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Chicago 2011
Thursday July 23 ( Read more... ) -
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Honestly, and this is not the snob talking, I was a little disappointed.
I read Drown when I was in Italy. I brought along Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and decided it was a bit too dense to read at the beach, so I picked up the only book printed in English I hadn't read. I ended up loving it. At the bookstore, Louanne ( Read more... ) -
Ra Ra Riot / Megafaun, the Mountain Goats
Saturday April 9 was CD101 Day. A large group of people met and our apartment, drank a lot, then walked over to the LC for the show.
I drank much vodka, so I left early, but I did catch
Civil Twilight - crappy
Deluka - crappy
Then I saw Ra Ra Riot. I love Ra Ra Riot. Meryl and I saw them at the Basement and I fell in love with them immediately. ( Read more... ) -
How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
Sarah (@SarahJaneOhio) made me a small book for Christmas 2009 in which I could keep track of the books I had read in 2010. Each page was made of a library checkout card and had enough space for the author, title and a brief description. I was reminded of this when I went through my goodreads.com page and I noticed I rated Hot Water Music by ( Read more... ) -
CD of CDs for Ryan
At The Drive-In Relationship Of Command 2000
This band split up shortly after this album was released, and the bands Sparta and The Mars Volta were born out of the ashes of At The Drive-In. This band was widely acclaimed by critics and this album is still loved by most music snobs, ( Read more... ) -
Fuck This Shit.
To whom it may concern, 9-1-10
Seeing as how I need to give 60 days notice instead of the standard 30 days notice, and since I talked to the landlord today and they told me if I drop this slip off in the office today they will be able to fax this notice in ( Read more... ) -
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Below are the notes I took while I was in Italy and Amsterdam. The notes were written on boarding passes, flight itineraries, and a copy of my driver's license. Enjoy.
-Note. No watch, cell phone doesn't work. What day is it?
July 30
Flight to NY was uneventful. Met Dot at flight gate and the rest of them showed up before I finished my Sbarro ( Read more... ) -
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Here it is, 2 a.m. and I haven't updated in six months, seven if you're looking for a post with substance. I can't sleep, and it has become my part-time job to replenish the liquids I'm sweating out in this 90+ degree apartment and I'm doing a horrible job. As you may have gathered from previous entries, I read a lot. It seems as though I spend ( Read more... )