The Geecologist

Half geek, half ecologist, half wit

Less Than Zero

Posted By on December 20, 2006 in Lies | 0 comments

Less Than Zero (Picador Books)

One day i saw a boy i had gone to the school with, maybe first grade, standing by the fence, alone, fingers gripping the steel wire and staring off into the distance and i told myself that the guy must live close by or something and that was why he was standing alone, like me.

And then:

  1. Eleanor Rigby The print on the elevator’s DOOR CLOSE button was almost worn off. I pointed it out to Mother and said,...
  2. Born Yesterday I tell him I’m waiting for my dog who has found some interesting smells a little way back, to find...
  3. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius I tell her how funny it is we’re talking about all this because as it so happens I’m already working...
  4. Letter to D – A Love Story Ecology became a way of life and a daily practice for us, although that did not stop us from feeling...
  5. The Blind Dog ‘Know what happened!’ cried the blind man. ‘This dog ran away. I should have died in a day or two,...
  6. Black Wheel of Anger i have existed since the beginning. in the heart of industrial machinery where the machines of desire live, trapped, alone...