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June 29, 2006

"It Sounds Dumb To Say It, But He Actually Gets Me"

Corporate-Casual's crafted some lovely hipster erotica:

The other day I made my daily pilgrimage to Cup of Life, the local Free Trade coffee shop that bravely struggles to show these sheep that there are alternatives to the exploitative monster that is Starfucks. I ordered my cup of "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Blend" Honduran Green Mountain, when I heard a familiar voice behind me. "Let me get this." A man in a baseball cap stepped forward and said, "Make that two." Oh. My. God. Sufjan Stevens just bought my coffee. I didn't know what to do. He turned and smiled at me. "Want to get a table?" he asked. "Better yet, want to go back to your place?" I was shaking as Janice, who does a pretty amazing burlesque act that totally reappropriates homonoramtive ideas about sexuality and femininty, handed me my cup of coffee and shrugged.

Sufjan Stevens and I sat on the edge of my bed and talked for hours about everything. It sounds dumb to say it, but he actually gets me. He said that I was one of the most genuine people he'd ever met, and that I was actually cool, not like one of those people who obviously wants to be cool, but who just is, like a coolness that comes from deep within and is as much a refutation of cool as an embrace of it. We held hands and talked about the future, and about how Teddy Geiger is a corporate construct, and about animatronic puppets at Disneyworld taking over the planet. Sufjan Stevens has the most amazing eyes. Then Sufjan Stevens pulled out his guitar and played a song that he'd written just for me. It was called "Amanda Knows What No One Else Knows She Has the Most Beautiful Nose! Eureeka!" When he'd finished the song he wiped a tear from the corner of my eye, and told me that my outfit was amazing. "I would never have thought to put that top with those trousers," (he used the word trousers! so cute!), "but it totally works. And I see a lot of outfits when I'm out on tour. Speaking of, would you like to go on tour with me?"

Then, slowly, Sufjan Stevens pulled down my sweat shop-free American Apparel boys' shorts and slid one, two, then three fingers into my vagina.

Fun! Anyone wanna take a stab at Colin Meloy? Jenny Lewis?

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i don't know if the laughter is coming from the humor or the intense sadness...

Posted by: steve perry at 06/29/06 12:30 PM | Reply
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Goddamnit. I wrote the exact same thing about Julian Casablancas like four years ago. I just didn't have a blog to post it on. If only I had gotten in on it early, I could have ruled indie rock erotic fanfic.

Posted by: f f at 06/29/06 12:30 PM | Reply
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who uses vagina when writing erotica? it's so clinical.

Posted by: lyn at 06/29/06 12:39 PM | Reply
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Who uses Sufjan Stevens when writing erotica? And why would you still keep calling him "Sufjan Stevens" after he stuck some digits in your vag? I think at that point Suf's on a first name basis with you. Finally, why doesn't someone replace 'vag' with 'pooper' and 'Sufjan Stevens' with Britt Daniel'?

Posted by: Jessica at 06/29/06 1:02 PM | Reply
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Calling him by his full name was part of the joke. The joke was focused around the public perception of his persona, and since his persona is "Sufjan Stevens" not "Sufjan," it only makes sense.

Posted by: as at 06/29/06 1:29 PM | Reply
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I'm with Jessica on that one. Minus the Britt Daniel part.

Posted by: Karen at 06/29/06 2:10 PM | Reply
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I just like the "one, two, then three fingers" part, because it makes me think of The Count from Seasame Street.

ONE, TWO, THREEEE! THREE FINGERS IN YOUR VAGINA!

Posted by: God In Heaven at 06/29/06 2:57 PM | Reply
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So this is pretty much the greatest piece of literature ever.

Hahaha, oh man, it's just sooo good! :D

Posted by: Mat at 06/29/06 3:35 PM | Reply
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hahahahahahah, that's fucking brillant.

Posted by: aria at 06/29/06 4:35 PM | Reply
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Next week: Wolf Parade gang bang with special guest Islands.

Posted by: Worker #3116 at 06/29/06 4:52 PM | Reply
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God In Heaven,

hilarious!

Posted by: jerry at 06/29/06 5:27 PM | Reply
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Am I the only one who finds this slightly disturbing?

Posted by: a is for applebits at 06/29/06 5:40 PM | Reply
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i'm a little confused coz i always thought scott was a guy and now he's got a vagina and can somebody explain that part to me?

Posted by: mjrc at 06/29/06 6:25 PM | Reply
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I didn't write it silly! Credit to Corporate-Casual. Hilarious.

Posted by: scott at 06/29/06 6:37 PM | Reply
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mmm. britt daniel.

Posted by: spo. at 06/29/06 8:35 PM | Reply
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That Sesame Street joke was hilarious...almost as hilarious as that shitty excuse for erotica.

Posted by: Jamie at 06/30/06 2:29 AM | Reply
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Seriously, did Stereogum just have nothing better to post yesterday? Why don't they start covering the Star Jones debacle if they're so hard-up for material? I’d rather read that garbage than see them stoop to degrading someone they claim to respect so much.

Posted by: Annie at 06/30/06 10:13 AM | Reply
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I just came.

Posted by: YuppiePunk at 06/30/06 1:11 PM | Reply
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If you had said:

"Then, slowly, Sufjan Stevens pulled down my sweat shop-free American Apparel boys' shorts and slid one, two, then three fingers into my anus.."

then the story may have been believable. Because, you know, Sufjan=totally gay.

Posted by: John at 09/07/07 12:21 PM | Reply
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This is repulsive.

Posted by: Caroline at 10/17/07 10:57 PM | Reply
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