Entries from February 2006
participate actively in the experience
i spent my lonely, sad pathetic lunch sans Al & Seamus eating leftover stir-fry and reading the NY Times Profile of Deborah Eisenberg (which i found out about on bookslut).
the article is a bit depressing about the state of short stories in american fiction, but Eisenberg has this lovely quote that i am gonna [...]
love, thick and dark as Alaga syrup
there’s a scene in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye where Pecola Breedlove goes to stay with Claudia’s family. while she’s there Pecola drinks like a gallon of milk, which pisses off Claudia’s mom. Pecola drinks so much milk because she’s totally and utterly enamoured with the Shirley Temple cup.
that’s me! i am so in [...]
#1 hit search
the #1 thing people put in the search box down yonder (not in the minor key) is ‘TTHM.’ i always wonder if they’re looking for information about Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) or my TTHM.
Read morewhat’cha gonna spend your free life on?
since friday, i have been listening to the Live Current Vol. 1 CD on repeat. specifically, i’ve been listening to Dan Wilson’s song “Free Life.”
i am in love with this song. i’m generally a Dan Wilson fan anyway. . . even way back in the way back when Trip Shakespeare days. and i do [...]
microsoft parody
if microsoft designed the iPod packaging, a parody.
Read moremorning fortification
my body decided since yesterday was quite possibly the most boring day that ever happened, it should get up extra early for today, the second most boring day that ever happened. yeah, i don’t know about that decision either.
however, there is that silver lining. since i was wide awake at 6:30 a.m. i was [...]
jed never ceases to amaze me
when one’s a little cranky and restless, one seeks to find new experience to amuse oneself. so tonight i discovered that Jed’s got a chess game on him. i’m a shitty chess player, but i still like to play it. i’m not good at planning strategy so i never think more than one move ahead. [...]
Read morewhat a waster, what a fucking waster
i’m listening to The Libertines at top volume in a desperate attempt to keep my brain from atrophying. i knew it was gonna be quiet and boring, but i had no idea how quiet and boring.
i had a beautiful reprieve of a lunch with FFJ and lovely Miss Viv (who is something like eight [...]
things i am doing to comfort myself in my time of need since you refuse to make me feel less lonely you heartless beasts
1. drinking green mango tea from my 89.3 The Current mug
2. listening to heart problems by ted leo + the pharmascists
3.eating thin mint girl scout cookies
4. reading text messages from Al, the cutest girl on earth:™
. did you actually think there would be a five, did you? what’s wrong with you?
6. planning lunch [...]
one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know
everyone can agree that mondays generally suck, but mondays when your two work-BFFs are gone are like a whole-new level of suckiness heretofore unexperienced by this supergenius. Al, the cutest girl on earth™, and seamus are at a trade show. it sucks. so it’s gonna be a slow quiet few days here in the land [...]
Read moredon’t move your lips, just shake your hips
if the meme is good enough for tito, it’s good enough for me. besides it’s early on a sunday morning, i just had some pizza and i need something to write about.
usually i am really bad at these shuffle things, because i cheat all the time. if it’s a song i don’t want to admit [...]
for UH, stinky nakedness and some more about my favorite radio station ever
it’s no secret that i love 89.3 The Current more than a lot of people i share a gene pool with.
so when i arrived home tonight (incidentally wearing my 89.3 baseball cap because i didn’t shower today) to see a box from MPR, i was giddy. giddy! all my 89.3 The Current schwag was [...]
the one where i kinda lose my shit when talking about class
any class that has me saying “ok, i’m just gonna be a bully” is probably not going to be a good class for me. last night, i made the bully proclamation. we workshopped two stories that while wonderfully written, really needed quite a lot of work.
my FFJ (whom i met in a vodo writing [...]
working from home. . . naked!
this is a special dedication to my friend kelly who was none too thrilled when i announced last night at Grumpy’s that i was totally gonna work from home.
yes, i see naps for lunch and a bit A Different World for my 10 o’clock. it shall be glorious or something
in the meantime i sit here [...]
on mix CD theory and what not
as i mentioned earlier, i’m making a mix CD for an e-crush and this posing quite the dilemma. there’s just so many competing mix theories, that i just can’t figure out which one to follow.
Theory One: The Songs Should Express How You Feel Toward the Recipient
this theory posits that you are using music to tell [...]
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