tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post6435952560347947663..comments2023-11-02T06:18:34.712-04:00Comments on Barrelhouse: Let's Get Fucked Up (And Write a Memoir About It)davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527832503422492424noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-69208602821689075782008-06-14T11:03:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:03:00.000-04:00I should also note that I've read a chapter of TMC...I should also note that I've read a chapter of TMC's book, and a) it's really good, and b) it's memoir only in the most oblique sense, which is to say it's memoir only in the way that all writing is a kind of memoir (unless the other chapters are all about those wild nights snorting ketamine off Augusten Burroughs' ass crack)Mike Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464498268771650097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-90156921158569400572008-06-13T06:52:00.000-04:002008-06-13T06:52:00.000-04:00The more I think about it, I've decided my problem...The more I think about it, I've decided my problem with memoirs (or, okay, ONE of my problems) is the same as my problem with people in general: everyone thinks their life is interesting and their problems are unique.Mike Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464498268771650097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-16618145318124785912008-06-13T00:44:00.000-04:002008-06-13T00:44:00.000-04:00i like memoirs. partially because of reality tv a...i like memoirs. partially because of reality tv and all its horrifying influence, sure. but also partially because memoirs, in my opinion, are gauntlets thrown at the reader. <BR/><BR/>"is your life nearly as fucked up as mine?" they ask? "could you survive this?" "is your smacked out junkie sister and crackhead mother half as traumatizing as my bad breakup or football addiction?" "could JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007154072022713150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-73972336082055311002008-06-12T10:56:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:56:00.000-04:00Sorry, I had to go update my Facebook status. What...Sorry, I had to go update my Facebook status. What were we talking about again?Mike Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464498268771650097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-67697551391531365422008-06-12T10:30:00.001-04:002008-06-12T10:30:00.001-04:00Also-- if I can redeem my selling out a little bit...Also-- if I can redeem my selling out a little bit, I'd like to add that my next project (on which I've just started working) is gonna be a 500+ page novel about professional wrestlers in the 80s. That's gotta buy me some barrelhouse cred.TMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243266986245129053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-9951846463499891202008-06-12T10:30:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:30:00.000-04:00Maybe I am a sellout.But when I'm drowning in lite...Maybe I am a sellout.<BR/>But when I'm drowning in literary groupies and Bic endorsements, you'll be begging for my leftovers. And when you start begging, I'm gonna hurl a whiskey bottle at you. <BR/><BR/>On a slightly more serious note, I do think it's totally a generational thing. The generation younger than mine, especially, has been raised in a world in which so-called "reality" TMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243266986245129053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-46671343942344141302008-06-12T09:49:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:49:00.000-04:00What TMC is saying, basically, is that he's a sell...What TMC is saying, basically, is that he's a sellout.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, I hate the fucking memoir craze. I hate the fact that my generation is so goddamned entitled and self-important they think anyone cares about their stupid, supposedly shitty lives. As if writing is some kind of "sad-off," and whoever has the most trauma wins.<BR/><BR/>Whatever happened to the thinly veiled Mike Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464498268771650097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-74352307672453133452008-06-12T08:25:00.000-04:002008-06-12T08:25:00.000-04:00Here's where I totally highlight my hypocrisy. I ...Here's where I totally highlight my hypocrisy. <BR/><BR/>I regret to confess that the book on which I just spent the last year-- and which I'm now trying to sell-- could probably technically be classified as a memoir.<BR/><BR/>I know. This may result in my removal from the blog. But hear me out here.<BR/><BR/>It's only a memoir insofar as it includes me and real life experiences. But it could TMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243266986245129053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727233.post-28550073425314666482008-06-12T07:58:00.000-04:002008-06-12T07:58:00.000-04:00Oh wow, I'm so horny for a Coca-Cola flavored Slur...Oh wow, I'm so horny for a Coca-Cola flavored Slurpee from 7-11 now. <BR/><BR/>But there are no Slurpees in Switzerland. Not a one.<BR/><BR/>And I ain't even making that up.jill alexander essbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840101605247534733noreply@blogger.com