.d$$$$$b. .d$$$$$b. .d$$bq. $$ .d$$$$$b. .d$$$$$b. $$' `$ $$ $$ $ $$ $$' `$ $$ $$ $ $$@%** $$ $$ $$ $ $$@%** $$ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ `$##%* $ `$$$##%* `$ `$ $$ *%@$' `$$$##%* $ $$ $ $$ *%##$$' '$ issue #3 4/96 "...By far the worst is the hamburger lady, and because of shortage right now of 'qualified technicians', e.g. technicians who can work with her and keep their last meal down, Screwloose Lauritzen and I have been alternating nights with her, unrelievedly. If you put a 250-lb meatloaf in the oven and then burned it and then followed that by propping it up on a potty-chair to greet you at 11pm each night, you would have some description of these past two weeks. Which is to say the worst I seen since viet napalms. When somebody tells you that there is a level of pain beyond which the human mind cannot retain consciousness, please tell them to write me. In point of fact this lady has not slept more than 3-5 minutes at a stretch since she came to us - that was over two weeks ago and, thanks to medical advances, there is no end in sight; from the waist (waste?) up everything is burned off, ears, nose etc - lower half is untouched and that, I guess, is what keeps her alive. I took one guy in to help me change tubes and he did alright, that is alright till he came out, then he spotted one of the burn nurses (pleasant smiling zombies) eating a can of chile-mac at the desk, and that did it: he flashed on the carpet. It is fucking insane is what it is." -part of a letter sent by Al Ackerman from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1978 written in total by: rapeman if anyone reads these things, then they have probably noticed that geripe comes out on a very irregular basis. this issue was started and not necessarily finished on the day after the release of #3. it always seems to work out that i get the inspiration to write and release an issue and then immediately think of more things to write about that i really should have put in the issue that i just released... oh, well. there probably isn't even anyone that reads these things, anyhow. *AN EXPERIENCE WITH SLEEP DEPRIVATION* My knowledge of sleep deprivation runs deep, as i am a chronic insomniac. i think the best part of it is definately the dementia that it produces. half the time, i'm seeing in 2d and i feel like i'm in a movie. i was talking to my brother a while ago and he relayed to me an experience he had. see, he's a security guard. so by definition, he has sporatic sleeping patterns. on this particular night, he hadn't slept for about 48 hours, having to do his usual bit of putting up with idiots. he's a writer (speaking of which, i hope he would hurry up and send me some of his stuff, i want to put it in the zine), and a damn good writer, too. like just about every writer, he dreams of having a great book published, winning the pulitzer prize, etc... he was thinking along these lines on that particular night when he had this IDEA. he said to himself, "OH MY FUCKING GOD, THIS IS THE ONE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL GET ME THE FUCKING PULITZER PRIZE. FUCK THAT, THE *NOBEL* PRIZE. THIS ONE'LL REVOLUTIONIZE THE FIELD!" he quickly took out a piece of paper and laughing to himself, scrawled IT on a piece of paper. he stuck the paper fragment into his pocket knowing of his victory and let the IDEA slip from his mind during the process of the night. later that night, after his shift was over he drove home exhausted from the obtuse people and the ordeal of the of the last two days. he immediately fell asleep. a couple of days later, he was going through his pants pockets and found this little strip of paper that in a deranged, almost illegible script read, "WASH YOUR SOCKS IN GRAVY". ------------------------------- "ART IS ANYTHING YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH." - marshall mcluhan contact me at the distro sites: vip------------------(214)494-1024 negativland----------(214)867-1914 or these other fine bbses: hacker's haven-------(303)343-4053 one jillion degrees--(817)732-3457 the nine hells-------(817)346-3370 don't forget about my soon to be up (if i can ever find any decent software) bbs: _ [@] `~' $. .sd$$$bs. s s $$ $' `$ $ $ 214/you/wait $$ $. .$ $. .$ $$ `$&@%@&$' `$&@%@$' "text upon text upon text upon..." grp_eot