Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
how to have hilarious hair
1) be of Portugese, or other wiry-haired decent
2) wash, but do not condition, your hair before sleep
Voila!!
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Soundtrack: The Evolution of Love
there are those songs, you know.
those songs which contain those words, those phrases, that spell out the aching truth of however you experience life and beauty and pain.
we all have a soundtrack. songs that bring us immediately to a place or time or feeling. without preamble or fanfare. and sometimes, they make no sense or, [...]
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The Learners by Chip Kidd
this was a random “snatch off the endcap at the library” book. i have very spotty luck with this approach. this time, however, i was most pleasantly gratified by the results of my choice.
an engaging blend of strange elements, this novel is amusing and poignant, visually interesting and a tactile treat. i am a great [...]
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
i am not terrible at everything
turns out, with practice, i can be reasonably good at stuff!!
i have been experiencing a crisis of skill because i hang out way too much with someone who is good at every goddamn thing he tries. there is nothing less fun than being mediocre at something when your companion is always extra-strength good at it. [...]
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
If You Could Only Hear What My Heart Is Saying
it would be something like: ow.
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Medical Drama: By Which I Do Not Mean General Hospital
i’ll begin by saying that, on the whole, i’m feeling pretty well at the moment. and optimistic. but it’s been a weird couple of months, health-wise. while i was very much in the midst of feeling awful, it was a little hard to articulate all the details. now that i’m feeling better, i thought [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
The Bachelor Curse Be Broken
i admit to being one of the least well-traveled people i know. leaving aside the fact that i have never left the country (no, not even to canada) there are a ton of places even closer by that i’ve never seen: Crater Lake, The Oregon Caves, Klamath Falls…
and until just a few years ago, i’d [...]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
My Favorite Holiday of Them All: President’s Day
well, after Halloween anyway…
and not because i am a patriot. cause, well, i’m not. i mean, i like it here in the states and everything, but i would in no way call myself super enthused about the birth of various presidential types. except that it affords a wide avariety of people i quite enjoy to [...]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
i never win
it’s true. i was. apparently it’s an inner ear thing which resulted in the wonky eye and many other peripheral inability to balance and control fine motor function. i am not, as far as i know, a fish though.