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		<title>Entrevista con Luna Miguel.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Read the interview in English on We Who Are About To&#160;Die.] Cuéntanos un poco de ti. ¿Cuantos años tienes, a que edad empezaste a escribir y como, por que me imagino que desde muy joven te diste cuenta que tenias la aptitud, no? Me llamo Luna y tengo 20 años. Empecé a escribir a los [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2011/07/18/poetry-is-not-dead-an-interview-with-luna-miguel">[Read the interview in English on We Who Are About To&nbsp;Die.]</a></p>
<p><strong>Cuéntanos  un poco de ti. ¿Cuantos años tienes, a que edad empezaste a escribir y  como, por que me imagino que desde muy joven te diste cuenta que tenias  la aptitud, no? </strong><br />
Me  llamo Luna y tengo 20 años. Empecé a escribir a los 13 porque estaba  enamorada. Mi primer conjunto de poemas se llamaba &#8220;Cuaderno nepalí&#8221;. A  los 14 o 15 años comencé a publicar en revistas online. A los 15 abrí mi  blog actual y a conocer a muchos poetas y escritores del panorama  español. Con esa edad viví en Francia, donde también me relacione con  algunos escritores de allí. La literatura no me ha gustado desde siempre  porque mis padres son profesor y editora de literatura y me aburría  mucho. Poco a poco me fue gustando y me di cuenta de que en mi casa  había libros, y libros, y libros. De que casi todo estaba a mi alcance: y  eso fue una suerte para mi formación. Aunque siempre me he distanciado  de mis padres su apoyo ha sido crucial. Soy muy independiente de ellos  porque desde el principio quise crear mi propio lugar literario, pero sé  que sin ellos no hubiera sido lo mismo,&nbsp;claro.</p>
<p><strong>Entre los libros que me mandaste hay una colaboración llamada Exhumación  (Alpha Decay) que escribiste con tu novio, Antonio J. Rodríguez.  Cuéntanos un poco sobre el, como lo conociste y como fue el proceso de  colaboración.</strong><br />
Mi novio es narrador. El año que viene publica su primera novela, que se llama Fresy Cool,  en Random House Mondadori. Él no escribe poesía y no le interesa  demasiado este género, y un día, tomando café, me propuso que  escribiéramos una novelita juntos. Aunque yo nunca había escrito prosa,  me animé y comenzamos a escribir Exhumación con la suerte y  coincidencia de que unos meses después la editora de Alpha Decay nos  propuso publicar algo juntos en su editorial. A ella le gustaban mis  poemas y el blog de crítica literaria de mi chico. Le metimos más caña  al proceso de creación y en apenas tres meses teníamos el cuento  acabado. Aún no vivíamos juntos así que nos turnábamos y nos mandábamos  los fragmentos de la historia por e-mail. Luego nos reuníamos y  hablábamos del libro y así durante todo ese tiempo. El libro ha tenido  bastante repercusión y nosotros estamos muy contentos. Es como una  especie de hijo o algo así. ¡Nuestro hijito de 67&nbsp;páginas!</p>
<p><strong>En los poemas de tu colección, Poetry Is Dead  (DVD Ediciones), hay referencias que yo relaciono con el mundo de habla  Inglesa, no solo el lenguaje, si no también te refieres por ejemplo a  David Foster Wallace, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg y otros. Siento que  tu libro es perfecto para personas bilingues como yo, que crecimos entre  dos o mas culturas. ¿De donde vienen esas influencias para ti y que  otras cosas influyen tu trabajo?</strong><br />
La  literatura que viene de EEUU o Reino Unido ha sido siempre muy  importante en mi formación. Entre mis autores preferidos están Charles  Bukowski, Virginia Woolf, Sharon Olds, David Foster Wallace, William  Faulkner, TS Eliot, Jack Kerouac, etc. Es por esto que hay un fuerte  peso de lo anglosajón en mi literatura, en las citas y en la manera de  ver la escritura. El inglés no es ni mi primera ni mi segunda lengua, yo  aprendí francés en el instituto y viví en Francia para mejorar mi  idioma. Sin embargo siento que la literatura en inglés ha sido más  crucial en mi vida, de ahí que me interese. Muchos opinan que parece que  sólo nos interesa lo que se hace en EEUU, como si allí estuviera el  centro del mundo&#8230; no sé, a mí no me lo parece pero sí es cierto que  hay siempre movimientos muy interesantes. Estas influencias vienen de  mis primeras lecturas (a los 11 años sólo leía a Salinger y a Bukowski) y  de recomendaciones de amigos (por ejemplo, David Foster Wallace es el  autor preferido de mi pareja, está escribiendo su tesina sobre él y su  nombre pesa mucho en nuestras estanterías así como en nuestras vidas).  Además de estos autores decía que me influyen mucho los autores  franceses: Françoise Sagan, Charles Baudelaire, René Char, Marcel  Schwob&#8230; también me interesa mucho la narrativa, creo que es crucial  para un poeta no detenerse sólo en la poesía, hay que leer mucha  narrativa y, además de la norteamericana me interesan mucho autores como  Roberto Bolaño o contemporáneos españoles como Javier Calvo, Patricio  Pron o Mercedes Cebrián. La poesía española también es importante en mi  vida, sobre todo nombres que no sé si en EEUU conocéis, pero que  deberían ser traducidos con urgencia si no lo están ya: José Ángel  Valente, Vicente Aleixandre, Chantal Maillard, Miriam Reyes, Leopoldo  María Panero, Roger Wolfe, Maite Dono, Ángel González&#8230; etc. Además de  la literatura me gustan la música, el cine y el cómic. Me inspiro mucho  en experiencias personales, viajes, en el cuerpo, en el sexo, en la  enfermedad. Todo. Todo se vuelve&nbsp;importante.</p>
<p><strong>¿Porque poesía?</strong><br />
Porque  es la mejor forma que encuentro de expresar lo que siento, lo que  quiero inventar, lo que quiero describir. También es la mejor forma de  mentir. O de mentirse una misma. La mejor forma de seducir al lector. Yo  quiero seducir al lector. Quiero que se quede en mis palabras. Eso es  muy&nbsp;importante.</p>
<p><strong>Hay  algo rebelde e inconforme en tus poemas. ¿Crees que los escritores  tienen alguna responsabilidad hacia la sociedad, cultura o su  generación? ¿Cual, si alguno, es el rol del poeta o escritor en tu  mente?</strong><br />
Los  escritores y la gente de la cultura suele ejercer gran influencia en el  espectador. Creo que un escritor siempre es comprometido, tanto si  habla de política como si no lo hace. Yo no hablo de política, yo hablo  más de la sociedad y de mí misma como individua no-conforme. Eso se ve  más en Poetry is not dead que en Estar enfermo o Pensamientos estériles.  En este libro hablo de barrios problemáticos en las afueras de Madrid y  de mi postura ante los cánones poéticos actuales en España. También  hablo de sexo, creo que es la base de la sociedad y un tabú al mismo  tiempo. El rol del escritor es el de quien entretiene, hace llorar,  sufrir, pensar, reaccionar, sonreir, alegrar, etc, a su lector. Si un  escritor no &#8220;te provoca nada&#8221; es que no merece la pena. Eso&nbsp;creo.</p>
<p><strong>¿Como  encontraste la comunidad de literatura independiente que esta en el  internet pero centrada sobre Estados Unidos, y como viniste a la  atención de personas como Noah Cicero y Scrambler Books?</strong><br />
Hace  años encontré el blog de Tao Lin y lo seguí de cerca. También había  leído a Ellen Kennedy (una de mis escritoras preferidas del panorama más  joven). Pero fue en el verano de 2010 cuando empecé a buscar autores  contemporáneos interesantes. Conocí a Richard Chiem, a Kendra Grant  Malone, a Chelsie Martin&#8230; me empecé a leer sus blogs o a comprar sus  libros. Entre tanto Steven Fowler, a través de otro poeta español, me  hizo una entrevista para 3AM Magazine. Cuando pedí el libro de Kendra al  editor de Scrambler Books, Jeremy Spencer, resultó que éste había leído  mi entrevista en inglés y entonces empezamos a escribirnos e-mails  hablando de literatura. Nos mandamos cartas, también, e intercambiamos  libros. Un día me propuso publicar en su editorial y entonces hicimos  una antología de poemas de todos mis libros que va a salir en su  editorial en 2012. Es una de las mejores cosas que me ha pasado en la  vida y todo gracias a dos o tres noches de búsqueda en Internet y de  curiosidad por otras literaturas. A Noah lo conocí a través de Tao Lin y  de algunos artículos en HTML Giant. Con él tengo pendiente un libro de  poesía estadounidense traducida al español. Sé que es un gran autor y  tengo ganas de leerlo&nbsp;más.</p>
<p><strong>Entre tus proyectos en el internet esta <a href="about:blank">Tenian veinte años y estaban locos</a>,  en el cual traduces poemas del ingles al español, muchos de ellos  escritos por jóvenes favoritos del momento como Tao Lin, Kendra Grant  Malone, Madison Langston y Steve Roggenbuck. Cuéntanos un poco mas sobre  esto. ¿De donde nació la idea, y como ha sido recibida en la comunidad  española o latinoamericana?</strong><br />
La  idea de Tenían veinte años y estaban locos era la de unir a muchos  poetas jóvenes de distintas nacionalidades. Primero traduje a Ellen  Kennedy, luego comencé a publicar a jóvenes españoles, franceses,  argentinos, ingleses, italianos, portugueses, ucranianos, mexicanos,  canadienses&#8230; Pasé meses buscando, traduciendo, hablando con ellos. Ha  sido maravilloso, y, además de ahí han salido más proyectos. El primero  se llama Tenían veinte años y estaban locos,  como la web, y será un libro que publica la editorial La Bella Varsovia  en octubre de 2011 en el que habrá 26 autores españoles menores de 26  años. Es un proyecto arriesgado porque aquí hay mucho conservador y la  poesía joven nunca estuvo bien vista por muchos. Pero estos 26 autores  son maravillosos, y merecen la pena de verdad. Ojalá los podáis leer a  todos algún día. También salió otro proyecto, con El Gaviero Ediciones,  la editorial de mis padres, y es el libro VOMIT, una antología de poetas  norteamericanos (tiene que ver con el nombre de New Wave Vomit de Ana  C., a quien admiro), será un libro traducido y habrá autores desde Tao  Lin, Noah Cicero, Dorothea Lasky, Jake Fournier, Jordan Castro,  Cassandra Troyan&#8230; Cada joven autor norteamericano será traducido a su  vez por un joven autor o traductor español. Todas las traducciones,  textos, etc, estarán hechos por jóvenes creadores. [Tenían veinte años y estaban locos]  es un proyecto estimulante y nuevo y estamos muy contentos con él. La  idea fue bien recibida, como ves. Aunque ahora tengo el blog de Estaban  locos un poco parado (por exámenes y esas cosas) volveremos con más  poesía. Mucha más poesía. Siempre.<br />
<strong><br />
¿Cual es tu mayor deseo?</strong><br />
Mi mayor deseo: seguir descubriendo literatura buena, durante muchos años. Y disfrutar con&nbsp;ella.</p>
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		<title>Such clever liars</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/09/21/such-clever-liars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry but you can&#8217;t possibly be who you say you are and have done these things that you say you have&#160;done.&#8221; &#8220;Why&#160;not?&#8221; &#8220;Because my whole life no one&#8217;s ever been true and I&#8217;m not true, therefore I suspect you are not&#160;either.&#8221; &#8220;Oh. Makes sense I&#160;suppose.&#8221; &#8220;Yes.&#8221; &#8220;So I don&#8217;t even get a chance to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;m sorry but you can&#8217;t possibly be who you say you are and have done these things that you say you have&nbsp;done.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Why&nbsp;not?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Because my whole life no one&#8217;s ever been true and I&#8217;m not true, therefore I suspect you are not&nbsp;either.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh. Makes sense I&nbsp;suppose.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So I don&#8217;t even get a chance to prove it,&nbsp;huh.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Nope. You can&#8217;t prove something that just&nbsp;isn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Huh. Okay then. So I guess this is&nbsp;it.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Wait. No.&nbsp;What?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well I mean, why would you continue to associate with a&nbsp;liar?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well, I mean let&#8217;s not be&nbsp;hasty.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Obviously</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/08/23/obviously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hi.&#8221; &#8220;Hi.&#8221; &#8220;Who are&#160;you?&#8221; &#8220;A&#160;person.&#8221; &#8220;What can you do for&#160;me?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. Probably&#160;nothing?&#8221; &#8220;Oh.&#8221; &#8220;Where are you&#160;going?&#8221; &#8220;Over&#160;there.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Hi.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Hi.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Who are&nbsp;you?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>A&nbsp;person.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What can you do for&nbsp;me?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I don&#8217;t know. Probably&nbsp;nothing?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Where are you&nbsp;going?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Over&nbsp;there.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Sir?</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/06/29/sir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;d you doing sir? Excuse me? Excuse me, sir? What&#8217;d you doing? Sir? Sir? Sir put that down! Sir what&#8217;d you think you&#8217;re doing?! What&#8217;d you think you&#8217;re doing sir! Man&#8212; Man fuck this shit. Sir! Sir come here, sir! Oh my god. Where is he&#8212; Sir? Sir? Where the fuck are you going? What [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;d you doing sir? Excuse me? Excuse me, sir? What&#8217;d you doing? Sir? Sir? Sir put that down! Sir what&#8217;d you think you&#8217;re doing?! What&#8217;d you think you&#8217;re doing sir!<br />
Man&mdash;<br />
Man fuck this shit.<br />
Sir! Sir come here, sir! Oh my god. Where is he&mdash;<br />
Sir? Sir? Where the fuck are you going? What the fuck are you doing SIR.<br />
Sir. No. NO, SIR. NO.<br />SIR?!  </p>
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		<title>Hi.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/03/01/oh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh hi. Oh hi it&#8217;s you. It&#8217;s you again. Hi. Hi, how are you? How have you been? Have you been well? Are you doing well? Are you? Doing? Doing well? Oh, it&#8217;s great to see you. Really great. Great. And you&#8217;re doing well. You&#8217;re doing so well that&#8217;s great. That&#8217;s really great. Great.&#160;Great.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh hi. Oh hi it&#8217;s you. It&#8217;s you again. Hi. Hi, how are you? How have you been? Have you been well? Are you doing well? Are you? Doing? Doing well? Oh, it&#8217;s great to see you. Really great. Great. And you&#8217;re doing well. You&#8217;re doing so well that&#8217;s great. That&#8217;s really great. Great.&nbsp;Great.</p>
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		<title>The Plot</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/02/12/the-plot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey get over here quick. She’s&#160;on.&#8221; &#8220;She’s&#160;on?&#8221; &#8220;Oh yeah. She’s on all&#160;right.&#8221; &#8220;What’s she&#160;saying?&#8221; &#8220;I’m not even repeating that shit. That shit is fucked&#160;up.&#8221; &#8220;I think I love&#160;her.&#8221; &#8220;Fuck&#160;off.&#8221; &#8220;I’m serious! I do. I think I love&#160;her.&#8221; &#8220;Why do you do&#160;that?&#8221; &#8220;What?&#8221; &#8220;You say love when you mean you want to fuck or fuck&#160;over.&#8221; &#8220;I’m [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Hey get over here quick. She’s&nbsp;on.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>She’s&nbsp;on?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh yeah. She’s on all&nbsp;right.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What’s she&nbsp;saying?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I’m not even repeating that shit. That shit is fucked&nbsp;up.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I think I love&nbsp;her.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fuck&nbsp;off.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I’m serious! I do. I think I love&nbsp;her.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Why do you do&nbsp;that?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>You say love when you mean you want to fuck or fuck&nbsp;over.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I’m a romantic, and you&nbsp;know—&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Wait wait. Look at this shit. Oh my&nbsp;god.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Hoooooly mary mother of&nbsp;god.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Haha.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Dude, she’s&nbsp;crazy.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&nbsp;know.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Hey, you think <em>she</em>&nbsp;knows?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What? That we? Nah&nbsp;man.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay, so are we doing&nbsp;it?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yeah. You&nbsp;ready?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fuck&nbsp;yeah.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>In which we&#8217;re almost certainly not in love</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/02/04/in-which-were-almost-certainly-not-in-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230; and she said you were in&#160;love.&#8221; &#8220;The&#160;fuck?&#8221; &#8220;She said you were in love. Who are you in love&#160;with?&#8221; &#8220;She&#8217;s full of shit,&#160;obviously.&#8221; &#8220;So you&#8217;re not in&#160;love?&#8221; &#8220;Look at me? Am I glowing? Do I have a shit-eating grin on my face? Is everything rosy kittens and strawberry ice cream and hallucinatory orgasms? Who am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>&#8230; and she said you were in&nbsp;love.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>The&nbsp;fuck?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>She said you were in love. Who are you in love&nbsp;with?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>She&#8217;s full of shit,&nbsp;obviously.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So you&#8217;re not in&nbsp;love?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Look at me? Am I glowing? Do I have a shit-eating grin on my face? Is everything rosy kittens and strawberry ice cream and hallucinatory orgasms? Who am I in love with? That guy that slept huddled up next to me for an hour on the train - even though there were plenty of empty seats to move to - him? Am I in love with him? Or maybe I&#8217;m in love with the sweet one in my office who constantly smiles at me and nothing else? How about that rude, blonde snot-nosed airhead I so violently want to hatefuck? Maybe I&#8217;m love with her? No I know. MAYBE, I&#8217;m in love with that guy from &#8216;amateur cute couple&#8217; I rubbed one out to the other day. The one who kept gushing over how beautiful his saggy-titted, chunky, short-haired, doe-eyed girlfriend was. Yes, maybe he&#8217;s the fabled object of my affections. Clearly he&#8217;s been the object of my pathetic masturbatory fantasies so why the fuck&nbsp;not?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;m just telling you what she&nbsp;said.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;m just telling you she can fuck&nbsp;off.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Scripted</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/10/15/scripted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So, first I think you should paddle me &#8216;til my ass is rosy&#160;warm.&#8221; &#8220;Okay.&#8221; &#8220;Then, tell me what a good girl I&#160;am.&#8221; &#8220;Okay.&#8221; &#8220;Um. Then finger me while I&#8217;m still over your&#160;knee.&#8221; &#8220;Sure.&#8221; &#8220;Is there anything you want to&#160;do?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t&#160;know.&#8221; &#8220;Seriously?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ll &#8230; kiss&#160;you.&#8221; &#8220;Anything&#160;else?&#8221; &#8220;And fondle your&#160;tits.&#8221; &#8220;Great. That&#8217;s original. Okay, let&#8217;s go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So, first I think you should paddle me &#8216;til my ass is rosy&nbsp;warm.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Then, tell me what a good girl I&nbsp;am.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Um. Then finger me while I&#8217;m still over your&nbsp;knee.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Sure.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Is there anything <em>you</em> want to&nbsp;do?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I don&#8217;t&nbsp;know.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Seriously?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;ll &#8230; kiss&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Anything&nbsp;else?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>And fondle your&nbsp;tits.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Great. That&#8217;s original. Okay, let&#8217;s go through this again. Warm cheeks, lots of praise, fingering, boring kissing slash fondling, and then we can&nbsp;fuck.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yeah. Wait,&nbsp;how?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh god, I don&#8217;t know.&nbsp;Doggie.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>You can hang on to my hair for&nbsp;leverage.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Is there anything you won&#8217;t agree&nbsp;to?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Can I come on your&nbsp;face?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>NO!&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No blowjob, either. Not&nbsp;today.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>On your tits,&nbsp;then.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What is this? Insipidmalefantasies.com? Do you see me holding a cheap digital&nbsp;recorder?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>That&#8217;s an&nbsp;idea.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Let me write this all down for&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Great writers never need write</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/10/08/great-writers-never-need-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;ve just written four&#160;stories.&#8221; &#8220;Where?&#8221; &#8220;In my&#160;head.&#8221; &#8220;Oh.&#8221; &#8220;What?&#8221; &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s just &#8230; that doesn&#8217;t help anyone else much, does&#160;it?&#8221; &#8220;Who said stories should be&#160;helpful?&#8221; &#8220;Whom&#160;indeed.&#8221; &#8220;Oh, just fuck off will&#160;you.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;ve just written four&nbsp;stories.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Where?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>In my&nbsp;head.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well, it&#8217;s just &#8230; that doesn&#8217;t help anyone else much, does&nbsp;it?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Who said stories should be&nbsp;helpful?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Whom&nbsp;indeed.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh, just fuck off will&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s like a metaphor for our relationship: towels</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/05/17/its-like-a-metaphor-for-our-relationship-towels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 11:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;See, I&#8217;m like this beach towel.&#8221; &#8220;What are you talking&#160;about?&#8221; &#8220;The beach towel, in this bath, with the bath&#160;towels.&#8221; &#8221; &#8230;&#160;&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t you see? It&#8217;s like a metaphor for our&#160;relationship.&#8221; &#8220;And you&#8217;re the beach&#160;towel?&#8221; &#8220;Yes.&#8221; &#8220;Then who am&#160;I?&#8221; &#8220;You&#8217;re the bath&#160;towel.&#8221; &#8220;Oh.&#8221; &#8220;You know what I mean? Think about it. What are the main differences [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>See, I&#8217;m like this beach towel.&#8221;<img src="http://downinme.com/wp-content/images/beachtowel.jpg" style="float:right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"/></p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What are you talking&nbsp;about?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>The beach towel, in this bath, with the bath&nbsp;towels.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8221; &#8230;&nbsp;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Don&#8217;t you see? It&#8217;s like a metaphor for our&nbsp;relationship.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>And you&#8217;re the beach&nbsp;towel?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Then who am&nbsp;I?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>You&#8217;re the bath&nbsp;towel.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>You know what I mean? Think about it. What are the main differences between a beach towel and a bath towel? Beach towels&nbsp;are&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>BIG! Beach towels are&nbsp;big.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Ummm&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh, sugar, I know you&#8217;re worried about your weight,&nbsp;but&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Shut up. Beach towels are <em>colourful</em>. I bring colour into your life, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying. I&#8217;m different from the others, I make your life better, even though, technically, I shouldn&#8217;t be in&nbsp;it.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So you&#8217;re loud and obnoxious is what you&#8217;re&nbsp;saying?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Just shut up. I&#8217;m not loud. Obnoxious, maybe. Not&nbsp;loud.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay, okay. So my life is this bathroom&#8230; ha! And you&#8217;re the beach towel that doesn&#8217;t belong in the bathroom. And me and everyone else in my life are bath&nbsp;towels.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Why do you get to be the unique one? It&#8217;s my bathroom, so surely <em>I</em> am the beach towel and it&#8217;s everyone else who are the bath&nbsp;towels.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Forget&nbsp;it.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Heh. You know&#8230; I just thought of something. I am about to dry my ass with&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Imogen, dear</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/03/24/dear-imogen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear&#160;Imogen, If I had a tune for every time I&#8217;ve left, I&#8217;d make you an electronic keyboard with 750 pre-programmed sounds. I&#8217;d ship it across the cellophane seas on an origami boat, with a tin can at the helm and a jar of Branston Pickle. I&#8217;ve no doubt it would find it&#8217;s way to you. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear&nbsp;<a href="http://doggerel.blogspot.com" title="Reclaiming Imogen" target="_blank">Imogen</a>,</p>
<p>If I had a tune for every time I&#8217;ve left, I&#8217;d make you an electronic keyboard with 750 pre-programmed sounds. I&#8217;d ship it across the cellophane seas on an origami boat, with a tin can at the helm and a jar of Branston Pickle. I&#8217;ve no doubt it would find it&#8217;s way to you. When it did, would you fly the melodies back, on the 747 jumbo jet in first class? It might be a long flight, but with a more comfortable seat, they can sleep for a while, for ages, if need be. Until they are ready. To breathe in the snow and rustle the&nbsp;trees.</p>
<p>With love,<br />&nbsp;Ani</p>
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		<title>Heard tell</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/02/14/heard-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Random things people have said to, about, or in front of&#160;me: [During a business trip] &#8220;Venezuela is the arse end of the&#160;world.&#8221; [After reading a letter I wrote] &#8220;You&#8217;re starved for&#160;love.&#8221; [With detectable pride] &#8220;My father refused to watch baseball when they started allowing black people to&#160;play.&#8221; [On Hilary Clinton] &#8220;Even women aren&#8217;t voting for that&#160;bitch.&#8221; [Drunk [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Random things people have said to, about, or in front of&nbsp;me:</em></p>
<p>[During a business trip] &#8220;Venezuela is the arse end of the&nbsp;world.&#8221;</p>
<p>[After reading a letter I wrote] &#8220;You&#8217;re starved for&nbsp;love.&#8221;</p>
<p>[With detectable pride] &#8220;My father refused to watch baseball when they started allowing black people to&nbsp;play.&#8221;</p>
<p>[On Hilary Clinton] &#8220;Even women aren&#8217;t voting for that&nbsp;bitch.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Drunk outside the pub] &#8220;I hate you fucking Americans. I&#8217;m a nice guy, really. I fucking hate&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
<p>[A month or two before disappearing] &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;ll take care of you, support&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Male colleague about female colleague] &#8220;She deserves to be violently&nbsp;raped.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Colleague, upon learning I&#8217;d been hired] &#8220;Another&nbsp;one?&#8221;</p>
<p>[Without a hint of irony] &#8220;Shopping is women&#8217;s&nbsp;work.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Stranger on the street] &#8220;You&#8217;re too pretty and young to be&nbsp;smoking.&#8221;</p>
<p>[After telling a Hitler joke] &#8220;Hahaha! Haha. Ha.&#8221;&nbsp;[Crickets.]</p>
<p>[Monumentally stupid colleague] &#8220;George Bush is a really smart man, he&#8217;s just playing to the lowest common&nbsp;denominator.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Someone I love] &#8220;I think you are as confused and bewildered as only some of us are prepared to&nbsp;admit.&#8221;</p>
<p>[My mother, upon making the shocking discovery that I have male friends] &#8220;What, like with&nbsp;benefits?&#8221;</p>
<p>[Male colleague about female colleague] &#8220;Mmmm. She&#8217;s fucking&nbsp;tasty.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Executive twat, introducing me to higher-up executive twat] &#8220;This is Ani. I&#8217;m not sure what she, uhh, does&#8230;&nbsp;here.&#8221;</p>
<p>[About a lovely man] &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t date a white guy.&nbsp;Ew.&#8221;</p>
<p>[Genuine friend] &#8220;You&#8217;re safe&nbsp;now.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Saturday, 1500 hours. Crowded double-decker, Central London.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/02/13/saturday-1500-hours-crowded-double-decker-central-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&#160;I?&#8221; &#8220;Yeah, watch where the fuck you&#8217;re&#160;going!&#8221; &#8220;SORRY!&#160;Ugh!&#8221; *** &#8220;Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&#160;I?&#8221; &#8220;No.&#8221; &#8220;Oh. Oh, I thought I hit&#160;something&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;I said&#160;no.&#8221; &#8220;Oh. Um, alright&#160;then.&#8221; &#8220;Look, you didn&#8217;t hit me,&#160;okay.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&nbsp;I?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yeah, watch where the fuck you&#8217;re&nbsp;going!&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>SORRY!&nbsp;Ugh!&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 40px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 40px">***</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&nbsp;I?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh. Oh, I thought I hit&nbsp;something&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I said&nbsp;no.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh. Um, alright&nbsp;then.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Look, you didn&#8217;t hit me,&nbsp;okay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oookay.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fine.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fine!&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fine.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 40px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 40px">***</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&nbsp;I?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Ow! Yes, that hurt&nbsp;tremendously.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh? Oh. Um, I&#8217;m really&nbsp;sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>How&nbsp;sorry?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Ummm&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Sorry enough to go for a coffee with&nbsp;me?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Huh?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Coffee shop. Next stop. Down the road. You can buy me one if it will make you feel&nbsp;better?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yeah&#8230; Yes. Yes, that would be&nbsp;lovely.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 40px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 40px">***</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Pardon me&#8230; Pardon me. Oh, I&#8217;m sorry. I just hit you with my bags, didn&#8217;t&nbsp;I?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes, but that&#8217;s quite&nbsp;alright.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Lovelies</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/02/09/lovelies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I feel that you are&#160;cool.&#8221; &#8220;I think you are really cool,&#160;too.&#8221; &#8220;Tell me more things about me. I like when you talk about&#160;me.&#8221; &#8220;I feel like you are great and very very&#160;interesting.&#8221; &#8220;In what way am I&#160;interesting?&#8221; &#8220;In every way that&#160;matters.&#8221; &#8220;I think you are interesting, too, but I feel you are more great than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I feel that you are&nbsp;cool.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I think you are really cool,&nbsp;too.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Tell me more things about me. I like when you talk about&nbsp;me.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I feel like you are great and very very&nbsp;interesting.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>In what way am I&nbsp;interesting?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>In every way that&nbsp;matters.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I think you are interesting, too, but I feel you are more great than anything&nbsp;else.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I think it takes a great person to recognise that I am&nbsp;interesting.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>That is what I like about&nbsp;you.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I like you,&nbsp;too.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Please vomit in my mouth&nbsp;now.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Okay.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Human Conditioning</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/10/02/human-conditioning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How long has it been in&#160;place?&#8221; &#8220;Three&#160;years.&#8221; &#8220;So countless times a day for three years they&#8217;ve been pressing a button to unlock and pass through an entryway that&#8217;s always been&#160;unlocked?&#8221; &#8220;Yep.&#8221; &#8220;And not one of them ever&#160;noticed?&#8221; &#8220;Nope.&#8221; &#8220;Amazing. What about the liquids&#160;project?&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s in two stages. They can pay for a large cup and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>How long has it been in&nbsp;place?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Three&nbsp;years.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So countless times a day for three years they&#8217;ve been pressing a button to unlock and pass through an entryway that&#8217;s always been&nbsp;unlocked?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yep.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>And not one of them ever&nbsp;noticed?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Nope.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Amazing. What about the liquids&nbsp;project?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>That&#8217;s in two stages. They can pay for a large cup and the global branding has them utterly convinced that it is the same coffee they get from our partner corporation on every corner in the city. Most of them still opt for the free stuff, of course, even though it&#8217;s brewed from dirty dishwater and used&nbsp;grounds.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>But their taste buds have not been manipulated. Surely they must notice that it tastes like&nbsp;shit?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>They do and they complain often, but well, it&#8217;s free. The next implementation in the liquids project is <em>free apple&nbsp;juice</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Ugh. Poor&nbsp;bastards.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Indeed.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Wish You Were Here</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/09/11/wish-you-were-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So you&#8217;re off&#160;then?&#8221; &#8220;Yes.&#8221; &#8220;On&#160;holiday?&#8221; &#8220;Yes.&#8221; &#8220;Again?&#8221; &#8220;Yes.&#160;Why?&#8221; &#8220;Um. It&#8217;s just that&#160;I&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;What?&#8221; &#8220;Err&#8230;&#160;I&#8217;ll&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;I mean&#8230; have a good&#160;time.&#8221; &#8220;Uh,&#160;thanks&#8230;?&#8221; &#8220;Yeah.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>So you&#8217;re off&nbsp;then?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>On&nbsp;holiday?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Again?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes.&nbsp;Why?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Um. It&#8217;s just that&nbsp;I&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Err&#8230;&nbsp;I&#8217;ll&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I mean&#8230; have a good&nbsp;time.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Uh,&nbsp;thanks&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yeah.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Bit insecure, that one</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/09/07/bit-insecure-that-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re tired of me aren&#8217;t&#160;you?&#8221; &#8220;What?&#8221; &#8220;I can hear it in your voice. You are now bored. Of&#160;me.&#8221; &#8220;What on&#160;earth&#8230;?&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s okay. You don&#8217;t have to pretend to spare my&#160;feelings.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m not tired, bored or sparing. I do have very little idea what you&#8217;re on about,&#160;though.&#8221; &#8220;I called you two hours ago and you didn&#8217;t pick&#160;up.&#8221; &#8220;Um, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>You&#8217;re tired of me aren&#8217;t&nbsp;you?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I can hear it in your voice. You are now bored. Of&nbsp;me.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What on&nbsp;earth&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>It&#8217;s okay. You don&#8217;t have to pretend to spare my&nbsp;feelings.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;m not tired, bored or sparing. I do have very little idea what you&#8217;re on about,&nbsp;though.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I called you two hours ago and you didn&#8217;t pick&nbsp;up.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Um, I was&nbsp;busy.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Right.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No,&nbsp;really.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Fine.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No,&nbsp;really!&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Never&nbsp;mind.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Look! I um, I&#8217;ve got a bit of a stomach thing, okay? I was on the toilet when you rang and have been there&nbsp;since.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Delusional</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/08/30/delusional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What? What is&#160;it?&#8221; &#8220;Thought I heard&#160;something&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s&#160;nothing.&#8221; &#8220;Yes, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re&#160;right.&#8221; &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Again?&#8221; &#8220;Yes, yes, I heard it distinctly that&#160;time.&#8221; &#8220;What does it sound&#160;like?&#8221; &#8220;I can&#8217;t explain. It&#8230; it&#8217;s&#160;weird.&#8221; &#8220;Um&#8230;. are you sure it&#8217;s not just appliance hum or an errant bird&#160;perhaps?&#8221; &#8220;No, no. Why do you suggest such specific&#160;things?&#8221; &#8220;Well, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What? What is&nbsp;it?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Thought I heard&nbsp;something&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s&nbsp;nothing.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re&nbsp;right.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Again?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes, yes, I heard it distinctly that&nbsp;time.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>What does it sound&nbsp;like?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I can&#8217;t explain. It&#8230; it&#8217;s&nbsp;weird.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Um&#8230;. are you sure it&#8217;s not just appliance hum or an errant bird&nbsp;perhaps?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No, no. Why do you suggest such specific&nbsp;things?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well, I don&#8217;t know. I had to suggest&nbsp;something.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No, you&nbsp;didn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well you weren&#8217;t being&nbsp;very forthcoming.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>That&#8217;s because I don&#8217;t know what it is. There it is again! You must have heard it that&nbsp;time?&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No, I&#8217;m&nbsp;sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I&#8217;m hearing things,&nbsp;apparently.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I would say&nbsp;so.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>All Apologies</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/08/27/all-apologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I just wanted to say how sorry I am. You know&#8230; for what&#160;happened.&#8221; &#8220;Please, don&#8217;t apologise. Really. I should be apologising to you. In fact, I&#160;am.&#8221; &#8220;No, no. Please&#8230; you have nothing to be sorry&#160;for.&#8221; &#8220;Yes, I do and I am because the entire regretful&#8230; incident&#8230; the entire incident was my&#160;fault.&#8221; &#8220;No. It wasn&#8217;t. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I just wanted to say how sorry I am. You know&#8230; for what&nbsp;happened.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Please, don&#8217;t apologise. Really. I should be apologising to you. In fact, I&nbsp;am.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No, no. Please&#8230; you have nothing to be sorry&nbsp;for.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes, I do and I am because the entire regretful&#8230; incident&#8230; the entire incident was my&nbsp;fault.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>No. It wasn&#8217;t. You are not to blame. I led us to that&#8230; that place. I take responsibility and I very much need your&nbsp;forgiveness.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>As I said, I have nothing to forgive you for, truly. You must forgive&nbsp;me.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I can&#8217;t forgive you. For you have done nothing to warrant&nbsp;forgiveness.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Oh. I am still sorry,&nbsp;though.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Yes, I am quite remorseful&nbsp;myself.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Shit Happens</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2007/08/24/shit-happens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand how you could&#160;have.&#8221; &#8220;Well, I don&#8217;t know really. I suppose it just sort of&#160;happened.&#8221; &#8220;These things don&#8217;t &#8216;just sort of&#160;happen&#8217;!&#8221; &#8220;This one&#160;did.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>I just don&#8217;t understand how you could&nbsp;have.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>Well, I don&#8217;t know really. I suppose it just sort of&nbsp;happened.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>These things don&#8217;t &#8216;just sort of&nbsp;happen&#8217;!&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="dquo">&#8220;</span>This one&nbsp;did.&#8221;</p>
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