I think I'm going to be back here soon. Hard to say what I'm going to talk about yet, but there's some things fermenting in my mind. I'm in a very different place from last time, or the time before, or the time before the time before the time before. Some is in flux, others taken shape more than ever. No existential crises, no howls of angst, ( Read more... )

• The first Raincoats album, especially "Off Duty Trip" and the "Lola" cover
• This lowcost gourmet veg restaurant especially when there's a fantastic local art opening there when i happen to go that serves free slices of pile-o-veggies vegan pizza and veggie "phyllo surprise"
• Biking a few miles to brunch and back
  
• Alejandro Jodorowsky's THE HOLY ( Read more... )

Probably-seasonal-affective-disordered me totally made it through the winter solstice, heading into Christmas and feeling significantly better than a few days ago. Think this coming year may turn out pretty livable. FTW!

Sleep well, children!

Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian!
I'll tickle your dadafountain!

Which work was this quote from,
and what was the missing word?
Henry IV part 2, II.i

It's a dumb Shakespeare "mystery quote" generator, but I think this result is spam-poetry-level hilarious.

Ever felt completely paralyzed from standing up and getting out of your room? Not even because of depression or tiredness or anything like that, but by sheer paralysis by all the little things: internet, writing little lists, pondering what you're going to do, whatever ( Read more... )

I know the last time I wrote about these fires was all impressionisty and romanticized about how apocalyptic it all felt. And yes, it's one hell of a strange mood to be living under. But shit, people, some people are dead or going to die or injured or will never ever be able to go home again. And someone will end up with lung cancer from all this ( Read more... )

So Joanna Newsom is playing Friday Nov 9 with a full orchestra at Disney Hall. MAN.

Anybody willing to convince me to go with them?

So my half-birthday is MICHAELMAS. ???

Feeling pretty nutty tonight. I'm colossally caffeinated and in a few minutes am straight back to work on things I should have gotten done a day earlier, but this one I think I can handle. Now, anyway.

Had a car accident a couple weeks ago, which is mostly LAME and IRKSOME and COSTLY, especially as they found me at fault (yeah, thanks, of course ( Read more... )

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-genes18aug18,0,2650215.story?page=1&coll=la-home-centerRead more... )