the following is a letter i came across while working at the archives. if i had a scanner i could show ya'll some other real funny stuff, but this will have to suffice for now. i'm sure it's very refreshing for a representative to hear from such a concerned and involved constituency. i didn't make this up:

Rep. Richard Mitchell
House of Representatives
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Sir:
I personally hope that you and every member of your infamous legislative investigation committee, and your staff henchman, John Evans, get just what they deserve-----to rot in hell.
How does it feel to be on the other side of the fence. . . . .to be getting a royal fucking instead of giving one?

Joyously,
A VOTER and A GOOD CITIZEN

new vocabulary to accompany the imminently disastrous fate of humankind as portrayed in film, book, novella, radio show, etc.

zombiennui
zombast
zombistro
zombulation
zombivalent
zombieef
zombooty

you see a hand writing out the name Shannon in blue ink on a pad of adhesive-backed, pink paper in the middle of a big, poorly-proportioned cartoon heart, also in blue ink. the camera pans up to see a smirk on the penman's face and follows his hand as he plants it on the wall of the building he is walking by. the camera revolves around to show that this is not the first note he has left in his wake, and other people start coming into frame showing that they too are leaving similarly culpable notes in their wakes. as the scene progresses the notes become more densely packed on buildings, telephone poles, mailboxes, store windows, etc., each note a different, vivid, day-glo color. finally, a bus is seen rounding the corner completely covered in the damn things and the effect of the multi-colored, fluttering notes looks like a bird's feathers ruffling along the aluminum hull. after following the bus for a few seconds the scene is abruptly cut.

is this :
a) a commercial for post-it notes?
b) a chilling, cautionary glimpse of young sobriety?