the llama central sign

feeling llucky, punk?


welcome to llama central. things are a bit of a mess around here, but i'm working on it.
to find out more about this place, read the llama central FAQ.

llamas are awesome. if you doubt this, check out llama llinks.

[a ribbon in protest]

this ribbon is in protest of the utter idiocy of the cda.

e.e. cummings is a god. there were 111 poems to choose from, but the copyright gods stomped them flat.

i like other poets, too, and have a rather extensive online poetry collection. (text-only version)

a new toy! i've discovered javascript, and found a way to randomize pop-ups of brian eno's oblique strategies (side-wise ways of looking at a problem when you're blocked).

i've been working on the dreaded Novel for ages now (well, okay, i haven't written anything in a year or two). Here's the plot; click (or whatever) here to get to the book itself.
walker percy is a truly cool author. here's an excerpt i particularly like (from lost in the cosmos), about suicide.

another book that's had a strong influence on me is m. scott peck's the road less travelled. i love his take on truthtelling and withholding the truth.

angst is my life, and i've got old posts and the angst calendar to prove it. be sure to drop by the angst home page and the alt.angst archive.

this is my favorite recipe.

things i feel very strongly about:

i'm working on a self-injury faq. not how-to, but what-is, an attempt to educate people about this syndrome that's almost as prevalent as eating disorders. i'm out about it; for most self-injurers, it's a secret shame. this is the most recent (incomplete) version.

i take prozac, and i'm sick to death of people not getting what it's all about. this is my prozac manifesto.

people who try to censor the net are just plain stupid. here's a letter i wrote to the tribune about it.

the state of public mental health care in illinois sucks. of course, the private hospitals that take indigents aren't much better. if you're poor and crazy in this state, bend over.

you can bitch at me here: sine nomine.

more to come later. that's a threat.

yes, i'm paranoid enough to want to know that people have been here since 8 january 96.

if you're paranoid, too, count your page -- go here to set it up.

a counter for the rest of us -- it recognizes text browsers: make your visit count, load this image.

an incomplete links page, including a link to the starting point index.
excite review