday night.
2. As you walk up Fairfax, you feel the pangs of excitement and nervousness that precede a night out drinking...
E-Fruition Pt. 2
We are back at her car. A fucking Scion. I love this. In LA, where those few minutes at the valet are everything, and she is driving a Scion. Adorable. Against the Scion, we kiss. Still Soaring. We climb in the car and kiss more. No longer a precocious eight year old playing adult while making a mess with my cookie, I’m sixteen grabbing at breasts, steaming up the windows. Still Soaring....
E-Fruition
I’m sitting in M Cafe on Melrose waiting for a blind date. It’s not so much a blind date, but an E-Date. There are no real blind dates anymore. Well that’s not really true because with the technology available these days any dame can have a Facebook full of misleading photos. So even if I’ve seen 100 pictures, how she really looks is still up in the air. This is day...
“Ian Svenonius of the rock band The Nation of Ulysses was named the inaugural...”
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Young Love: The Conclusion
James’s front slappy seems like the right place to shift gears. I ask the crew how they go about meeting girls. Do they have a game plan and rehearsed pick up lines, or do they put their best face forward, hoping to elicit a positive response? Kevin says he lies; slight exaggerations of the truth to sound cooler. I ask why he feels the need to do this.
Kevin: I work retail. I skateboard....
“if someone breaks up with you, you’ve got two weeks. You’ve got...”
– Last part of the interview in a day or so. I know it’s not the most entertaining thing in the world, but the girls seem to like hearing us talk.
Young Love Pt. 2
I’m toning down the narration for this part. I could draw conclusions and through lines, compare their lives to mine, but I like it how it is, raw and honest. Young Love Pt. 2
Max: I can do this easily and fast. Growing up, because me and my friends got so much box, we didn’t… [laughter] I mean, I got broken up with and cheated on at a young age, but I was like 16 so I got...
“all she had to do was put on a puppy face and fuck me. Then tell me how awesome...”
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YOUNG LOVE PART 2
LATER THIS WEEK…
Young Love: The Boys Life Interview
These glory days can take their toll, so catch me now before I turn to gold. Yeah we’d love to hear your story, just as long as it tells us where we are - that where we are is where we’re meant to be.
-Jarvis Cocker
Writing about my early twenties has me thinking a lot lately. I remember how much my life changed from 18 to around 23. At 19 I was barley able to dine in a...
DEAR BOY
Dear Boyslife,
Just started reading your blog a few weeks ago, entertaining to say the least. I saw your response to a reader’s email so I thought I would throw something your way while I procrastinate studying for finals. I am 21 years old and have not been in a relationship. Not just one worth noting, not one. I have seen my fair share of girls and women but nothing has stuck. I...
Before Pt. 2
Tracy was not exactly Purple Diary fodder. She lived with her mother and stepfather. She was in community college. Bebe was one of her favorite stores. She had an ex too but her ex is on the stalker side of things so she keeps a Glock 9mm under the seat of her car. (TRUTH I SWEAR) The heart tattoo on her left breast was not done by Scott Campbell; it’s India ink and home needle work....
Before
Going home for Thanksgiving had me thinking a lot about the old days. Before New York. It’s not really that long ago, under ten years. Sometimes it’s hard to believe things happened at all, that I even lived before. The journey to New York from my home town cut a canyon between my lives. My father drove a U-haul and I was close behind in my Honda. Some magic odometer stretched time,...