October 2010
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September 2010
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Stop me if you've heard this one before.
I said I wouldn’t, but I started reading it. I started at the end and now I’m maybe somewhere in the middle. He wrote about how people typically say, “So this is where the magic happens” when first entering another person’s apartment. I did the same thing less than two weeks ago. Like a version of myself, I wandered through the kitchen, the bedroom, the living room -...
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Michael Caine doesn't lie. →
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100 best first lines from novels. →
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Now and Zen.
I got the most awkward series of sunburns at the park yesterday. I only went to one class this morning, and then I came back to the apartment. Being sunburned always makes me feel like I have the flu, all chills and headaches, like the redness isn’t punishment enough.
The thing is - I hate taking care of myself when I feel like crap. I have no patience for it. What I do have patience for...
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“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another...”
– Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
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All Fired Up - Interpol.
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Where I’m from, we call it Bubble Tea. I’ve never had Tapioca-anything before, and it’s probably because Tapioca sounds a bit off to me, like cats or pears or tanning. But it was a gift, and I love gifts. The little pearls look like tar, feel like taffy, and taste like nothing at all. They just sit in your mouth forever.
Also, there is a bunny on my arm.
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“Come to these canyons if you want to be driven by sacredness into the air. If...”
– Denis Johnson, Already Dead
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When the cops come and you're in no condition.
Me: Are you eating old pepperoni?
Stephanie: It's not old!
Me: Old, like, from dinner.
Stephanie: It's good!
Me: I think I'm dead.
Stephanie: You're not dead!
Me: I don't know.
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“The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different...”
– Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live
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Louis C.K. and how not to live your life.
Sarah: Does this remind you of that clip from Louie? Did he smell old?
Me: Like... death? Made me want to call my mom, and potentially a therapist.
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“Maybe the human animal has contributed really nothing to the universe but...”
– Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (via synecdoche)
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Things I was exposed to on Saturday night (and lived to talk about).
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