December 2009
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What have I dreamed? That can I well say:
Last night I dreamed that the customized converse I ordered ages ago finally arrived and they sucked! They weren’t suede and the rubber wasn’t the color it was supposed to be and they were sort of falling apart. I was so horrified and I woke up slightly and thought, “why am I having a nightmare?” Then I had more bad dreams the rest of the night with murders and stuff.
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Super Important Book Reviews: After the Flood
I bought this book in the airport and finished it within 24 hours.
I love a good post-apocalyptic future mystery and this one was great. It’s set in the same universe as Oryx and Crake, which I know because the characters are referenced, not because I remember anything about that book. This book felt really timely in regard to enviro-trendiness. It follows the stories of a group of people...
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“I think states should leave the abortion question up to the counties. Then I...”
– David Waldman on Ben Nelson’s abortion compromise (from Kevin Drum).
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Gift guide: What the shoes say about the man
Shoes, most of the girls I know have ten pairs at the very least. This is a strange and bewildering territory for many of the men I have known, but fashion is a language and when you go to venture into it, you start to wonder what signal you might be sending out. Some men react by refusing to venture into this realm at all, but this would be a mistake. One of my favorite moments on HBO’s The...
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Automobiles, trains and planes (in that order)
Oh, air travel, what would we do with out you? Would life be different? Slower? Would people expect less from us in terms of speed and efficiency? Would we be able to hang out with strangers in strange places instead of running through it all to speed? I don’t know, and I don’t have time to think about it.
My trip started off nice and easy. I looked up the schedule of the Dash bus...
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“One, the people making them have no fucking taste, two, they’re morons,...”
– Manohla Dargis on why so many romantic comedies are so terrible. Preach!
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A Girl's guide to hunting and fishing in Santee...
Here’s what you should take with you:
As much cash as you want to spend, don’t bring plastic or you might end up buying everything.
Hand sanitizer
basic spanish
shoes purchased elsewhere (for comfort and waterproofing)
style!
Santee Alley is the first stop that cheaply-made trendy clothing makes on its way up the price ladder. The clothes, shoes, bags and hair extensions get...
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“Is it daytime? Then I’m wearing sunglasses”
– Curtis M. Jackson
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The Visit
(This short story was inspired by a couple of photo posts on tumblr, so what better place could there be to post it? I was attempting to ape the tone of the translated russian classics. Short stories aren’t really my thing, ordinarily. Okay, enough disclaiming.)
Sasha is preoccupied with the setting sun and doesn’t immediately hear the doorbell. The light is very feeble, and the hands on...
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Fuck yeah I want a taxidermied goose!
I am not generally a fan of junk. I prefer throwing things away to acquiring them and I have always had an aversion to thrift stores (it’s the smell, I think, and the idea that somebody else needs this more than I do). All of these facts would seem to imply that I would not enjoy the hollywood flea market but this is a simple case of the facts not adding up.
I LOVE this fleamarket. The...
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I've got standards
Last night was part of my continuing campaign to convince the live-in boyfriend that we should move downtown when we’re done with hollywoodland.
It was a fine evening for showing him one of the loveliest parts of downtown: You have a drink at your apartment and then everyone agrees it would be fun to go out to a bar. Do you know what you do? You take the elevator downstairs and then you...
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“Then you fall to the ground with all the other special snowflakes and somebody...”
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Skiing
Me: I want to go skiing.
Me: Well you should look into that.
Me: Good idea.
Me: I wonder if it's expensive.
Me: Well whatever happens we can agree that snowboarding sucks.
Me: Obviously.
Me: I'm not speaking with you anymore.
Me: What did I do???
Me: You're too weird.
Me: Fine, be that way.
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Traveling will get you sick
I never believe in this fact until I come down with the inevitable sniffles. At least this time it waited until I was home in LA to attack, so I could run around all over Chicago catching up with folks.
It’s good to be back. My flight got in at 8:30 AM on monday, peak of rush hour, so I insisted that I would take public transit. All of my previous rhapsodic love for the mere existence of a...