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I MAY GO INTO
ADVERTISING
BUT I DON’T
LIKE THE
COMMERCIAL
ASPECT
haha amazing
what some
people
accomplish
is this how you
spell this?
“atreyu”
my mom said it
costs about
$5-10 for the
tractor pull.
we don’t have
to go
i think of you
every time
i see my
computer
background
guess what.
there is going
to be a “SAW III”
pita bread
is vegan?
well,
i watched
the movie
thirteen
how do you
spell “cedar
point”?
you spelled it
correctly
guess what
i bought
to drink today
because it
reminded me
of you
i’m nocturnal
like raccoons
does “soft
lemonade”
mean anything
bad?
hey calm down
i am, hehe
i hope that
we get to stay
together and
be in love for
a very very
long time
checking out
my bmi, online
on tv, they
showed how
big a stomach
actually is,
and i was like
wow... that is
small
final
destination 3
is out on dvd
i want to pick
you daisies
and kiss you
when i hand
them to you
it’s not like
i am coughing
a ton...
i just have
a tiny cough
do you think
they would
have final
destination 3
at a store
near here?
the sky is
beautiful...
nice work
capturing it
in your
photograph
done with
eating your
banana?
guess what
song amanda
is sending me.
“ridin dirty” by
chamillionaire
i thought of
you today
when i was
listening to
some guy’s
conversation
try to catch
me ridin dirty
babe
where is boca
raton?
north of miami
right on
dixie highway
let’s dominate
the airwaves
i just put
something in
my top drawer
and saw
the picture
of you and me
so, i have
heard you are
obsessed with
wonder
showzen
have you
heard about
that wii thing...
sounds fun
the flaming
lips is a really
weird band
so, about this
week... it is
going to rain
all week (so
says the news)
i am eating
pear pie, haha
weird
weird indeed
i put my msn
windows off
to the side so
i can keep
looking at
your face on
my desktop
my mom was
in my dream
someday i want
a madonna
t-shirt to show
my love
for madonna’s
music
i wish i owned
a gym
my new poem
is about the
comfort of
hugging you
have you ever
seen the show
ghost
hunters?
“what it’s like”
by everlast...
i loved this
song when
i was younger
just checkin
my psychology
grade online
speaking of
stores, i will
have to get to
one this week
to buy soMe
posterboard
i really
like this
david bazan cd
my mom got me
i love your hair
and the rest of
you
my math
homework was
easy: graphing
linear
equations
from slope-
intercept form
amanda said
anime is porn...
how is it porn?
check it out...
i found this by
searching our
band name
on google
i can picture
us together
in a house
ever heard of
rockford?
is it a city in mi?
because
i’ve heard OF
the name
i should
really email
that prof
and ask
what exactly
he means by
posterboard
i am listening
to madonna
and i feel
great
tomorrow is
andy’s birthday
yeah i know,
i just wished
him a happy one
i think i’m in the
perfect mood
to understand
poetry
ok, listen here:
for my class, i
got two books
and a cd-rom.
now, is that
cd-rom for
my computer?
you are the
greatest
looking and
hugging
person
that i know
“marry me lie
lie,” is that
song on your
daughters cd?
no, but i have
the mp3 of it
this is going to
be a great year
i saw you go by
my house last
night
yeah, i honked
for you
amanda has
officially
removed me
from her
top friends
i’m going to
change my
song on
myspace
to something
softer, maybe
pedro the lion
i worked off
all my holiday
weight that
i gained, and it
only took me
less than
three weeks
i don’t know
why, but i feel
aggrevated
(SP?)
nice. the park
has a walking
path
i will kiss you
a million timEs
plus as many
as you want
they just
showed the
world’s
smallest
adult butt
on tv...
it was weird
i saw two
awesome
movies
this weekend:
the dreamers
and fight club
i am folding
underwear
inbetween
sending you
messages
you and i made
apple pie in my
dream
how do you
spell genus
tron? is that
right?
Genghis tron
it looks like
drifts are
being created
in the snow
michael told
me about this
theory called
determinism,
and it is weird
i just watched
garden state
for the
second time,
luvin it
i am still
working on my
watermelon
from
breakfast
today feels
good
what
i don’t know,
nvm
my computer
says i need to
update my
spy sweeper...
what the heck
i have a fair
amount of the
sororIty and
fraternity
symbols
memorized
my day hasn’t
been too great
but now it is.
the democrats
now control
congress
i think i’m
going to
eat this bagel...
it’s okAY as
long as we
get to hang
out saturday
night... i love
that night
you are the
only person
i invited to
my birthday
other than
family
i downloaded
so many
photoshop
actions this
afternoon
dane cook is
on letterman
what channel?
i always get
koepplinger’s
health bread...
i love it
nice words in
your poem...
this was my
fave that you
used:
“whimsical”
i am going to
eat this “fruit
strip” i bought
earlier...
it is grape
i see you added
my friend kim
on myspace...
shE’s awesome
what is a
gerrymander?
redistricting
an area
for your
advantage
i may have to
buy some vans
waffles when
i am at
the store
we put red
mulch around
some of the
flowers.
i guess
it will help
them grow
i am probably
going to let
my kids watch
arthur
is this weird?
raw pizza...
look what
the cRust
is made from
i am creative
and proud
of what
i am making
turns out that
i will be
travelling
home
this weekend
hopefully
a lot of people
get our flier
and check us
out after
i mail these
fliers out
i can’t get to
the homepage
of myspace
for some
reason
i don’t know
why i feel
weird tonight
i am drinking
orange juice
transfer of
“tires.jpg”
is complete
a black wiEner
dog walked by
my window
what should
we do during
our life?
i want to sled
with you and
be in the same
sled
about me
my name is steve roggenbuck.
i am 23 years old, and i live
in chicago. i grew up in rural
michigan and played in a death
metal band in high school. i
am a vegan and a buddhist, and
all my writing is available
free online, self-published
into the public domain. i
have a chapbook called i am
like october when i am dead
(2010) and an etsy store with
minimalist ironic greeting
cards. i created the tumblelog
INTERNET POETRY, and i blog at
steveroggenbuck.com. my email
is steveroggenbuck@gmail.com
about this book
DOWNLOAD HELVETICA FOR FREE.COM is a website/book of 100 excerpts
from my msn messenger history set in large helvetica, which i
consider poems. most of the lines were originally written by me or
my partner jessica from 2006-08, around when we were finishing high
school and beginning college. all 100 poems are free online, along
with 50 b-side poems and other features. the cover photo for this
print run was taken by osy from hong kong (kazhule.tumblr.com)

how to actually download

helvetica for free
(i think this is illegal, and it may be blocked on library or
school computers.) go to utorrent.com and download and install
utorrent. then go to thepiratebay.org, search “helvetica,” and
click “helvetica typeface family.” then click the green text link,
“DOWNLOAD THIS TORRENT.” (the torrent is a small file that will open
in utorrent, which will then download the actual fonts)
about veganism
veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting
other animals. i have considered myself vegan for three and a half
years, and i’ve created a nine-minute video about the oppression of
nonhuman animals at youcanhelpstopthis.com. my understanding of veganism
is different from peta and many other groups

humans can sign contracts and consent to work for each other, but we can
never have consent to use or confine other animals. yet other animals
experience the consequences of being used: fear and confusion, physical
pain, restricted freedom, and having their families split up. humans can
live healthy lives without using animal products or supporting animal
use, so veganism suggests that we stop supporting nonhuman-animal use
(in diet, clothing, entertainment, etc.) and ask others to consider doing
the same. veganism is historically opposed to human exploitation also,
and i try not to buy things made from sweatshops or exploitative work
conditions

i believe very deeply in veganism. for me, it is an important ethical

issue, a foundation for doing what i really believe in, and a foundation
for being kind and helping others. if you are interested, please write
or talk to me about veganism. thank you very much