Far Enough East

Have a look at the eclectic first issue of Far Enough East (H.A.L. Publishing's new online literary journal), of which I am a part.  There's some really cool stuff in here:

http://www.farenougheast.com/issue-1/two-poems-jason-m-vaughn/

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, ZZZZ...

This film is about white men who say things to each other and sometimes don't say things to each other.  When they're not doing either of these two things, they often say things to each other while not saying things to each other.  Also, there's a mole and I'm asleep...

Script Pipeline and I Did Interview Stuff

You can find some good questions, and some pretty-okay responses by me, if you open this link:

http://www.scriptpipeline.com/interviews/jason-vaughn

If you don't like good questions, and pretty-okay responses by me, then have a look at this tasty picture of a cruller (not bad, eh?):

Romney's America

So I read that Romney wants to lead us toward "an America of yesterday, where people believed in God, went to Church, didn't screw around, worked hard, and became a SUCCESS!"  

The ‘didn’t screw around’ part is especially apt, because it’s common knowledge that people never had affairs prior to 1940.  It is also a proven fact that believing in God and going to church stops crime, makes people mate for life, cures erectile dysfunction, psoriasis, migraines, and leads to world peace.  Speaking of holiness, the sanctity of marriage is never more evident than when that marriage is between a man and a woman, right?  Who cares if the man has to marry five women before he settles down.  What people forget is that sometimes the sanctity has to be “arrived at.”    

Ah, that perfect America of yesterday -- when black people knew their place, gays were in hiding, and women always had supper ready when their men got home from work; when the environment was an obstacle that only future generations would have to worry about cleaning up, and when, if you weren’t a Christian, you were seen as misguided or just plain evil...  Those were the bright-and-shiny days.  Why would anyone not want to go back there immediately?  Clearly, for a society to progress, it has to take at least 72 steps in reverse.

If You Like Stuff That's Likable...

The Story of Pines, an animated short film co-written by Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy, premieres today, October 2, on TakePart TV. It is a companion piece to Pines, Sudol’s third full-length studio album, which will be released on October 9. Preorder the songs in the film from the album Pines now on iTunes.

In the 16-minute short, a tree named Pine learns that her forest has been laid to waste. She then meets a bird named Bird, and the two embark on an adventure in search of “then”—a new forest home.

My Poem in Contrary Magazine

Contrary accepted one of my poems, which was rather nice of them.

http://contrarymagazine.com/2012/your-nature/

Old Stuff, New Stuff, Borrowed Stuff, Blue Stuff

1. Abe Vigoda

2. The Missouri Review published me; just not in their magazine:
http://themissourireview.tumblr.com/post/18496500741/runners-up-from-our-non-contest-contest-2

3. Nothing much really -- maybe a jockstrap or two.

4. Grover, when he's sad.