500 Words A Day Skinny-Fat: 500 Words a Day – Day 10

Skinny-Fat: 500 Words a Day – Day 10

You can’t really talk about the things you learn through living in other cultures to people that haven’t lived in other cultures. You just sound like a douche. And you don’t really need to talk about them with people that have done the same because it’s not cool to do so because it’s cooler if …

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500 Words A Day My Friend Thule: 500 Words a Day – Day 9

My Friend Thule: 500 Words a Day – Day 9

Day 9 I have a new backpack. It’s a Thule. If you’re a close friend of mine you’ve heard about it, a lot. “This bag is the President,” were my first words after picking it up. “Check out my bag, it’s perfectly designed.” I show people, like I work at a tradeshow, all the features …

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500 Words A Day Hookers: 500 Words a Day – Day 8

Hookers: 500 Words a Day – Day 8

The Ocho. Kate don’t read this, it will be highly inappropriate. (little sister) I’ve always liked the number eight. It’s validating. Because it’s infinite and I liked it even before I knew it was a top of the heap number in numerology and Chinese people and all the other good omens. Unlike blue-green algae, which …

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500 Words A Day Five Eleven and Three Quarters: 500 Words a Day – Day 4

Five Eleven and Three Quarters: 500 Words a Day – Day 4

Sometimes I say the word cunt when I’m alone. I’ll look in the mirror and point at myself with scrunched eye sockets and lockjaw and say, “Shut up, cunt.” Then I laugh outloud and go to the bathroom. I bought an inversion swing. Well, rather, I purchased the materials necessary to make my own because …

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500 Words A Day Life As A Minority: 500 Words a Day – Day 3

Life As A Minority: 500 Words a Day – Day 3

Not sure if you guys heard, but I’m a minority. When I ordered a DNA kit from 23andme.com last year I was hoping to dig up the usual information – family affairs, adoptions, the mailman was my father, and finally proving my sense of inner blackness with a 3% stake in African ethnicity. But none …

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500 Words A Day It’s Just Us: 500 Words a Day – Day 2

It’s Just Us: 500 Words a Day – Day 2

It’s Just Us by Kirk Hensler from kale & cigarettes on Vimeo. *Above is video with narration *Below is script from above narration.   There is no god. There are no angels. There are no spirits guiding us. The vastness that we feel, the infinite universe we believe in, is nothing but an emergency net …

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500 Words A Day Dad Dick: 500 Words a Day – Day 1

Dad Dick: 500 Words a Day – Day 1

*photo by Bundaberg Ginger Beer on Youtube “That’s because he has dad dick,” a friend of mine said the other night. I was in Detroit last week visiting my family. For no reason. Which is new. Because often it has been in exchange for computers or camera lenses or power tools. This time it was …

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500 Words Per Day 500 Words A Day Writing Experiment

500 Words A Day Writing Experiment

500 WORDS A DAY (3.1.17) I believe it is time to start another writing experiment. We’ll go back to the original rules so everyone can participate without the requirement of talking to strangers. 500 WORDS A DAY. 1. Can be about anything. I highly recommend using the motivation to work on projects or experiences in …

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