Think. Think more. Think again. It was supposed to be a filler for lack of attention-grabbing titles or creative chutzpah, but then it's almost funny, kinda like a parody of the affirmation that we're human beings. Well, this is life. As I know it. What I think is what you get.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Doppelgangers and lobsters
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a f—king big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose a three piece suit on hire purchased in a range of f—king fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the f—k you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f—king junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, f—ked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?
Renton, Trainspotting
3 comments:
I love The New Yorker! I have this book; it's a compilation of fiction culled from The New Yorker. The one written by Woody is one of my favorites. It's a detective story, if I remember it correctly.
I also like the one by Jonathan Franzen.
Pahiram naman nun Andy. Pag magawi ako jan sa mla anytime soon. Last wk andyan ako.
I'll send you photocopies of the ones that are really good in the book. Yung kay Jonathan Franzen at Woody Allen yung paborito ko.
What's your snail mail addie? You can e-mail it to me at: andybriones@gmail.com
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