Why Bukowski thinks I’m a jerk-off

by matt on March 27, 2005

Reading The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship by Charles Bukowski and writing some of the more provocative thoughts in my notebook for posterity. Here was the first one I thought worth re-writing:

Most people’s deaths are a sham. There’s nothing left to die.

Here was the next one I copied:

Why did I have to reach the age of 51 before I could pay the rent with my writing?

I stopped at this one:

I think that people who keep notebooks and jot down their thoughts are jerk-offs.

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{ 4 comments }

gleek March 28, 2005 at 11:25 am

hahaha! it’s like he was there watching you write everything down.

Lyon March 28, 2005 at 3:33 pm

And therefore, since blogs are essentially notebooks on public display, his opinion of bloggers would be…?

Pills, P. March 29, 2005 at 7:28 pm

OMG like this guy, almost ran me off the road today, these jerks talking on their cellphones can’t pay attention to the road, and oh, and then the girl at the Starbucks messed up my order, and I SPECIFICALLY asked for a vanilla half-caf latte, and to top it all off, my car’s making a funny noise! Oh, dear Blog, I’m glad you’re here with me to share all the important things.

Bukowski = genius

phentermine April 3, 2005 at 7:18 pm

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