brain injuries from a fall…. jesus that’s sad. but he did lived longer than most expected.

when i was 19 or 20 i burned many of those hilarious drawings out of breakfast of champions onto a small wood box and gave it to a boyfriend who was a kurt vonnegut fanatic (and a champion stoner). i wish i still had that. i still laugh when i think of the phrase ‘wide open beavers’ including his illustrated interpretation of that. also in high school i made a puppet movie inspired by his writing for my english final project. i think vonnegut was probably one of the first ever authors that i got into seriously and made me actually want to read during a period where a majority of my idle time was spent either watching tv or- watching tv. my attention span was short as hell, more than your average teenager i think. vonnegut taught me how to read… for fun? the concept was so foreign to me as a person who was (and mostly still is) visually stimulated.

anyway, rest in peace to a damn funny pessimist. (and so on.)