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Relaxing, resting, and eating at home. Enjoying time spent with my dog, who is now quite old. Bought a DVD burner for the computer, and meticulously backing up my huge store of data. Re-reading pulp science fiction novels, which got me through most of pre-adolescence. Stuck on dialup Internet connection; urge to gouge eyes out only intermittent

Flying home in about 11 hours. Leaving here without any regrets, which is the best one can hope for, I think. Got the job offer, so I'm thinking I'm going to come back here. Packed up my apartment and threw away lots of trash. It's amazing how much stuff you accumulate in a small cramped space in just three months. I want to write more, but I' ( Read more... )

Bush misspeaks during signing ceremonyMcClellan: 'This president speaks with clarity and conviction ( Read more... )

I like making lists. Here are some lists of things I consumed this summer:

Completed Books:
McSweeney's #13
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
William Gibson - Idoru
Banana Yoshimoto - Kitchen
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Banana Yoshimoto - NP
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash

Pending Books:9/11 Commission ( Read more... )

Today I made that classic guy-doing-laundry mistake, I turned some of my shirts pink by mixing them with a new red shirt. d'oh! I've been doing my laundry since I was in middle school, and this is the first time I've ever made this error. Now I have a few fabulous undershirts and a laundry bag, but unfortunately I turned my beloved pac-man t- ( Read more... )

Young Japanese-Americans Honor Ethnic RootsMs. Cherry's transformation from typical American teenager to ethnic ambassador is a statement about how young Japanese-Americans have struggled to hold onto an identity of their own. Shrinking population numbers, high intermarriage rates and the legacy of the rush to assimilate after the World War II ( Read more... )

How did I completely miss this? Bill O'Reilly interviews Michael Moore on Fox News (Fox News link). An excerpt ( Read more... )

After seeing three posts in a row by thrownoverbored, snafuuu, and moxyberry singing the praises of Barack Obama's speech at the DNC, I scrounged around the intar-web to find a clip of it. It's times like these that I regret not having a television or cable. I'll probably sign up for cable and get a TV tuner card this fall, the better to be tuned in to electo-tainment 24/7. ( Read more... )

There is a production of The Elephant Vanishes at the New York State Theater, July 21-25. Damn you New Yorkers.