#grayson.txt

So my high school physics teacher used to be a bouncer back in the Oregon grunge scene in the late 80's up through the mid/late 90's and he's worked with several icons such as Layne Staley and Eddie Vedder. But my personal favorite interaction he had was with Kurt and Courtney in '93.

He was overseeing the openers and making sure the show would run smoothly when Courtney and Kurt just started screaming at each other - he and Dave Grohl sprint over to them, Dave takes Frances, and my teacher puts COURTNEY LOVE IS A GODDAMN BOUNCER HEADLOCK. Now he's a good 5'6/5'7 and Courtney is every bit of 5'10 so even imagining this entertains me.

He held her hands above her head until she quit screaming and calmed down while Kurt passed out in the dressing room.

HEY TUMBLR, NAME THESE DEER!

important context. I’ve named three of the other neighborhood deer Ed, Edd, and Eddy.

So do you have any book recommendations? :)

Hmmm yes! I love reading even though I don’t have the attention span for it anymore. I mostly read nonfiction with the occasional bit of mean, fucked up fiction thrown in for zest.

As far as fiction goes, I’m a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut. I can breeze through one of his books in a couple hours, great stuff. My favorite of his is Breakfast of Champions, been one of my favorites since I was a teenager. I revisit it every now and then. A newer favorite is American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. I know this one isn’t for everyone due to the sheer nastiness of the content, but it managed to both seriously disturb me and make me laugh out loud, often one after another. If American Psycho isn’t for you but you still want something gay and fucked up, I recommend The Sluts by Dennis Cooper. It reads like a lolcow documentary if it were about gay snuff pornography, and it’s great fun. And, I don’t know if I can attest to its quality, but John Dies At The End by David Wong is a huge comfort read for me. That shit happened to me my sophomore year of college.

I looooooove nonfiction and wish it got talked about more. I only really started to get into it within the past few years, but I love learning stuff. One of my favorites of all time would be Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Impostor Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson. Hard to believe so much harm was done by one (1) Mormon lady, and also Richard Nixon. We really should have assassinated that guy, huh? Anyway another good one if you want to hate America is Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen. I grew up in the Tennessee Valley, kind of in the shadow of Werner Von Braun. Another guy we should have killed. Another great one I read recently is Number Go Up by Zeke Faux. Financial fraud is a special interest of mine, and this book had plenty of that. Finally, if you’re into cults, Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult by Ellen Huet proves that women really can do it all (run an abusive sex cult)!