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	<title>Clever Things to Say &#187; essay</title>
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	<description>by Miles K</description>
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		<title>Fake Bios for Local Comedians</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day by day, moment by moment, Jesse Elias is crushing your comedy dreams by living them himself. His accomplishments are numerous, and grand, and will instantly make clear how sallow and pathetic your own accomplishments are in comparison. He is the #1 winner of the San Jose Orange Peeling Competition, he owns one or more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day by day, moment by moment, Jesse Elias is crushing your comedy dreams by living them himself. His accomplishments are numerous, and grand, and will instantly make clear how sallow and pathetic your own accomplishments are in comparison. He is the #1 winner of the San Jose Orange Peeling Competition, he owns one or more cars, and he has taught a storytelling workshop at San Quentin prison.  He has also written Final Fantasy VII fanfiction in which the characters fight and win a battle against the villain from Saw. Jesse Elias is going to stick his finger in your mouth.</p>
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<p>Miles K was raised in Southern California and began smoking meth at the age of 18. By 23 he was performing stand up comedy and he once snuck into a Starbucks after hours and drained whipped cream canisters of nitrous oxide before his lips turned blue. His fashion sense has been called &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; and &#8220;fucking gay.&#8221; He currently resides in a collective community in Oakland California; wearing galoshes in his flooded basement bedroom.</p>
<p>Colleen Watson was this year’s group project in the Allendale Elementary summer arts program for inner-city youth. Don’t shake Colleen’s hand too hard; the glue hasn’t dried yet&#8230; She was recently named on Comedy Central’s 2011 list of “Most Brittle Comedians.” One time she went missing for a whole week (turns out she was wedged between the couch cushions). If you let go of her string she will fly away.</p>
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		<title>Vice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a few bad habits but who doesn&#8217;t? Sometimes I bite my nails, big deal right? Sometimes I bite other people&#8217;s nails, why should they care? They weren&#8217;t using them. So like I said, maybe I have a bad habit of cutting people off in traffic, it&#8217;s just that every time I see someone&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve got a few bad habits but who doesn&#8217;t? Sometimes I bite my nails, big deal right? Sometimes I bite other people&#8217;s nails, why should they care? They weren&#8217;t using them. So like I said, maybe I have a bad habit of cutting people off in traffic, it&#8217;s just that every time I see someone&#8217;s about to take a spot I start to panic. &#8220;What if that&#8217;s the last one!?&#8221; I think. I know that doesn&#8217;t make a lot of sense but it&#8217;s real compelling in the moment. So I cut them off real fast, then I fling my coffee out the side and land it on their window. I just figure hey, fuck &#8216;em.<br />
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<p>Also I read a pamphlet once that said I&#8217;m an alcoholic and even after I beat the shit out of the pamphlet and tore it into little pieces it still haunted me. I tend to be a real angry drunk, but the other thing is that I always drink alone. So then I just end up screaming, &#8220;what the fuck you looking at?&#8221; into a mirror. Then I say, &#8220;I know what you&#8217;re looking at! A fat fucking loser.&#8221; Then I cry and hug the mirror and put lipstick on my reflection so that I can feel pretty.</p>
<p>And maybe I don&#8217;t always use a clean needle when I&#8217;m shooting up. You know how much work it is to get a fresh needle out the box? Plus when you&#8217;re all strung out you don&#8217;t even want to move, let alone find a fresh syringe. Though one good thing is whenever I get high enough on heroin I stop biting my nails.</p>
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