Hey all, This is a piece that I submitted for the Austin Chronicle short story competition. You may recognize some excerpts, but here’s the whole thing. I was selected as one of the 10 finalists but in the end, the judges didn’t come through. Thanks everyone! The Harmonics Were Off It was just last week [...]
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The Harmonics Were Off.
Posted in short shorts, tagged austin chronicle short story competition, brother on February 11, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Dan and Whitney, Austin TX.
Posted in my life, tagged Austin, brother, Magnolia, whitney on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged brother, Canada, chicago, ellen on January 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Canada’s history magazine is called “The Beaver.” I would hate to do google image searches for past articles. ——- My brother sent me an e-mail that he was checking out at the grocery store and the clerk saw his ID and said, “Oh, are you related to Tim Sullivan!?” My brother said yes, that we [...]
Monday Night is Video Night. 1.4.2010.
Posted in video, tagged botanic gardens, brother, chicago, father, flowers, mother, snow, video on January 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Here’s my last week:
Mad Dog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alcohol, biscuits, brother, ellen, grass, margaritas, mozzarella, sweet potato, whitney on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend I spent with Mad Dog margaritas, poems about siblings, Everclear, Zombies, a fishing trip, family in town from far, families coming together, and a forced order of mozzarella sticks. I got inspired at work today, which seems to happen often, and how often can you say that? Now, Ellen has been in the [...]
Triple Shot.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brother, elijah, ellen, fart, heidi, pizza, taco, tradition, yoga on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I told Ellen at a taco place that she needed to chew her ice after she finished her water. “It’s a tradition,” I said. “You know how I feel about tradition,” she said. “You keep that shit at home,” and it was one of the more profound things I’d heard in a while. If only… [...]
Here’s how my brother gets the ladies.
Posted in short shorts, tagged bakery, brother, crush, girl, shirt, Target on October 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I met my brother for lunch in between his classes. We went to a bakery that made sandwiches down the street because it was cheap and he had a crush on the girl who worked there. He’d told me about her a few times and when he did, he’d say things like, “she wears charm [...]
Peach pickin’ kisses.
Posted in my life, tagged brother, mother, whitney on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged brother, burrito, capitals, chipotle, father, zombies on July 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have no idea why I had to learn all the state capitals. —– My father and I went to Chipotle today . He parked the car, handed me money and said, “Get me a pork burrito.” “Oh, I thought you were going in,” I said. “No, just get me a pork burrito.” “You want [...]
my brother is a shark.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brother, shark on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
