Aaron Dietz
Seattle, WA
February 13, 2009
A Conversation I Almost Had
Aaron Dietz: Hi, this is Aaron Dietz, returning your call about [such-and-such].Nigh-Conversator: Hi. Thanks for calling me back.AD: No problem. I wanted to [such-and-such], so, is this a good time to...
February 9, 2009
I'm Being Taught in New York
My first book, Reserved for Emperors is being taught in New York, which fulfills a miraculous prophecy emitted by Fantastic H, herself.She once said to me, "You will be studied," and then--BAM!This pu...
February 7, 2009
Kudos are like little poops
And now MyFarce allows you to drop the kudos on a page without evengoing through the commenting process. Huzzah! And so, the groundbreaking result of at least 2 years of development on a fancy new tex...
February 6, 2009
OMG, 25 OMG Things About, Zomg, Me.
No, there aren't 25 things about me here. And I tag all of you inspirit because you're all in this, whether you want to be or not.Equal rights.Economic crisis.* Title of this blog stolen with permissi...
January 31, 2009
Religious School's Discrimination Against Lesbians Could Spark Witch Hunt
An appeals court in California recently upheld a decision that supported a religious school's right to expel two students based on sexual orientation.If you're a religious person who actually believes...
January 23, 2009
Yes, Prop 8 is Discrimination
Some people are convinced that Proposition 8 (the California measure that limits marriage to one man and one woman) doesn't take away any rights from the LGBT community.They
claim that through things...
January 19, 2009
How Starbucks and Microsoft can Save the Economy of the Northwest
While I don't have an allegiance to Starbucks or Microsoft, I do want
the Northwest's economy to do okay, primarily because I live there.Here's how Starbucks and Microsoft can save the Northwest:Star...
January 16, 2009
Random Statements
Does the player rule the world?What can you do to assign yourself a muffin?A student wants to demonstrate fallopian inheritance.If a court decides you are violating the copyright of a dog, it is time ...
January 14, 2009
Roadnotes: Iowa
The following is based on events that took place a little while ago now; I can't even remember when.We get off the plane.The Sweetheart's all, "Look at the roads!"I'm all, "Yeah. They know how to remo...
January 7, 2009
In a Cheesy Legal Thriller Novel, I am an NSA Goon
It's true. In the novel Case of Lies.., by the author team up that calls themselves Perri O'Shaugnessy, I am an NSA goon. See for yourself:Okay, the linebacker body type was a little off, but they got...
About
My experimental fiction appears in books, literary journals, and blogs.
My first novel will be published by Emergency Press in late 2009 or early 2010. In this novel, you are the protagonist.
My first book, Reserved For Emperors
I'm an advisory editor at KNOCK.
I review music tracks at SongWonder.com.
I'm the creator of and primary writer for Adventures Of Dogboy.
I co-wrote the unauthorized Spaceballs: The Prequel.
Peeling the heck out of potatoes.
updated 6 days ago
Recent plays (5,079)
- ♫ Willie Nelson - Always Late (With Your Kisses)
- ♫ MC Paul Barman - Talking Time Travel
- ♫ A Carmine Carminative - Track 16
- ♫ Janelle M. Lannan - Subway Spooks
- ♫ Elvis Costello - That Day Is Done
- ♫ Beirut - Scenic World
- ♫ Biota - Snake Out
- ♫ The Booty Boys - Rootie Tootie
- ♫ Willie Nelson - Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
- ♫ Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Pa
Movies
Blade Runner, City of Lost Children, Die Hard, Ghost World, Groundhog Day, Lost In Translation, Punch Drunk Love, Repo Man, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Music
Neko Case, Chris Ellis, Four Tet, Lisa Germano, Brenda Kahn, King Toad, Blueberry McGregor, Ms. John Soda, The Murmurs, Leona Naess, Laura Nyro, Ratatat, The Risk, Bic Runga
Television
Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, Futurama, Get A Life, MacGyver, The Tick (animated series)
Books
The Awakening, Battle Angel Alita, Bear By Himself, Catch 22, Crime and Punishment, The Fermata, Foucault's Pendulum, The Little Prince, Metamorphosis, People's History of the United States, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Siddhartha, The Stranger, The Sun Also Rises
Activities
backpacking, basketball, chess, puzzles, reading, Scrabble, travel, yoga
Interests
Lagavulin, LEGO, obscurity, semantic humor, tangent wit, Wyatt Earp
Ages At Which I've Felt Like a Doofus
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
Things I'd Like To Build Out Of LEGO bricks
A life size working bicycle, a 1:1 scale replica of the leaning tower of Pisa (built right next to the original but leaning the other direction), a robot that will play LEGOs with me, a utilikilt with pouches that hold more LEGO bricks, a house for me to live in so that I can rearrange walls and add on to it easily, sets for a stop motion-digital video that I'll film using the script for Spaceballs: The Prequel.
Slacksploitation, Aug 3, 2007:
Hi Aaaaaaron
I.M.PEI, Jun 27, 2007:
soon..soon... :)
Slacksploitation, May 22, 2007:
Hooray, we are friends...again. And they say history never repeats. Of course, they also say something about it being doomed to repeat. Fuckers need to make up their minds.
A-minus, May 22, 2007:
Definitely. We are on the way to great drunkenness.
A-minus, May 22, 2007:
Or just take the train.
A-minus, May 22, 2007:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaron.
I should come up to Seattle. Soon. I need to fix my dang car.