im an asshole every day.

i don't know if you realize, but most societies don't allow people to do as they wish.

let's see:

in england, you'd be stuck with your accent in a social class

in france, your job would be predestined for you from kindergarten

in israel, you'd be in the army

in latin america, you'd be buried in gossip

& on & on

the life you live, thank your american passport for it.

Cantankerous is too flighty and flea-blinking to be American. I think there was a mix-tape at the lop-lop.

actually i like that i was born in america
because you know why?

i don't have to work due to being a privledged snot.
which means i don't have to pay taxes.
which means i'm not giving the gov't permission go all robin hood and to steal from me and give my money to homeless crackheads who didn't do shit to earn it.
which means i get to keep it all and go wherever the hell i please and do whatever i want without being stuck in a social class.

me too... cept that i might get a job soon. maybe. we'll see

see? right there. you're 100% american and you couldn't be from anywhere else.

what you call my assholity is merely your inability to immediately comprehend my long vision.

Frankly, I'm staggered.

come to think of it--

wasn't gatsby from st. louis too??

No.

as in gatsby from the great gatsby?
i don't know but the cover art for that book is ace.


what a horrible place by the way. i don't reccommend anyone going there. well danny might like it.

i think gatsby was from st louis

yeah. he's either from st. louis or he was in st. louis. i think he was

--

google sez north dakota but i do recall .. was it daisy buchanan?

i don't know. i never read it.

Isn't he from Dakota?

oh no fuck, daisy was from louisVILLE.

too many louises. but anyway, i digress.

cankers is as american as gatsby.

read it, it's a great book

only in certain respects.

i don't like novels.

Or just watch the film.

i've seen it. naturally i can't compare the two but it was decent.

film version of a clockwork orange is much better than the book. just while we're on the subject of book/movies i thought i'd throw that in.

I think the real issue here is Danny Himself and what can he do to help us, what can we do to help him, and where is his place in society? etc.

Yeah. Something everyone should read at least once in their life.

no fucking WAI.

i love movies, but this is no match.

go move to the american midwest. you'll love it. and they'll love your accent.

your problem is that you're ignoring the important issues here

You can tick off a lot of books on your want-to-read list by just watching the film versions. Saves a lot of time.

I think Alan Ladd nailed it in the film.

you're quitting your bookseller job, aren't you?

There goes that sixth sense again. Already have.

video store? :D

Maybe it's just me, but Cantanky comes accross as clearly being American from her posts. That's why I like her.

probably the level of arrogance

I thought you were proud to be american.

So, how's life in Brixton, then?

i am proud to be myself regardless of nationality or cultural identity

i love living in new york

the rest of the US i'm not too hip on
i changed it cuz i'm moving there

like i haven't ACTUALLY moved there yet
i'm still in amsterdam but i'm coming back to the UK saturday

anyway life is fabulous wherever i am. at least for the time being. the impending stress is worrying.

how is amsterdam, catanky? i might be going in a year or two.