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Interesting(ish) things from the past few days:
1. The Evanses got me two shirts for my birthday (selected by the lovely genjamin): One that says "Everyone loves a Pittsburgh girl," which I can't find on the internet. And this hilarity. Looking for that link, I found more on that site that I want: Blame it on the Rain (OMG, how many rainbow shirts can I own? I bought the Belle & Sebastian rainbow with birthday money from Mema Phil), I'M NOT GAY (see last parenthetical note), Chad is Rad for State Radio shows, and I Scream. I really really need that second one, I think.
2. Fun street sightings, yesterday: "Paul Revere" riding down Mass Ave on horseback yelling that the British were coming. Everyone near the Porter T station stopped and stared, and he yelled, "Why are you just standing there, the British are coming?!" and then everyone yelled and cheered. Fun street sightings, today: Standing on the corner of Elm and Cedar, waiting for the light, I was engulfed in a cloud of soap bubbles. I didn't see it, but there must have been a bubble gun pointing out the passenger side of the passing car.
3. Did you know Patrick Dempsey got married at 21 to a woman who was 48? WHOA!
4. I scammed the laundromat system for a profit of $1.70 today. Of course, I spent $1.55 on a bag of pretzels and a candy bar, so it was almost a wash. (GET IT? I LOVE MY JOKES.)
5a. I'm reading Demonology by Rick Moody, and the story called Boys (yes, it's all one paragraph) kind of stunned me. I had to sit and collect myself for a second before moving onto the next story (which was not just all one paragraph, it was all one sentence. For 17 pages). I highly recommend this book!
5b. While I'm recommending books, I finished My Kind of Place by Susan Orlean this weekend. Also fantastic, especially for those to whom I already recommended The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup. :) My favorite article was called "Like Waters & Chocolate Pancakes," but I can't find an online version. I also love how Ms. Orlean is the master of the opening sentence. "Fertile Ground" begins with, "The penises in Bhutan amazed me, there were so many of them." Who's going to read that and say, "I bet this story is boring"?
1. The Evanses got me two shirts for my birthday (selected by the lovely genjamin): One that says "Everyone loves a Pittsburgh girl," which I can't find on the internet. And this hilarity. Looking for that link, I found more on that site that I want: Blame it on the Rain (OMG, how many rainbow shirts can I own? I bought the Belle & Sebastian rainbow with birthday money from Mema Phil), I'M NOT GAY (see last parenthetical note), Chad is Rad for State Radio shows, and I Scream. I really really need that second one, I think.
2. Fun street sightings, yesterday: "Paul Revere" riding down Mass Ave on horseback yelling that the British were coming. Everyone near the Porter T station stopped and stared, and he yelled, "Why are you just standing there, the British are coming?!" and then everyone yelled and cheered. Fun street sightings, today: Standing on the corner of Elm and Cedar, waiting for the light, I was engulfed in a cloud of soap bubbles. I didn't see it, but there must have been a bubble gun pointing out the passenger side of the passing car.
3. Did you know Patrick Dempsey got married at 21 to a woman who was 48? WHOA!
4. I scammed the laundromat system for a profit of $1.70 today. Of course, I spent $1.55 on a bag of pretzels and a candy bar, so it was almost a wash. (GET IT? I LOVE MY JOKES.)
5a. I'm reading Demonology by Rick Moody, and the story called Boys (yes, it's all one paragraph) kind of stunned me. I had to sit and collect myself for a second before moving onto the next story (which was not just all one paragraph, it was all one sentence. For 17 pages). I highly recommend this book!
5b. While I'm recommending books, I finished My Kind of Place by Susan Orlean this weekend. Also fantastic, especially for those to whom I already recommended The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup. :) My favorite article was called "Like Waters & Chocolate Pancakes," but I can't find an online version. I also love how Ms. Orlean is the master of the opening sentence. "Fertile Ground" begins with, "The penises in Bhutan amazed me, there were so many of them." Who's going to read that and say, "I bet this story is boring"?