One of the office denizens just overheard an Elvis Costello album coming out of my computer speakers and asked if I'd heard that Elvis left his wife. (Apparently they'd been married for about twenty years. He left her for Diana Krall, a smooth jazz vocalist who sucks. Anyway, that's what I hear.) He went on to say that he was going to write Elvis a letter berating him for doing something so thoroughly lame.
Sometimes work is so awesome.
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07:46:32 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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Speaking of which,
-Who wants a moustache ride?
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07:17:11 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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-Hey, do you believe in anything beyond troll-guy reality?
-I do, I do, I do!
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05:58:38 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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This website is full of pictures of Tokyo kids dressed up all crazy. This is a good thing to peruse whilst reading Steve Schultz's Tokyo diary, which I found via Sumana and which is also throughly illustrated.
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05:56:15 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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The Go Betweens are so awesome! Who put "The Clock" on their blogswap mix? So! awesome! So! awesome!!!
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02:06:03 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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Holy fuck, dudes, okra is delicious.
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01:53:59 PM,
Wednesday 1 October 2003
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Me: So I've been listening to Zeppelin --
Damian: What? How could you? You've betrayed me!
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07:31:27 PM,
Monday 29 September 2003
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Me.
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12:59:35 PM,
Monday 29 September 2003
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Dude, if you google for blonde redhead discography you get hella porn. Filthy-minded indie shoegazers.
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11:43:49 AM,
Monday 29 September 2003
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Carrot I just found in the office refrigerator:normal carrot::shrunken head:normal head.
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11:02:56 AM,
Monday 29 September 2003
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A Warning: When you google "thyroid disorders", take care not to look at the pictures of hyperthyroidism or Grave's disease, because they will freak you out.
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06:09:49 PM,
Friday 26 September 2003
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Another reason why Julia rocks: Donald Rumsfeld poetry hour.
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01:37:11 PM,
Friday 26 September 2003
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Neal Stephenson didn't read anything from his new book, but he did answer a number of questions, some of which were interesting. I found myself staring at his skull and wondering how his brain could fit in there. (It's that the brain is so big -- his skull is skull-sized.)
I was surprised to see Moss and Julia there, which was silly. We went to a cafe for a bit and overheard bad poetry. They very kindly gave Sumana and I a ride back to my place and then hung out while the air mattress inflated.
Two more things: Sumana is a lovely guest, and Arthur Miller doesn't look one bit like Abraham Lincoln, despite what Marilyn Monroe and her biographers thought.
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12:28:13 PM,
Friday 26 September 2003
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"Guadalajara" has a surprising quantity of "a"s in it.
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07:07:23 PM,
Thursday 25 September 2003
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Sometimes your buried unconscious self just rises up and smacks you in the face. Which is probably a good thing. I think.
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07:01:53 PM,
Thursday 25 September 2003
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All day I've been caught up in memories triggered by smells. This morning, while I was waiting to jaywalk, I smelled car exhaust and thought of Guadalajara. A woman I passed on the street was wearing a perfume that reminded me of preschool. Also, anytime someone uses Chamberlain's lotion I think of my grandmother.
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04:58:42 PM,
Thursday 25 September 2003
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Jesus, having feelings is such a waste.
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02:19:48 PM,
Wednesday 24 September 2003
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A very small taste of lacking desire makes Buddhism seem absolutely wonderful.
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12:15:23 PM,
Wednesday 24 September 2003
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PANDACAM!!!
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05:08:09 PM,
Tuesday 23 September 2003
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Yesterday, riding the bus across the bridge, I saw fog rolling in low through the mouth of the bay, over Alcatraz Island and through the streets, around the feet of the skyscrapers.
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02:36:41 PM,
Tuesday 23 September 2003
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Everyone Deserves Music by Michael Franti and Spearhead is completely awesome.
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04:52:32 PM,
Monday 22 September 2003
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I think I discovered the secret to getting up slightly earlier than is absolutely necessary (and thereby giving myself enough time to, say, pack a lunch). It goes like this: Leave your bed, turn on all the lights, walk to the bathroom and splash cold water on your face until the pain susbsides.
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12:51:34 PM,
Monday 22 September 2003
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Arr, me hearties. In honor o' this fine day o' piracy, I'd like for ye to call to mind a fine exemplar of the piratical life: The Crimson Permanent Assurance.
Arr.
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07:19:35 PM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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Goddamnit, where can a girl get a decent garter belt these days?
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07:11:17 PM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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Desire: Annoying, Stupid and Banal?
(I probably shouldn't talk like this -- Aphrodite might be listening.)
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06:42:45 PM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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Searching for "pirate filk" didn't do any good.
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05:30:56 PM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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Yarr, me Pirate Name be Bloody Mary Flint. What be yourn, me hearties?
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02:25:53 PM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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To quote John Darnielle,
Hi-diddle-dee-dee
Goddamn!
A pirate's life for me!
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11:45:47 AM,
Friday 19 September 2003
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Very few things (least of all work) will keep me at my desk past 5 p.m. One of them: "The White Lady Loves You More."
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08:03:19 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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So in "group" the other night (it sounds like therapy and kind of is if you agree that Greek tragedy has restorative powers) I used the term "post-Christian" and people thought it was novel. What city is this again?
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07:42:44 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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Anybody else see this about the interfaith, multiethnic alliance of religious leaders who joined hands to support the proposed "no gay marriage ever nopenopenope" amendment? It's nice to know that something can still bring people together.
The leader of the AME church said, "This is not about being anti-gay. It's about being for marriage as between a woman and a man. I would never, ever try to do anything negative against any segment of the population."
Because there's nothing negative about telling gay people that their lives are abnormal and sinful and therefore cannot be consecrated in the church. I see where she's coming from, I just wish she'd be honest and say, "It's not that I hate gay people, I just don't think they're fully human."
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07:01:05 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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Lore Sjoberg proved my point:
Stegosaurus
Two words: spiked tail. "Oh, so you're sneaking up behind me to eat my delicious body? WHAM Spikes! For you! In your head!" Plus it had I-am-an-industrial-monster plates on its back, which while probably for conserving body heat or attracting mates, were impressive-looking. A
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06:17:00 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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Why I hate you: I'm listening to Spearhead, fronted by Michael Franti. You say, "That's the guy who was the voice of Chef on South Park."
I hate white people a lot, but mostly I think I just hate stupid people.
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04:49:40 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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Afrohemian rastafunk is the best way for anyone to look. Vide: Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill aka L Boogie, Lisa Bonet, Michael Franti.
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02:30:25 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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I would be happier if Sarah McLachlan had never gotten a recording contract. (Fucking shitty-ass "soulful" music bullshit grar.) George Clinton songs should replace her stuff on radio playlists everywhere. RIGHT NOW.
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01:10:12 PM,
Thursday 18 September 2003
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Band/drink/dance name, courtesy of Damian: Rhinestone Rabbit.
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04:36:01 PM,
Wednesday 17 September 2003
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