BABY HEDGEHOGS AND AMERICAN APPAREL DOGS (DAVID FISHKIND, 2010)

'Baby Hedgehogs and American Apparel Dogs' is forthcoming

it will be available for $3 purchase on JANUARY 15, 2010

the piece is an 'epic poetic narrative,' focusing on the internal and external projection of the protagonist from conception through his first nineteen years of life. major themes include the existential struggle, depression, relationships, a variety of animal comparisons and interactions, loneliness, calm, smallness, and sex.

here is a picture of the cover:

statistics:

- ~10,000 words

- 25 roman numeral sections

- written in free verse poetic style

- self published

- ~75 copies will be printed (more will be available if there is demand)

blurbs:

"DUDE. This is really good. Holy shit. I like this a lot." - dj berndt

"seems like a sweet, unique poem. feel like certain parts were really relatable." - jordan castro

"i really like it." - buttercup mcgillicuddy

december: expect big things

december will be a good month overall i think

i have big plans for this blog, expect exciting posts!

*POSTS TO WATCH FOR IN DECEMBER*

- 5000-6000 word essay on the internet literature movement as a subculture

- comprehensive review of 'think tank for human beings in general' (*this may be pushed back to january if i do not feel it can be adequately completed in time*)

- david fishkind's top __ movies of 2009

- david fishkind's top __ tracks of 2009

- david fishkind's top __ albums of 2009

- david fishkind's top 100 albums of the decade

i'm overall pretty psyched for this month in blogging

seems like it will be very strong, little bit objective analysis, little bit opinion

otherwise, i've been chilling mostly

i made a tumblr

i watched todd solondz's 'palindromes' tonight, it was really sweet overall, i recommend any todd solondz movie to any frequenter of this blog

i've been getting 'mad hits' lately because when people search 'fantastic mr. fox' on google images, the picture i used in my post comes up many people click on it

i've also been working on a long poem. it has been described by the author as 'an epic narrative.' it deals partially with my childhood and heavily with the past two years of my life. it is ~6500 words so far and is expected to top 10,000. it will most likely be released sometime next year as a chapbook, tentatively titled 'baby hedgehogs and american apparel dogs.' it is yet to be determined whether it will be self-published or published by some other source. stay tuned for more information

today i drank a lot of coffee and got very high on caffeine and did some hardcore writing in the library. after i exited i felt 'very high' still and felt nervous around cops for some reason

christmas tree is up in washington square park

get pumped for december in general!

i got photoshop/i made a flickr

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three reviews

here are three reviews i did last spring on a blog i started with some friends

the blog ended quickly, but i still like the reviews

my review of yeah yeah yeah's 'it's blitz!' can be read here. i feel that i reviewed this album too leniently. with too much excitement for a new yeah yeah yeahs album. i feel i was too positive and not very critical at all. i still like this album. just not as much maybe. i think i felt this was going to be the best album of the year, 'easily.' this was before chill-wave existed, before i'd heard 'veckatimest,' and before i knew anything about the mystery books.

my review of conor oberst and the mystic valley band's 'outer south' can be read here. i feel that this will probably be the most overlooked album of 2009. i really liked this album. i felt it was better than anything conor oberst has done in the past five years. i feel really positively about the contributions made by his other band members. it seems like this album is a good direction for conor, as he has stated he's pretty much done with bright eyes. i feel positive and a little bit nostalgic about conor oberst when i listen to this album. it's kind of like what a good ryan adam's album might sound like. maybe.

my review of tao lin and brandon scott gorrell's 'the brandon book crisis' can be read here. this is the last post i made on this blog. tao linked this on his twitter, and i feel the blog got considerably 'mad hits' for a little while. i felt really positively toward this review. i still feel positively toward this review and the book, which has been largely discussed, insulted, and even called 'the biggest mistake of [lin's] career.' i am happy i reviewed the book, but i feel it was a bad direction for this blog. nobody ever talked to me about this blog again, though a lot people seemed really interested in it initially and were planning on contributing to it.

i feel sad that this blog died

should i delete this blog forever or should i leave it up as something to look back on as a source for some early writing and reviews by me and a couple people i know?

stuff

things lately that have been happening i think have been happening

everyone should listen to the album 'sweden' by the mountain goats

also, 'heretic pride' is good

i have been very careful on the streets lately i've been feeling nervous on the streets

i often imagine what it would be like to be stabbed quickly by someone unidentifiable on the streets who then runs away and leaves me alone in the middle of the night

i have been giving myself very regular testicular exams, i am doing okay i think

i received noah cicero's 'the human war' in the mail

this book is good and should be taken with a shot of whiskey maybe

i recently read some of 'best behavior'

i did not read it all, but i skimmed a lot of it and thought it was funny re 'hu chi' and 'john walters'

tonight i had a glass of hard cider

i ordered 'think tank for human beings in general' i hope i get it soon

i watched 'in the mood for love' i gave it an 8/10 on imdb

i tried to watch 'oldboy' but it was abrasively dubbed on netflix instant watch and could not be changed

i ate indian food today and yesterday and i bought granola bars at trader joe's

i bought 'a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again' by david foster wallace and i guess i am writing a major paper based on it i guess

there are lots of flying insects living in my room

i put lots of things in this post because i hope for it to be a relatable and fun post to read

goodnight

notes on wes anderson's 'fantastic mr. fox'

i liked 'fantastic mr. fox'

it was really good if you like wes anderson movies i think, idk what it was like if you don't like wes anderson movies

it probably wasn't good if you don't like wes anderson movies

the humor was a little dry and the subject matter was a little over-the-head for children. wes anderson (and noah baumbach (credited writer)) didn't seem to spare any political correctness for a children's release, including liquor, guns, and 'cuss.' relevant to mention the word 'cuss' is used wherever a 'cuss-word' would've been used in a normal anderson release. this was funny and effective and possibly off-putting to parents and children

'fantastic mr. fox' seemed more like a film targeted to wes anderson viewers (i.e. young artsy types/hipsters, cool 30-50 year olds who like dry humor and are slightly sarcastic/narcissistic/pessimistic and often teach high school AP english classes) with a design appeal to children

it was not original necessarily. it was basically a combination of 'bottle rocket,' 'rushmore,' and 'the royal tenenbaums' re action, alienation, and familial problems respectively

jason schwartzman's character was essentially 'max fischer' again, which was kind of funny

the cast was solid, kind of pushing the limit on how many big indie/respectable hollywood names you can put in an animated feature (george clooney, meryl streep, schwartzman, bill murray, michael gambon, willem dafoe, owen wilson, etc)

i think this movie was well animated. it was choppy and looked simple, but also well developed in a way aesthetically. the animation reminded me of henry selick a little and nick park a little

seemed like a lot of children were laughing, but also saying 'what' a lot

this was the second children's book i read when i was little that was released as a feature film by a major independent director in the past month

i think i would say i liked this 100% more than spike jonze's 'where the wild things are'

i wonder what the next indie director children feature-length film will be... i think it will be david lynch re 'snoot world'

who needs poetry when you experience life through a small quiet vacuum

it's okay if i plug my nose and get alone tonight

i can justify that through blogging about it

and if i make money doing that then i can justify it even more

i will ride the train and sit in the waiting area playing solitaire

it will be okay because i know that you're at home sleeping feeling better

and i'm feeling worse because soon i'll have a fever and i'll pass out in your room

which is the only place that i feel full and good about myself

let's talk it out potentially but i don't want to because you're being tired

i'm going to run around the streets of new york and be healthy

hold me because i'm an intelligent person trapped an idiot's body

we can be one another's best friend for at least forever maybe

i want to take my shoes off but i am wearing two pairs of socks for warmth

this is funny i am making myself laugh potentially

there are so many good places to get hotdogs in new york city

which will i choose, i will choose gray's papaya due to proximity and price

i will walk around in circles for blocks to gain your approval

i will get lost to learn more about my surroundings

i will forget what i am going to say or type and work on fixing errors

errors are everywhere, but mostly in typing and i am getting better at not having them

you look good today and everyday and especially when you're wearing blue shorts

and i look bad today and everyday and especially when i'm alone in a small quiet vacuum

no, i'm just kidding someday none of this will actually matter

but right now existentially everything matters

everything matters, doesn't it

does writing poetry when you're alone in a small quiet vacuum negate the significance of the artistic experience

will i ever affectively edit anything

and when i yell out loud it's not that i'm trying to hurt anyone

it's just that i want to voice my opinion and i feel so quiet sometimes

and i only feel alone when you're not with me

do you get that

or do i have to explain it in a painting that i don't have the ability to accomplish

i'm going to submit this later

to a literary magazine or an online poetry publisher

hopefully they will like it, i wonder if i'll include this part

i have a brand new manager who listens to me and is completely unbiased

i tell him things and he says 'thank you that is helpful'

mostly i just want to tell you that i think you look good in blue shorts

i am asleep now, isn't this weird that i am still able to type

let's hang out and drink poland springs waters

remember when i worked at a farm and you came to visit me

we went into the pumpkin patch and walked around and you took pictures

then we went to the hill at the veterinary school and i wanted to fall asleep in your lap

you left then and went back to new york and i continued to work on the farm

i looked at the pumpkins as they started to get old and some of them rotted

i got fired and i took home my radio