There will be more text to come . . . at some point in the year. I've been meaning to make an Olympic post for three weeks (ever since I saw the Sea Bus terminal wallpapered in Coors ads, but maybe it's good that I didn't post right away, because it just would have turned into a boring anti-corporate rant no one wants to hear, but please just allow ( Read more... )

Dayum, people. DAYUM.

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I don't consider myself as being from any one particular place, but this makes me weirdly proud and slightly misty about the place I currently inhabit. Actually, now that I think about it, if I'm still here in 2011, it will be the longest period of time I've spent anywhere. That is strange to think about. And it kind of makes ( Read more... )

- Conan O'Brien to David Letterman on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, 1993.

I can't believe I still remember that, although I sort of can believe I still remember that. Those were the days I watched late night talk shows religiously and compiled an impressive VHS library of Letterman/O'Brien (plus a smattering of late-era Carson, and Craig Kilbourn ( Read more... )

Actually, there IS an Arghistan, but it's not a republic - it's a district inside Kandahar province in Afghanistan. Don't believe me? Just Google it, yo. Or take my word as someone who has made more Afghanistan maps than you've had hot dinners. I don't imagine having an intimate knowledge of every district in Kandahar will ever come in useful ( Read more... )

It is currently 7:51 pm, and I am surfing the net when I should be doing a task I brought specifically to work to work on when I really should be . . . uh . . . working ( Read more... )

Why do I always get the urge to be productive and/or creative at the exact same time I should be going to bed? It's like it takes me 16 hours to wake up and actually prepare myself to do something. Or maybe it's just a second wind. Regardless: gah ( Read more... )

So. I'm now getting over my second cold in under a month. I recognize that I should be thanking my Sudafed-shaped stars that it's not the DEEEEEEEADLY SWIIIIIIIIINE FLU (sorry . . . it's hard not to be jaded about this, yes, legitimate medical problem when you work for the media machine), but at the same time, this is extremely embarrassing for ( Read more... )

It was bound to happen:

www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/06/canwest-bankruptcy.html

www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-asper-dream-ends-the-selloff-begins/article1314690/If I were to look at this in a "glass half full" kind of way, I would say that at least now I can stop feeling so morally compromised by working for a conglomerate ( Read more... )

I have "Little Red Rented Rowboat" playing on repeat in my head. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! I'm going to blame the ongoing jet lag, even though I think the ongoingness officially ended this morning when I slept straight through to 7 a.m ( Read more... )

I am so thoroughly jet-lagged. I've been awake since 3 a.m. and up since 5 a.m. So this is what insomnia feels like. I've also been very hungry, and so far I've eaten a Jameson's raspberry Ruffle bar (bought at a candy shop in Glasgow and I HAVE to find a way to get my hands on more because it was so seriously awesome), some popcorn, a huge glass ( Read more... )