The Wake

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Question: Why is one of my videos so much more often watched than all the others combined?

Answer: Because I tagged it “gay sex.”

And now let us ponder how one might use the information provided in this post to become internet famous.

I have beaten Donkey Kong Country in under 50 minutes.

Are you proud of me?

Eagerly awaiting your response,
Deniz

If You Like Comics,

That Are On The Internet:

MS Paint Adventures.

Why You Should Read This Comic (If You Like Comics (That Are On The Internet)):

Because: Its formal structure (an imitation of text-based role-playing games) is unique and provides a heretofore untapped pool of humor.

Because: Despite what you would think because of the title, the artwork is great (and gets better as the comic goes along).

Because: It’s surprisingly complex and erudite (in a really really funny way, not in a boring and hard to read way).

Because: Its use of animation (more frequent as the comic progresses) is a nice example of the way webcomics can do things that it is impossible for print comics to even attempt (if this interests you at all, try reading Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud (an old-fashioned paper-comic)). Well, I guess …

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To The Guy Who Sat Behind Me At The 9:30 Showing Of Burn After Reading At The Coffman Memorial Union, 1/23/09

Dear Douchebag,

When, as the credits ran, you said, “Nothing happened in that movie! They figured out how to make a movie where nothing happens! They made a movie about nothing! Absolutely nothing happened in that movie!” and other variations on the same theme for approximately five minutes without stopping to take a breath, it probably should’ve occurred to you that you are stupid, and should stop saying things in public.

Because: Quite A Few Things Happened In That Movie.

Okay.

Much love,
Deniz

[editor's note: we take no legal responsibility for deniz's inflammatory statements, but we'd love some controversy as long as it drums up readership]

Introduction: A Brief History Of My Involvement With The Wake:

Part 1: Once Upon A Time, I Wrote For The Wake For A While, And Then I Stopped. And Then Started Again. And Then Stopped Again. And So On.

During this period of alternating activity and inactivity I wrote music reviews, video game reviews, opinion pieces, a silly column, a couple feature articles, profiles of interesting people on campus, and an interview or two. Some people liked what I wrote. Some didn’t give a fuck. I assume some people really hated it, but none of them bothered to tell me. In several articles I wrote about penises.

Part 2: The Genesis Of This Blog

I was at a Cursive show, and Ali Jaafar came up to me and said, “Deniz?” and I said, “Yeah?” and he said, “I didn’t …

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