Author Archive for Jason C. Romero

Status Updates for Week Ending 2009-11-15

  • King Curtis for president. Bacon is good for me. #
  • I sure have been listening to a lot of Merzbow. http://bit.ly/1AZLyp #
  • "I thought I saw a bird walk past your window. At first I thought it was a person but they would have been real tall. Oh wait it was a car." #

Status Updates for Week Ending 2009-11-01

  • Awww they're playing Morrissey here at Schnucks, which is even more precious given his recent collapse on stage. http://bit.ly/3E0ZSo #
  • I'm at the GEO rally. http://flic.kr/p/7awd9R #
  • New rap song I heard on the radio. "I like to hang with my white friends." Duece Poppi – "My White Friends" http://bit.ly/4pnSvi #
  • Trying out some masks at Dallas but will probably just wear my rubber clothes. http://flic.kr/p/7aXW82 #

Bad Art 2009-10-29: She’s Got Tooth and She Knows How to Use It

She's Got Tooth and She Knows How to Use It

Status Updates for Week Ending 2009-10-25

  • "because if you do, i'll hate you. i promise. i mean, really hate you. hate you like i hate melons. and i really fucking hate melons." #
  • "New robotic hand 'can feel'" [video] http://bit.ly/lgT2S #
  • 'All of our young people today derive their pleasure from virtual worlds. They’re making young Japanese weak.' http://bit.ly/293Zrj #
  • "A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists" http://bit.ly/grXez #
  • "Yo se que tienes; Un nuevo amor; Sin embargo; Te deseo lo mejor; Si en mi no encontraste; Felicidad; Tal vez alguien mas; Te la dara." #
  • I remember you through this mark you've left on my body. When will it fade away? http://flic.kr/p/79hCUz #
  • I just got to Reggies Rock Club in Chicago for the Venetian Snares show. http://flic.kr/p/79QVPX #
  • Venetian Snares is on the decks. He's such a fucking genius. http://flic.kr/p/79RXXF #
  • 'Skirt boys' make waves in wild world of Tokyo street fashion http://bit.ly/3jZSO9 #

2009-10-21 Bad Art: Hair Tooth

Release Release Release

Release
Release
Release

But it can’t be done
Here I am
In this body
Thinking about these hands
On this keyboard
Typing out into space
And everything
And everyone
I’m connected to

Release
Release
Release

As if I can unbecome that which I am
As if I can wave power away
As if I can wave discourse away
As if I can wave subjectivity away
As if I can wave my body away

Release
Release
Release

No one understands
What it’s like
To be inside my head
Picking everything apart
Trying to get at its core

Release
Release
Release

It’s an impossible task
I try and open it up
That irrational inside
But everything becomes ordered
Put into place
And paralysis sets in

Release
Release
Release

I fondle words
On the tip of my tongue
But before releasing them
I interrogate them
“What do you mean?”, I say
“Why you?”, I say
It cannot be done
All I have is this self
Surveying the world
Taking everything in
Trying to make sense of it
I am
Forever and always
This ordered being
Never able to let go
Bound eternally
Inside order
And reason

Status Updates for Week Ending 2009-10-18

  • Lady Gaga Speaks At Gay Rights Rally In Washington, DC http://bit.ly/l0R4K #
  • How in the world did it take me this long to figure out that I can do optical character recognition on Japanese with my copy of Adobe? Sigh. #
  • I think I have this. // Offline Stress Disorder (OSD): Anxiety when disconnected from the Internet. http://htxt.it/bHMa via @mike_elgan #
  • Love 2.0 // Avoid Messier Break-Ups by Locking Down Your Web Life http://bit.ly/2KvBjb #
  • Holy wowz. // RT @mike_elgan The Japanese version of Punk'd is waaaay crazier than the American one. http://htxt.it/7eRO #
  • Cyborgspace w/ iPhone: The Internet is no longer a destination, someplace you "go to." You don't "get on the Internet." You're always on it. #
  • What a beautiful idea — a list of personally rejected status updates. I usually just put them in my journal. // Rejects http://bit.ly/tmePf #
  • "HIV/AIDS continues steep increase in Japan" http://bit.ly/32vdoT #
  • Where the Wild Things Are was amazing. #

Status Updates for Week Ending 2009-10-11

  • 'More than 200 people marched across UIUC to protest the return of its racist mascot, “the Chief,” retired in 2007.' http://bit.ly/1ejfUZ #
  • The nice thing about staying up for 24+ hours is that I sleep like a baby. I think that's the only time that happens, other than Ambien. #
  • Lentils, buttered toast, Sam Adams Black Lager, ibuprofen, and Ambien. I can't think of a better meal. #
  • I too have found the sudden chill to be an unwelcome visitor, but my love of thermal underwear may balance it out. Might need a snuggie tho. #

2009-10-10 Bad Art: Prince Tooth

2009-10-10 Prince Tooth

2009-10-09 Bad Art: Gold Digger

2009-10-09 Gold Digger