Recently my sister and I played a fun game of “do kids still say…” with two teenaged cousins. Wait, did I say “fun”? I meant depressing. I’m not yet thirty, but apparently I’m old enough. In a scant ten years, the lingo has changed. Apparently kids no longer used “taxed” for “steal”. Nor do they “teef” things. […]
I’ve never really set targets for my reading before, beyond a general expectation that I’d read at least a hundred books a year, but last year a friend pushed me to challenge myself to commit to 150. According to Goodreads I surpassed it, but according to my own count I read 135. I read twenty-seven graphic novels
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Like most people, I assume, my work space is constantly evolving. Today I’ve added mirrors above my desk, so I can check myself – make sure I’m still working. Right now though, all I can think is that the bookcases behind me really need tidying. Oh, man…
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Fun, featuring Janelle Monáe, “We Are Young” The build, the swell, the chorus. I love it all. The acoustic version is also a lot of…fun?
The last segment for 2011. For the full list, see 2011 Books Read. 126. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides Centres around Madeleine Hanna, an English major in an on-again-off-again relationship with Leonard Morten (who may or may not be David Foster Wallace), much to the chagrin of Mitchell Grammaticus, who’s in love with fair Madeleine. It
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Of Monsters and Men, “Little Talks” I adore this song. The horn section has been stuck in my head for weeks. Hey! I have no idea what the rest of the CD, My Head is an Animal, sounds like, but I want to find out.
