Comments on: 13. Betrayal

By: carl

carl — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:04:28 +0000

these storys are the storys of my people.

By: The Goose

The Goose — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:40:24 +0000

I think they do edit the stuff, for the better. I find my posts on here sound better when I read them The second time around!!!

By: Michael Curtiss

Michael Curtiss — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:00:42 +0000

Regardless if it’s true or not, this shit rocks.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:03:39 +0000

I actually believe this stuff he is written (wow, comment chain) could almost be true. Rudius Media does actually offer any of the contributors some editing help. So even if Darren isn’t the greatest writer, he could put everything down and someone could help tweak it a bit.
I also think these stories are just a slow history. The further we go into this, the more we find out about what happened over time, maybe to stopping drugs and picking up a job (programming).

By: jean-paul

jean-paul — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:50:07 +0000

Tinsdale,
I disagree completely. In his situation, doing drugs and dropping out of school are caused by apathy, not stupidity. I do agree about the fact that a drug user (heavy i’ll admit) could never be a good author. I mean, William Burrows’ writing is contrite and dumb. Jack Keruac is overatted. Frued (who had a fondness for cocaine) obviously didn’t know what he was talking about.
Also, don’t get me wrong, if you do all of these drugs when you’re a little kid, it will fuck you up permanantly. Your brain still isn’t fully developed by your late teens, but by then you’ve already learned how to write. Also, you don’t know if he still does drugs or not. I don’t remember reading anything about angel dust (I might be wrong), but as far ad drugs go, the only one of those that affects the memory is weed, and that’s only the short term memory.
To make a long story short (too late):
Yes, I do in fact think this stuff is actually cranked out by someone who was a high school dropout, with no interest in writing or really much of anything but computers, who spent his teen years messed up on alchohol, weed, morphine, angel dust and acid. I think he spent those years on drugs and out of school trying to figure himself out, and when he did, he decided that he wanted to be a writer. And now he is. Congrats on the writing, Darren, even if you don’t exist.

By: Tinsdale

Tinsdale — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:38:23 +0000

Well, Bijan, I’ve seen enough of the world to know that if you smoke pot in a house people in there smell it. And no, the worst thing that could happen from the character’s perspective wouldn’t be being yelled at-the worst thing would be his stepfather scooping up all his drugs which he a) paid for and b) was counting on to generate income to move out. Not to mention having no good place after that to keep his stash (a car is a pretty bad place to keep your stash if word gets out that’s where you’re keeping it). So, actually real world experience leads you to believe it’s fiction, although I don’t doubt it could be based on real experiences.
Plus, you *really* think this stuff is actually cranked out by someone who was a high school dropout, no interest in writing or really much of anything but computers (which BTW I find believable), who spent his teen years messed up on alchohol, weed, morphine, angel dust and acid? Think that somewhere along a light bulb went off inside this person’s head and he just up and decided he’d reeeeeally like to write interesting stories? You really do? Bridge in Brooklyn, my friend.

By: Bijan

Bijan — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:22:59 +0000

The story could very well be real Tinsdale. You haven’t seen enough of the world if you don’t think it can be. And smoking pot at home where the worst you could get was a decent yelling-at, and smoking at work where you could lose your job and source of income is a copmletely different situation. ooops…

By: Tinsdale

Tinsdale — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:24:29 +0000

I enjoy your stories more than any others that are put out on Rufus (or whateverthehellitis he renamed the website-too lazy to go back and look). Don’t believe it’s a literal autobiography (smoking pot at home while stepdad who hates your guts is in the house but scared to smoke it at work b/c afraid coworker will smell it-ooops; someone missed that in editing); but don’t really care. Stories seem to simply capture the mindset of a stoner looking to get out of a bad situation at home-no real message, but then who says fiction has to have a message to be enjoyable. I like the fact that the tales have believeble backstories (unlike some) and don’t try to pompously trumpet some fact of everyday life known to most people by the time they’re twelve years old (like the fact that people lie) as if some significant moral truth has just been uncovered. IMO certainly some potential for a book. Look forward to future installments.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:20:57 +0000

A lot of people make what I believe is the enormous mistake of blanketing the term “hard drugs” over what is an incredibly diverse and complex group of mind-altering chemicals. As is clear from DevilMonkey’s stories, there is a huge difference between psychedelic and narcotic drugs; while acid is non-addictive and arguably stimulates creativity greatly, morphine isn’t merely addictive… it’s a lifestyle, whether you want it or not. I don’t think these stories are trying to place a moral label on “drugs” (so far, at least) so much as to provide insight into the thoughts and motives of a user.

By: Florisa

Florisa — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:49:41 +0000

I actually think these stories are written with a deep anti-drug undertone. May the writer himself correct me if I’m wrong.
My thought: There are 2 different types of drug users.
1. The recreational type
2. The type that takes drugs to forget problems temporarily.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Dutch stoner myself, but I swore to myself to never take any other drug than what’s legal in my country. This goes well for me since I am one of the first group of drug users. I have to this day never felt the need to take other drugs than pot. Of course the amount of pot you need to get as stoned as the first times increases, and I watch that carefully. I don’t dare say anything about the second group of users because I don’t have the experience. Same for harddrugs. These stories give me an insight in the human psyche that I find interesting.
Yours sincerely,
An Idiot