Tao Lin (b. 1983) is the author of Richard Yates (2010), Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009), Bed (2007), three other books.

His third novel will be published by Vintage in 2013.

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7 December 11
 
Elderly, badly sunburnt, memory-less koala picnicking with an extremely contented hamster whose father and mother are moderately successful doctors and whose older brother will one day be a manager at one of India’s first 1000 Walmarts. (670px)
(a previously unreleased Drug-Related Photoshop Art ”b-side”)

Elderly, badly sunburnt, memory-less koala picnicking with an extremely contented hamster whose father and mother are moderately successful doctors and whose older brother will one day be a manager at one of India’s first 1000 Walmarts. (670px)

(a previously unreleased Drug-Related Photoshop Art ”b-side”)

22 November 11
vicemag:


An adolescent koala, seated on a trampoline, cries for an unknown reason, clutching 2mg Xanax and a full-grown hamster, adjacent Krispy Kreme donuts. Looking closely, at the background, a second koala, who appears to have “wet eyes” at the same time that it’s smiling, can be seen, behind a tree, in the top-right corner. This second koala (possibly an uncle or, most likely, a friend of the family) seems to have elevated itself for “spying” purposes, though one wonders what, of relevance, it can see, from that angle (behind everything), so maybe not.
@Tao_Lin
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Previously – “Large Dose of MDMA” Halloween-Costume

vicemag:

An adolescent koala, seated on a trampoline, cries for an unknown reason, clutching 2mg Xanax and a full-grown hamster, adjacent Krispy Kreme donuts. Looking closely, at the background, a second koala, who appears to have “wet eyes” at the same time that it’s smiling, can be seen, behind a tree, in the top-right corner. This second koala (possibly an uncle or, most likely, a friend of the family) seems to have elevated itself for “spying” purposes, though one wonders what, of relevance, it can see, from that angle (behind everything), so maybe not.

@Tao_Lin

http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com

Previously – “Large Dose of MDMA” Halloween-Costume

Reblogged: vicemag

1 November 11

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8 May 11

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Tags: Hamster art
28 May 10
Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster
Nondescript unless touched with a force between 16 psi and 25.4 psi or viewed with a literally palpable intensity, at which point there materializes either a dotted line, sometimes of color, sort of “hovering” beneath it, or a light blue glow emanating from its surface, indicating that it is a hyperlink, the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster is otherwise a fine species of hamster—respectful, considerate, dignified, beautifully groomed, interestingly tactful, with no major vices, allergies, or viral susceptibilities. 
Average weight/height (record): .9 lbs/2.7” (1.2 lbs/3.3”)Average life expectancy (record): 16.1 years (36.9 years)Favorite book(s): Dinner At The Home-Sick RestaurantFavorite band(s): Rainer Maria, Modest Mouse, MonadeFavorite movie(s): Stardust MemoriesFavorite sexual position: missionary
Hunting tips: Extremely difficult to capture because it’s a hyperlink that when touched at a force exceeding 25.4 psi transports your consciousness elsewhere—a porn site usually, though sometimes a Telegraph or [English-language newspaper based in India] article about humorously extreme domestic-violence, yeti sightings, or alleged discoveries of new species of fish—it is not recommended that one hunt the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster unless for financial reasons, in which case it is highly recommended that the “hunt” be filmed in one continuous shot periodically displaying that day’s New York Times to prove to prospective buyers that what you’ve captured isn’t actually a Common American Hamster or [other species of hamster worth little, or “nothing,” in terms of eating it for abstract reasons].
Cooking tips: Considered an extreme delicacy because of the stressful, embarrassing (for all parties), expensive, physically-demanding process of “de-linking” that must be exacted upon it before it can be touched (the most common “de-linking” method is actually to use a leaf blower on “any gathering of unsuspecting hamsters,” as the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster can physically resemble almost any type of hamster, into the physical manifestation of a blank Microsoft Word document, where it can be right-clicked to have its hyperlink removed), the actual meat of the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster is similar to that of the Freshwater Hamster—somewhat dry, vaguely fibrous, slightly bitter. 
- from “North American Hamsters,” a forthcoming iPhone app by Tao Lin

Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster

Nondescript unless touched with a force between 16 psi and 25.4 psi or viewed with a literally palpable intensity, at which point there materializes either a dotted line, sometimes of color, sort of “hovering” beneath it, or a light blue glow emanating from its surface, indicating that it is a hyperlink, the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster is otherwise a fine species of hamster—respectful, considerate, dignified, beautifully groomed, interestingly tactful, with no major vices, allergies, or viral susceptibilities.

Average weight/height (record): .9 lbs/2.7” (1.2 lbs/3.3”)
Average life expectancy (record): 16.1 years (36.9 years)
Favorite book(s): Dinner At The Home-Sick Restaurant
Favorite band(s): Rainer Maria, Modest Mouse, Monade
Favorite movie(s): Stardust Memories
Favorite sexual position: missionary

Hunting tips: Extremely difficult to capture because it’s a hyperlink that when touched at a force exceeding 25.4 psi transports your consciousness elsewhere—a porn site usually, though sometimes a Telegraph or [English-language newspaper based in India] article about humorously extreme domestic-violence, yeti sightings, or alleged discoveries of new species of fish—it is not recommended that one hunt the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster unless for financial reasons, in which case it is highly recommended that the “hunt” be filmed in one continuous shot periodically displaying that day’s New York Times to prove to prospective buyers that what you’ve captured isn’t actually a Common American Hamster or [other species of hamster worth little, or “nothing,” in terms of eating it for abstract reasons].

Cooking tips: Considered an extreme delicacy because of the stressful, embarrassing (for all parties), expensive, physically-demanding process of “de-linking” that must be exacted upon it before it can be touched (the most common “de-linking” method is actually to use a leaf blower on “any gathering of unsuspecting hamsters,” as the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster can physically resemble almost any type of hamster, into the physical manifestation of a blank Microsoft Word document, where it can be right-clicked to have its hyperlink removed), the actual meat of the Inconspicuously Hyperlinked Hamster is similar to that of the Freshwater Hamster—somewhat dry, vaguely fibrous, slightly bitter.

- from “North American Hamsters,” a forthcoming iPhone app by Tao Lin

11 May 10
“normally attentive/loving parent temporarily ‘distracted’ by ‘marital problems combined with “vague existential despair”’ as its young child looks toward it with vague, complex, vicarious intentions involving (to different degrees and among other things) approval, comfort, pride, concern, love, fear at a mixed-species skate park that ‘just opened’” by Tao Lin

“normally attentive/loving parent temporarily ‘distracted’ by ‘marital problems combined with “vague existential despair”’ as its young child looks toward it with vague, complex, vicarious intentions involving (to different degrees and among other things) approval, comfort, pride, concern, love, fear at a mixed-species skate park that ‘just opened’” by Tao Lin

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh