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June Hipster Book Club: Great Issue, or Best Issue Ever?
I still love David Foster Wallace
I thought Mark Sarvas's book Harry, Revised was pretty good.
didn't love Captive Audience. At least you know I don't like everything
I interview crime novelist Dennis Tafoya
also... Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Glen David Gould and more! -
Again with the insanity
Yesterday I got yelled out for my handwriting not being clear enough ( Read more... ) -
Cartoons, Be More Funny!
I made the mistake of watching Sit Down, Shut Up last night, based on the fact that the voice talent was made up primarily of the cast of Arrested Development, a show I adore. Sadly, like every “adult” cartoon on Fox (and pretty much every place else) post-Futurama, it sucked. In fact, it was so bad that it made the episode of The Simpsons that ( Read more... ) -
Last Night's David Foster Wallace Dream
Dude, I'm never getting over this if you keep showing up in my dreams ( Read more... ) -
There are no spreads on this dick
The kids today, they show no initiative. Back in my day, if we didn’t know how to do something we were supposed to know how to do, we figured out how to do it ourselves. Here, at Ferret Limited International Publishing, what the kids like to do is pass their work on to me. I’ll get a forward from an editorial assistant that will say… NOTHING. Just ( Read more... ) -
Crazy Dream
I dreamed that my boyfriend had a new girlfriend who was an artist and she was married and also had another girlfriend. So someone had the great idea that I should be the husband's girlfriend, because he was kinda bored and feeling left out and all (as was I). So we were all at the artist's apt waiting in her living room and I was waiting to meet ( Read more... ) -
My boss is humorless
I sent out an email to a few people about the relative pluses and minuses of doing some very slight changes to a book to save some money. The savings were pretty small--about $850 spread over three titles. What I said in the email is, "It's not that much, but I'd pick it up off the floor ( Read more... ) -
My boss is the bat guano-est
So, Monday afternoon my boss calls over to me. “Did you respond to the email from Al?” Her tone is ominous, which is bizarre because like, hey--Al? He’s just a sales dude, trying to sell me some printing, and not doing a very good job. Also, why does she know about an email that Al has sent me that I haven’t even gotten yet ( Read more... ) -
sweet sweet irony
This is irony, right? my 6-word story for smith's travel nightmares theme won.
That's not the irony.
The irony is that the judge is an author whose work I'm not particularly fond of, and the prize is a collection of her books.
Also, hipsterbookclub.com is up.
did some fake book covers!
I wrote about fan fic!
I liked The Invention of Air!
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