Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Now I Know

I learned something new tonight.

I hate book signings.

You know what sucks? Listening to someone read.

It was crowded and hot. Some other author read some short story of his. It sucked. It sucked like a large heavy steel 1950's vacuum cleaner with a brand new bag in it.

I thought maybe when this guy gets the hell off the stage Chuck Palahniuk would be more entertaining.

I was wrong. He was boring too.

I also learned hipsters are just as stupid as hoosiers. When Chuck added "St. Louis, MO" into his story the crowd gave out a big "WHOO!" So fucking sad.

But now I know I never need to go do anything like that again.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This summer my friend is doing a reading at Left Bank Books, but she writes erotica...might be a bit more entertaining...

houvenagle said...

...it was like I was cat in a bag being hit with bad comparisons and hammers...

Jeff said...

But I would expect she too will over enunciate each word, and stretch out sentences longer than they were ever meant to be. I don't think it was just the content. It was the entire experience.

Anonymous said...

she may masterbate...

 
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