Poor Vidal
@austinimus.bsky.social
Poet, English Professor, Social Theorist, Dilettante Linguist, Dreamer, Cat Enthusiast, Mama's Boy, Angelface, Demon Goat
Might camp out in the front yard / frozen under golden stars /
wake up with the sun, grab my stuff out the canopic jar and go /
wake up with the sun, grab my stuff out the canopic jar and go /
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Might camp out in the front yard / frozen under golden stars /
wake up with the sun, grab my stuff out the canopic jar and go /
wake up with the sun, grab my stuff out the canopic jar and go /
You wanna know where I been? / Some other where nothing's mapped /
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You wanna know where I been? / Some other where nothing's mapped /
Never forget what Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous:
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Never forget what Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous:
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Tough to write and make art in a doomed world, but perhaps that's how it's always been.
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tough to write and make art in a doomed world, but perhaps that's how it's always been.
“I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag”
-- Gore Vidal, 1956
-- Gore Vidal, 1956
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag”
-- Gore Vidal, 1956
-- Gore Vidal, 1956
Teaching is divining fresh water in the wilderness while simultaneously trying to learn how to make a horse thirsty.
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Teaching is divining fresh water in the wilderness while simultaneously trying to learn how to make a horse thirsty.
"Only slow his roll to free a dove, /
or sign his own wanted poster 'Peace and Love' /"
or sign his own wanted poster 'Peace and Love' /"
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Only slow his roll to free a dove, /
or sign his own wanted poster 'Peace and Love' /"
or sign his own wanted poster 'Peace and Love' /"
"I dare to say that if American democracy ceased to progress as a living force, seeking night and day by peaceful means to improve the condition of our citizens, the power of Fascism would grow in our country."
-- Roosevelt, 4 Nov 1938
-- Roosevelt, 4 Nov 1938
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"I dare to say that if American democracy ceased to progress as a living force, seeking night and day by peaceful means to improve the condition of our citizens, the power of Fascism would grow in our country."
-- Roosevelt, 4 Nov 1938
-- Roosevelt, 4 Nov 1938
The real problem with "he's a good Christian" is that the definition of that is just a sinner who may, at times, appear pious.
September 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The real problem with "he's a good Christian" is that the definition of that is just a sinner who may, at times, appear pious.
"No need to act boisterous, you Toy'R'Us / Your team full of snakes and ain't nobody more poised than us / A voice you can trust / He a bust, like Miličić / Too weird. It's a new year, and you still a bitch; damn."
Droog
Droog
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"No need to act boisterous, you Toy'R'Us / Your team full of snakes and ain't nobody more poised than us / A voice you can trust / He a bust, like Miličić / Too weird. It's a new year, and you still a bitch; damn."
Droog
Droog
Somehow the world seems brighter to me this morning. Can't put my thumb on it.
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Somehow the world seems brighter to me this morning. Can't put my thumb on it.
“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”
September 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”
"Y'all keep not being shit / all I do is chomp at the bit /"
August 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Y'all keep not being shit / all I do is chomp at the bit /"
Any of y'all have any experience teaching Sontag's essay "Against Interpretation"?
August 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Any of y'all have any experience teaching Sontag's essay "Against Interpretation"?
"I ain't even got a single place to be / but when I walk down the street strays trail in a V / nah mean?"
August 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"I ain't even got a single place to be / but when I walk down the street strays trail in a V / nah mean?"
Am honored to have been invited to review a novel for the Appalachian Journal. 🥰
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Am honored to have been invited to review a novel for the Appalachian Journal. 🥰
Finally sent out a poem, and it'll be published on Sept. 1st. What a nice surprise!
August 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Finally sent out a poem, and it'll be published on Sept. 1st. What a nice surprise!
Good first day. Only forgot to introduce myself in two of the three classes. 🙃
The kids seem cool. 😎
The kids seem cool. 😎
August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Good first day. Only forgot to introduce myself in two of the three classes. 🙃
The kids seem cool. 😎
The kids seem cool. 😎
Need a grant so I can get an editorial assistant. If only to stop using Word.
How lovely it would be to just only hand write or type my work and then hand it off knowing I'll get a digital copy created without having to do it myself.
How lovely it would be to just only hand write or type my work and then hand it off knowing I'll get a digital copy created without having to do it myself.
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Need a grant so I can get an editorial assistant. If only to stop using Word.
How lovely it would be to just only hand write or type my work and then hand it off knowing I'll get a digital copy created without having to do it myself.
How lovely it would be to just only hand write or type my work and then hand it off knowing I'll get a digital copy created without having to do it myself.
Lotta shit to do today. Thanks, old me 🤦
August 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Lotta shit to do today. Thanks, old me 🤦