Apparently as I type this, Lehman Brothers employees downtown are moving their stuff out of the building in boxes. I wonder if this is it.

I'm in New York. I wouldn't say that I miss Chicago - I don't - but I miss a few of the consolations of living in the 'real' United States. I guess I could always move to Brooklyn but I have always thought there was a deep sinister darkness about Brooklyn, and I can't tell the difference between real Park Slope and actual Williamsburg and brokers' ( Read more... )

So I know this is a bit late, and that I only seem to remember that this thing exists when I go on extended vacations to strange places but I thought it was important to review the year. I'm in Hong Kong, though I'm leaving the day after next (oh sheesh, jackfruit, I should have mailed you! Next time). And I'm coming down with a fever but for some ( Read more... )

I'm depressed about Ingmar Bergman ( Read more... )

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also, apparently chicago has just won the american nomination for the 2016 olympic games. it's a massive sham. the photographs of daley jumping out of his seat when he heard the news are hideous. daley first announced the news that chicago was to compete for the olympics in order to divert attention away from a political scandal where it was ( Read more... )

one of my favorite blogs is brett steele's resarch. brett steele is the director of the Architectural Association (london). i met his wife once when she was walking her very small dog through the studios in tottenham court road.

i just love yulia tymoshenko's hair!

i feel as if the fact that shirley manson's father was a member of the team that cloned dolly the shape is an expression of scotland's size.

i'm back at the university for the spring. i am irritated and annoyed, not just because i have a pollen allergy but because there has never been a larger concentration of idiot 19-year-olds than exists here. i am taking all sorts of classes which i am having a hard time feeling excited about. discourses on the nation? modernity? do i care? no, i ( Read more... )