December 2011
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“A man told me - this in the Gualala Hotel bar one night - that if I were only...”
– Denis Johnson, Already Dead
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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2011: a year in review.
Back in January, I spent some time at home in New York City before returning to San Francisco. I also went to see my sister, the middle of us three girls - she lives in Boston - months before she would be engaged. I remember that KUSF was sold upon my return to New York, a radio station whose shirts I used to sell at events. On my last Friday in the city, I went to see Jonathan Biss at Carnegie...
Dec 28th
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Fan sign of the year. →
“Well played, Packer fan.”
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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“I could pretend I’m speaking to everyone - assume a middle distance and...”
– Richard Siken
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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TSA: rogue cupcakes? →
“They shouldn’t be delicious in one part of the country and a security threat in the other.”
Dec 27th
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ListenNose Over Tail - Alkaline Trio.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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“Do write me. I feel annoyingly out of date on you.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 20th
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“I said that Santa changed his policy and no longer traffics in coal. Instead, if...”
– David Sedaris, The Santaland Diaries
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“Now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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“Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.”
– Richard Siken
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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She also sang "Creep," but at least that part was...
It’s one in the morning, or maybe four in the morning - I’m not sure where in the country we are, miles and miles overhead - and the bitch next to me is five drinks deep, singing “Someone Like You” on some warped continuous loop, and jumping over my lap to get to the bathroom at the back of the plane. What little sleep I get is between verses. I guess it was this time...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Gone, gone to New York City.
I’ll miss you, San Fran, but we’ll be together in a few weeks. And in the meantime: good pizza making latkes polar bears in the park wrapping Christmas gifts organizing my books by author taking the subway (this one’s a negative) flagels - how could I have forgotten flagels? I just need a break from doing damage control note: “damage control” is a euphemism...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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“There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars,...”
– David Sedaris
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Proud to be a semi-San Franciscan. →
This January 1st, San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to scale a $10 minimum wage at $10.24/hour.
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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ListenMidnight Lover - Kisses.
Dec 12th
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