Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
This Week’s Biggest WTF
not that i claim to have my finger on the pulsing throbbing hemmorhoid of pop culture or anything, but i like to think i’m good at recognizing people who have been in movies i have seen. it’s kind of an obsessive hobby of mine;
“oh, that guy was in the 3rd to last episode of Arrested [...]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Prep
By Curtis Sittenfeld
went away without a book to read and plucked this off the shelf where i was staying. i finished it in less than 24 hours and it left little impression on me. i have the distinct feeling that if i were to fail to write this review promptly, i would forget what i [...]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Something Awesome!!
so… a while back, i said the phrase “Something Awesome” in a random context that does not matter here. however, i can say these two words to a certain someone and always make them laugh. this person was having a bad day, so i decided to google “Something Awesome” and see what i got.
i thought [...]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
The Court of The Air
by Stephen Hunt
i would like to start out by saying; this book fucking tricked me.
it was a snatch & grab on the way through the fantasy section at Powell’s. by the look of this cover i was expecting a somewhat whimsical tale about orphans travelling around in a hot air balloon that they procured in [...]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Just Because You Don’t Believe it, Doesn’t Mean I Didn’t Mean it
Middle Cyclone Neko Case 2008, Epitaph
there is no other musician i love and respect more than Neko Case. her aesthetic, her sense of language and melody, her vocals rich and passionate. i drove 1500 miles all by myself this summer to go see her play in Reno as a part of an odyssey of self-discovery [...]