1. I drank gin.
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My new Macbook arrived yesterday, all shiny and wonderful. I've been playing with all of my settings, trying to make my new laptop look something like home -- playing instead of reading and writing essays like I should be doing. I think I've done all I can do in the way of loading things until my box of files burned onto CDs/monitor cable (plus ( Read more... )

One month ago, I was here:


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Recently, Elizabeth gave me (at long last!) copies of the digital photos she took when we went to Germany in 2003. Inspired by the memories, I decided to finish my half-posted travelogues from more recent adventures. Though, perhaps I should have just let them as they were, allowing the memories to fade into idealized versions of actual events. ( Read more... )

Since I left Scotland in May, either (1) because listening to one thing on a loop for weeks on end is just a tendency I seem to have adopted, or (2) because something on a very superficial and obvious level of my subconscious wanted to hear ANYTHING Scottish, I've listened to little aside from Belle & Sebastian. In the car on my way to work, as I ( Read more... )

Tonight, I bring to you (only a little bit late) the third (and very first American) edition of our monthly series; it is even more ridiculous than its predecessors. So, without further ado, here is my...

( THEME OF THE MONTH JUNE 2006: RED (LIKE BLOOD, SHOES, AND 1/3 OF THE AMERICAN FLAG) )

I have quite a few pictures and quite a lot to write about from my most recent adventures, so I'm going to do it in city-specific installments. Here is the first ( Read more... )

Crazy like me.


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I have lots to report, but I have to sleep, so for now, suffice it to say that I'm in a bathtub in Paris typing on my iBook and it is fantastique.


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Here it is, as very warily promised, my next installment of that which is now justifiably called a monthly feature (and umm..I apologize in advance; it's a sentimental time of year):

( THEME OF THE MONTH MAY 2006: COWS, IMMENSITY, AND THINGS BOVINE )