Chuck Palahniuk's May Essay, "Required Reading: Absurdity"
Well, it's May 13th and at last, we have the new essay from Chuck. This essay came a little later this month, and then we made it even later on our end. I apologize for that. We'll be sure to give it a full month's run. And those of you who have been eagerly waiting for the April essay to go all access, you can check it out now for free.
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dude, me and my friends was just tripping balls, no real story, no real news, out and about that's all it was. Not to one guy. Can you belive this stupid fuck? he walks up, big grin on his face, asking about the question of the day or some shit like that. Now i'm nice, calm, most of my days living, but this dumb fuck, this little prick, he says this with lisp in his voice. A fucking lisp. Like i needed that shit. What did chuck say once, like teeth in my ass? This dumb shit, this stupid fuck. The anger rises and flows, so much i can't talk. It's like moment that last forever, like dying, or getting high. I know i heard him, even with the world twisting around him. the little fuck. So? what the fuck you think i'm goina do? come on, you know. Beat the shit out him, i did. The blood was a-flowing, stained on my hand, as i'm writing this. Me being high out my mind, it keeps changing. Red. purple. Green. Red. Orange. Yellow. Red, dark red, bloody bloody red. Warm to the touch, soft as hell, and i couldn't stop. My friends stood there. When one said something, i didn't stop. Would you? So shot him, right in his fucking ugly face. Another dumb shit, you don't stop a man while his working. Not like this. You, the reader, my friend, you know how it is. Unless your a prick. Your not, right, no no, not at all. What a dickhead, just a waste of life, my friend. Not you, my dickhead friend. What do think a dickhead would look like? off track... sorry. Back to the story, with the blood and gore, better then porn, more rush, more thrill. Anyway, this fuck is dead, my family is dead, my friends r dead, all from the thrill. Better then any feeling. When my death comes, sure do hope i go out with bullets pumping through my blood...
Hey, this is just bordem speaking, all a story, so don't lose your cool. I'm not a dickhead, i know killing is wrong, and i don't want to go to jail, so relax... k?
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I know I'm late getting to this, but I'm unable to access the May Essay although the website still lists it as free for regular members. I'm logged in, but when I click the link to the essay, I get redirected to the page that tells me about becoming a Premium Member. Can someone help?
I'm guessing it's an issue with the site. I tried to access the Michael Ian Black/Michael Showalter interview from the left sidebar and received a "Page Not Found" error.