1.
The Desert Sessions Vols. 9 & 10 (with Josh Homme, PJ Harvey, etc.) for $3.99 in the Hastings Used bin
2. Finding new ways to increase workplace productivity
3. My "Nibbles" Lunch Review about
Monte Vista Fire Station's steak salad in the 13 June 08 issue of the VENUE
4. Completing my first book review for the Sunday Journal Books Page*
5. Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields' live collaborative album/tribute to late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, The Coral Sea, to be released 11 July 08!
6. Spy vs. Spy on the cover of the latest issue of The Nation
7. Political discussions with
ericbodwell the night before I happen to see him at the bus stop
8. Date Night Thursday with
ericbodwell!
9. Signing up (and being accepted!) as a potential reviewer for
Feminist Review Blogspot10. Thoughtful and helpful neighbors with wrenches
11. Leonard Cohen's "I Wonder How Many People in this City"**
*Submitted, but backlogged with other waiting reviews until space is available at a future date. Will let y'all know when it's gonna run, though. :)
**Check it out
I wonder how many people in this city
live in furnished rooms.
Late at night when I look out at the buildings
I swear I see a face in every window
looking back at me,
and when I turn away
I wonder how many go back to their desks
and write this down.
- from The Spice Box of Earth