The black LIVE MY LIEF t-shirts are available to order again: store.livemylief.com
Sep 05 2012 / 37 notes
“ARE WE SURFING THE NET, OR IS THE NET SURFING US?”
click.. scroll.. this is ur lief
Aug 09 2012 / 83 notes
The first release on LIEF BOOKS, an e-book by james ganas, has launched!! i realy like james’s writeing and i am excited to help share it :) click here to read the e-book
Aug 08 2012 / 583 notes
ive decided i wil start using the term “straight edge” to describe my position toward drugs/alcohol. i have basicly lived a straight edge lief before this, but i never felt the label was needed. increasingly i feel that using the label will give voice to a part of my beliefs that i think is valuable and overlooked
much of alt lit romanticizes drug use, to the point that i think for many people, getting into alt lit means geting into drugs. while that may be a helpful path for some, i’d like to provide a counter-example as someone who choses a diferent way
my reasons for abstaining of drug/alcohol are prety simple, i perceive them as forms of instant gratfication that, while not always negative, can easily go too far and harm you rather than boost you.. its expensive, its often unhealthy, and it often leads to poor decisions.. two people in the last week have told me they fricked up a close friendship because of their actions while drunk. its nothing dramatic to me, but it feels like a distraction that i dont want. without drugs i feel that i experence my lief directly and clearly and completely, and i put my time/resources into things i care about more
have i truely become the opposite pole to my hero tao lin? seems ok for that to happen.. i want non-drug-useing kids to feel at home in this comunity, and not feel pressured to use drugs to fit in the community
you can live a boosted lief without relying on boosting substances.. if you pay attention to your breathing for a bit—or hug a friend—or write a new poem—those things wil boost you too, and they are free and healthy and sustainable for the rest of your lief
thank you very much
straight edge alt lit rise up
Aug 06 2012 / 213 notesPUT YOUR DEAD THINGS IN ME, I HAVE ROOM IN ME
welcome to the inside of my library, it’s just a room of choir boys who are almost dead
Aug 03 2012 / 61 notesim launching a press called LIEF BOOKS. the first release is an e-book by james ganas. the e-book is called james ganas was my best friend and im sorry he died so young of cancer. it will be released august 8th on jamesganasbestfriend.com.
Aug 02 2012 / 42 notes
