Things that frustrate us all
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Um, no. Sometimes it just flat out hurts. Better to start afresh somewhere else.
^ Yeah. That happens a lot.
There is a solution, not a perfect solution but YMMV: remain friends. It's better than not being friends. Or worse.
You're a better Yoda than me. If I had the option, I would've called for the tow.
Wow, that line took me back. I think most people have experienced that. So, so frustrating.
Young gits who think they know everything and haven't the foggiest. I work with a couple of these types. Driving me mad that they never just shut up and take notes.
Yep. That situation pretty much defined my younger days.
It was tempting, but I had mercy in my heart. My old apartment complex had me towed for parking along a curb that by all normal interpretations was a valid place to park unless otherwise marked. The signage at my current place isn't the best, it's plausible you could park there and not notice. Pretty sure it was someone's guest, not another tenant. I figure the note with the threat of getting towed should work almost as well as the actual tow, and either way I'd have to park on the street somewhere and wouldn't be moving my car again for a day or two.
If you don't already, I think you would enjoy reading Bukowski.
And I killed the thread with that. 
^ No! 
I am frustrated with a lot of things daily.
I am frustrated with a lot of things daily.
Losing track of family members at the store and trying to locate them!
Grinding my teeth when I'm either sleeping or just waking up. Have no clue why this happens but I know mom and Dee get grossed out by it cause they tell me when i wake up.
Not being able to sleep cause your body hurts so badly!
Grinding my teeth when I'm either sleeping or just waking up. Have no clue why this happens but I know mom and Dee get grossed out by it cause they tell me when i wake up.
Not being able to sleep cause your body hurts so badly!
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Have you tried a hammer?
You're not the first to make the comparison, but fortunately right now I'm in better health than he is.
ETA: Oh, it was Pingfah!
Striking IT staff with a hammer is supposedly against company policy.
You're not the first to make the comparison, but fortunately right now I'm in better health than he is.
ETA: Oh, it was Pingfah!
Not a comparison exactly! But I do think you'd enjoy his work if you gave it a chance maybe.
He is my favorite author (even though I read lots of genres and logically know that others may technically be 'better') because his books helped me when I really thought I had it bad. Of course, I didn't have it that bad. I was just in high school. 10 or 12 years later though I still enjoy re-reading his books any time something gets me down. Added to that, he's just so damn funny.
Anyway, I have his entire collection. It's pushing 40 books.
The only reason I think you would like him too is because he is really REALLY good at seeing positive things and making light of what others might perceive as shitty situations. Which is really the only comparison I see in the two of you based on just what I know of you from the board.
Don't tell me you're prejudice against Bukowski before reading him? At least read Ham on Rye and Post Office. Or some of his poetry/short story books (some are better than others though). If you're going to read Hollywood, be aware it's based on his own experience filming Barfly and read up on that first otherwise it won't be as good.
That said, I write a lot. Been writing since I could pick up a pencil. So you *might* not feel as much of a kinship with him in that respect unless you write too, I don't really know. But seriously give him a try. They probably have something at the library. Also pirated online.
What's weird for me too is that I was and still am really into the Beat writers like Kerouac, etc (Bukowski wasn't one of them, even though people try to group him in there) and even though he mocks them ALL THE TIME in his books (under all-too-obvious pseudonyms), it doesn't bother me because I get what he means. If that makes any sense. So basically you don't need to agree with him all the time in order to enjoy his points.
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All of the Henry Chinaski stories are brilliant, only Bukowski can spend a whole novel describing the worst kind of filth and depravity and at the end have you think "that sounds great, I'd like to try that!"
And he takes you from childhood through to being an old man in those books, and you really feel you know him/Henry at the end of it.
I drew the comparison because a lot of what Melakon describes about his situation and surroundings reminds me of the things Bukowski would say about his own. Not because I think they are similar people or anything. They have a similar turn of phrase though.
And he takes you from childhood through to being an old man in those books, and you really feel you know him/Henry at the end of it.
I drew the comparison because a lot of what Melakon describes about his situation and surroundings reminds me of the things Bukowski would say about his own. Not because I think they are similar people or anything. They have a similar turn of phrase though.
Yes! That is what I meant.
I wasn't trying to say that Melakon is LIKE Bukowski. I wouldn't say that about anyone.
But yeah Pingfah you said it better than me. That is what I meant.
Now I just want to read Bukowski.
And yes you can't read just one. I started with Ham on Rye and ended with Pulp for the novels. When you factor in all of the poetry and short stories, you really do feel like you know him personally and his whole life by the end of it. He makes the shittiest dump in the shittiest town sound absolutely amazing and all you want to do is go there and hang out with him and do the same thing. Which, in all honestly, I don't think Bukowski would approve of. He REALLY hated when people tried to hang out with him saying "I LOVE YOUR BOOKS". He pretty much wanted to kill them.
I have this 2-hour long interview with the producers of Barfly interviewing Bukowski too that came with something I ordered the one time. That was pretty awesome.
I wasn't trying to say that Melakon is LIKE Bukowski. I wouldn't say that about anyone.
But yeah Pingfah you said it better than me. That is what I meant.
Now I just want to read Bukowski.
And yes you can't read just one. I started with Ham on Rye and ended with Pulp for the novels. When you factor in all of the poetry and short stories, you really do feel like you know him personally and his whole life by the end of it. He makes the shittiest dump in the shittiest town sound absolutely amazing and all you want to do is go there and hang out with him and do the same thing.
Which, in all honestly, I don't think Bukowski would approve of. He REALLY hated when people tried to hang out with him saying "I LOVE YOUR BOOKS". He pretty much wanted to kill them.I have this 2-hour long interview with the producers of Barfly interviewing Bukowski too that came with something I ordered the one time. That was pretty awesome.
I'm lucky in that I still have many books to go yet. I've read all of his novels, but only The Most Beautiful Woman In Town for his collections, which I loved.
I'll skip the poetry as it's just not my thing, but that still leaves a whole bunch of short story compilations.
I've seen Barfly as well, which I found to be very enjoyable, but Factotum is still sat on my shelf unwatched. I'm a little put off by the shifting of time period to present day.
I'll skip the poetry as it's just not my thing, but that still leaves a whole bunch of short story compilations.
I've seen Barfly as well, which I found to be very enjoyable, but Factotum is still sat on my shelf unwatched. I'm a little put off by the shifting of time period to present day.
As an ardent Bukowski fan, I did not like the way they filmed Factotum. It's so much more boring than the way Bukowski writes. It's missing the humor and edge and the added Bukowski spice that makes his work great.
It's been a while, but I think Tales of Ordinary Madness was my favorite short story collection.
I will say that when you're done, maybe try the poetry only because he doesn't write your stereotypical poems (as you probably know). It's much more like a little story snippet with a punch at the end. He has good endings for his poems.