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The Existential Angst of the Monkey Copywriter

grumpiestmonkey wrote 1 month ago: You sit at your desk day after day and you type and you type but you never really write anything. It … more →

Tags: Work, writing, copywriting monsters, elaborate monkey fantasies

Four Things That Make This Monkey Grumpy (Oct. 12 edition)

grumpiestmonkey wrote 1 month ago: Red Sox fans who can’t accept that maybe the team wasn’t good enough this year. It … more →

Tags: writing

The Grumpiest Monkey Trips Out on Altered States

grumpiestmonkey wrote 2 months ago: This being the second in a series of movie reviews your humble Monkey is posting now that he has a l … more →

Tags: Movies, psychedelic, Altered states, Science, william hurt, Isolation tanks

Random Thoughts Part II

grumpiestmonkey wrote 4 months ago: It might be the insufferable heat and humidity here at Monkey central, but once again the inspiratio … more →

Tags: Music, Podcasts, writing, adam carolla, 1984, GEORGE ORWELL, iron and wine, Hardcore History, Journalism

KoryWatch: Nobody Actually, a lot of us are waving goodbye14 comments

Kady O'Malley wrote 4 months ago: I’m not sure how much this shocking revelation will actually, you know, shock anyone out there … more →

Tags: Capital Read, Inside the Queensway, bet i can make him blush, Kory Teneycke, please don't retroactively fire him mr. giorno

Random Thoughts

grumpiestmonkey wrote 4 months ago: In an effort to keep this blog going during a period of low creative inspiration, your Monkey will n … more →

Tags: Music, Podcasts, KEXP, psychedelic, 1984, GEORGE ORWELL, Guardian Newspaper, Whimsical Small Town Humor

5 Things I Learned This Week

grumpiestmonkey wrote 4 months ago: Having lagged a bit in his blog postings over the past 7 days or so, your Monkey feels inclined to p … more →

Tags: writing, Work, Music, psychedelic, Monkeys, Great Lake Swimmers, Career Builder, emusic, anger management

10 Minutes of Grumpy Monkey Fiction

grumpiestmonkey wrote 4 months ago: In which your Monkey narrator, finding himself uninspired by real life, tries his hand at 10 minutes … more →

Tags: writing, Work, Fiction, Grumpy Monkeys

Got the Pre-Holiday Skin Crawling Working Monkey Blues1 comment

grumpiestmonkey wrote 5 months ago: What is it about a vacation week that seems to slow time down to a crawl? Your Monkey was wondering … more →

Tags: Work, boredom, Despair, elaborate monkey fantasies

Seven Reasons Why I Haven't Been Able to Post Until Now

grumpiestmonkey wrote 5 months ago: Despite what you may have heard, your Monkey is not some excuse-mongering hypocrite who goes around … more →

Tags: shameless self pity, excuse making, monkey acrobatics, twitter, facebook

100th Blog Post Interview Spectacular3 comments

grumpiestmonkey wrote 5 months ago: In which your Monkey once again shamelessly cribs the technique of the self-interview (as popularize … more →

Tags: writing, Anniversaries, Monkeys, self-promotion

Elance update: Trying to stay afloat in a flood of writers

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: One week has gone by and your Monkey’s prospects of finding work on Elance are not looking too … more →

Tags: writing, Work, Elance, belabored metaphors, inconclusive examples

The Cover Letter I'd Like to Write

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: Your Monkey has tried, my friends. He has played the cover letter game the way it is supposed to be … more →

Tags: writing, Work, Cover Letters, Job Search, Desperation, pathetic attempts to gain favor with employers, Flattery

In Which the Monkey Goes to a Wake

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: If the mind stops racing, the thoughts will catch up. This you know instinctively, even if you can … more →

Tags: Wakes, funerals, death, Distraction

In Which the Monkey Returns Home from Camping

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: Your Monkey is filthy and stuffy and sneezy and grimy following a two-day sojourn into great outdoor … more →

While My (Monkey) Guitar Gently Weeps

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: Four years ago yesterday, your Monkey sat in a room on the second floor of a nursing home on a hot s … more →

Today's Edition of We're All Going to Die Soon News

grumpiestmonkey wrote 6 months ago: It’s a grim world out there, my friends. Greed is king (as this article on a woman who ran an … more →

Tags: Drinking, The Environment, Elephants

A Heatwave Hangover at Monkey Station

grumpiestmonkey wrote 7 months ago: The following incidents took place at Monkey Central during the past 48 hours. Wake up early Friday … more →

Tags: Psychedelic Velveeta, Red Sox, Celtics, Drinking

Getting Tired of These Blog Post Serials

grumpiestmonkey wrote 7 months ago: Your Monkey’s spirit is sagging today, my friends. His mind is weak and easily distracted, mak … more →

Tags: writing, Work


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