February 2012
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Today in life imitating art
Now that I’ve posted about Spook Country, I can talk about how, suddenly, everything around me seems compelled to connect itself back to this book series of Gibson’s. It’s very strange.
A character in Spook Country walks across 110th street to Amsterdam, turns north, and checks out the cathedral of St. John the Divine. Special attention is given to “[quote about crab...
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“‘Rausch’, said the voice in Hollis Henry’s cell....”
– Enigmatic, assertive, dissociative. Admittedly, I had a tough time getting into this one - the format of the book, cycling between various characters/situations for the first few chapters, made it hard for me to dig in and get invested. But I’m glad I stuck with it, because things have been...
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The Dream Team: An Explication (Part 1)
A few weeks ago, I posted this photo-array. Now, it’s time to explain it. Because this is one of the things I do in my free time. Think about Pokemon.
THE GUIDELINES There were a two guiding principles I used when picking my Dream Team. Here they are, in no particular order.
The idea is to pick the six Pokemon I would want to have with me, during my lifetime (and theirs!), as a Pokemon...
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I, for one, welcome our new prehistoric plant... →
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On elevators, and the little things
Last week, the computer system that controls the light-up floor display in my building’s elevator broke down, which meant that it was impossible to tell where the elevator was until the door opened. Which at first was an annoying inconvenience, and then, very quickly, it was the exact opposite of an annoying inconvenience.
I live on on the 13th floor, so I use the elevator a lot. And you...
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A review of a play I was in, or, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... →
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“Five hours’ New York jet lag and Cayce Pollard wakes in Camden Town to the...”
– Relentless, a little bombastic, punk. I thought at first that this book was gonna get on my nerves, but now that I’ve gotten into it a bit, I’m fascinated. Paranoia vs apophenia vs pattern recognition, framed under the auspices of Advertising, and set in a disconcertingly near-future...
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“…and he’s my favorite because he’s the god of craftsmen, just...”
– A ten-year-old kid on the street today, talking with his friend. Play-dates are the best, guys.
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I think this means I'm a published "writer"?
@WilliamsCollege: Hi. We're working on Claiming Williams coverage for the Alumni Review. Would it be OK if we used 1 of your #claimwilliams Tweets in the mag?
@evanmaltby: Totally! I assume you mean the a cappella one. Feel free!
@WilliamsCollege: Yes to a cappella. Thanks much!
The tweet in question: "Loving the a cappella involvement at #claimwilliams! Great idea. (also yay #springstreeters, obviously)"
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SMS of the week
Birdy: Let’s hang out next week, k? We should play some wii. Your mii is really tired. It keeps doing this weird thing that actually makes it look like the acid tree.
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born to be GIANTS
Ok so I know I said the score doesn’t matter but also I’m overjoyed that the Giants won.
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Thank you, first star I saw tonight, for reminding...
Not important:
The final score of the super bowl, whatever it ends up being (at time of writing, the game hasn’t finished yet)
How long I have to wait, or not, for the express train
The fact that there were “only” 7 people at my show tonight
Important:
How lucky I am to be in a show, no matter how big or small the audience (seriously)
The fact that I was able to take...
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Word of the day
rax
[raks] Scot. and North England
verb (used without object)
1. to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
2. to extend the hand.
verb (used with object)
3. to elongate; stretch.
How cool is that. Special thanks to Chris, and Words With Friends.
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