General
Things I learned in school
From Age of Humanism notebook: The Tunning of Elenor Rumming (Skelton) – drinking chickenshit makes you look younger From Biological Anthropology notebook: Anecdotal information unreliable. So he says. From margin of Biological Anthropology notebook: Possible jobs: – waitressing – customer service – drunk? consider applying for double major
Ambition and Distraction
A couple of MUNI cops ran a random scan on my train last night to ensure everyone was carrying a ticket. The lady next to me spent several minutes scouring her bag as they worked their way through the car and had emerged with two different transfers when the cops reached us. “Ma’am,” said one … Continue reading
Gloating
Last night I had dinner at Katie’s hose. My job was to seed the pomegrantates. Tp seed a pomegranteat, you pyt it in a bowl of water and break it oen gently with your thumbs, then scrape the seeds out. The seeds go to the bottom and the rest, thwe pomehrante body, gloats to the … Continue reading
The numbers you’ve all been waiting for. I’m sure.
Harper’s did it first… Sean did it best… But I’m doing it now… Our Europe Trip rendered in the style of Harper’s Index Number of films watched in movie theaters: 14 Number which were V for Vendetta: 3 Revolutions worth having that did not include dancing: 0 Number of people who gave up their beds … Continue reading
Didofoot Reads The News, Part 4
See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 On Bush’s upcoming meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister From Time.com “National Security Adviser Steve Hadley told reporters on Air Force One on the way to Estonia that Bush will be a good listener at the meeting.” Hadley added that Bush also planned to use his inside voice … Continue reading
Lad Ball
After an excellent day spent touring the De Young and eating cake with the Woods, the Lad and I spent yesterday evening sitting near each other and reading things. Because the radiator schedule hasn’t been amended to account for the chilly evenings, I had to wrap up in my XXL flannel pajamas covered with a … Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying and love my hair
A little while ago I decided to stop using shampoo, partly because I just read a random website swearing that it’s unnecessary, but mostly because I’m too broke to keep buying these expensive products if I don’t really need them. I thought I’d test it out and see whether my hair grossed itself up after … Continue reading
Escaping from Escape From L.A.
Warning: This entry is chock-full of spoilers, but they’re spoilers about an old and ridiculous movie. Last night the Lad and I rented Escape From L.A., the ill-conceived sequel to Escape From New York. Like New York in the original, L.A. is now designated a prison for undesirables after an earthquake turns the city into … Continue reading
“And the books she read, and the books that she said she read…”
“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be stilled save by the frequent and plentiful acquisition of books. This passion is more common, and more powerful, than most people suppose. Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and … Continue reading
“This is to make an ass of me…”
I was thinking about A Midsummer Night’s Dream yesterday. As fairies, Titania and Oberon exist outside of human morality: they have extra-marital affairs, fuck around with nature when they’re in a mood, and meddle in the lives of mortals whenever they like. Because they exist in an amoral paradigm, they are not punished for behaving … Continue reading