aug 9 in idea barrages

A painting of a Craftsman cordless drill with the caption: “This Is Not A Drill”. The painting will be called “The Treachery of Advertising”.

An Alanis Morissette starring horror movie YOU OUGHTA KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.

Yeah, Guy Fieri is bad. But you know what’s REALLY bad? (whispers) Guy Fiurry.

A fictitious VHS rental store called PLANET OF THE TAPES.

A strange “Who’s On First” bit between an Asian chef and a Spanish-language chef, fumbling over the phrase “soy sauce”.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Like, Comment, Subscribe & Ring That Bell For Notifications.

Through all of this, I coped by saying “I just have to get to the end when it’s normal again and re-evaluate then”. Which was a crutch that helped but you use a crutch too long, you’ll never walk normal again. Now, I gotta accept, there will be no new normal because normal was never a thing to begin with. Change happens and it happens, happens unpredictably, for as long as you draw breath and… that’s just life. There is no narrative structure, there are no rest stops, just… life stretching out in madness and joy and horror before you until it doesn’t anymore.

“Hot dress!” she tells her friend. “Thanks, it has Hot Pockets!” Suddenly, microwave garbage-calzones pour forth from the dress like manna from hell.