August 2011
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“We are all the result of sexual events, and their faded heat still warms us.”
- John Updike
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WatchJust great.
“Most online daters say they like 30 Rock” (via the AV Club)
I guess this means I can stop musing about my quasi-sociological study into the implication of the numerous women on OK Cupid who claim to be “just like Liz Lemon.”
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What I spent $9 on yesterday at this book sale in...
Herzog by Saul Bellow (sweet old hardcover edition)
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms by J.P. Donleavy
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
They Came Like Swallows and Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell
Voyage In The Dark by Jean Rhys
The Street Of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
A good haul, all in awl.
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Some of the lists I've been working on lately
- Pet peeves
- Stores I like to be in and stores I don’t like to be in
- Great rhymes in pop music history
These may or may not be unveiled publicly at a later date, depending on if I maintain enough interest to finish them.
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A long dream
I had this dream two nights ago and woke up at 4:23 am to write it down. Below is a direct transcription of what I wrote.
I had the opportunity to go to North Africa and tutor the 7-year-old prince of some country. Found this job online on some job listing board. Left very soon after finding said job, like maybe a day and a half later, and flew to a village in the desert but surrounded by...
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crumb-dad-deactivated20111110 asked: weird i didn't even know they had a wendy's. where are you from
crumb-dad-deactivated20111110 asked: i am from texas. do you like del rio?
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Today in Alec Baldwin
This I.C.P-esque quote from this New York Times article about Mr. Baldwin’s plans to run for mayor of NYC at some future date:
“And utilities, Con Ed, the M.T.A. — how does it all work?”
Look at that man. I hope he becomes the mayor of New York. I hope he goes all the way to the goddamn White House.
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Re: my post dated July 19, 2011
add “Stay” by Lisa Loeb to the list of Songs I’ve Listened To Obsessively During The Course Of A Workday.
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WatchThis is some absolutely amazing stuff, and made even better by the awesome European (I’m guessing Swiss) accent of the narrator. Recent news coverage here.
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fuckyeahjohncandy:
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