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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
5:01 pm - bedroom experience.
i've been sleeping in bedrooms my entire life, almost every night. in a wide variety of beds, with different style sheets, various types of pillows (some thin and malleable, others thick and firm), and all manner of coverings. some nights i use a comforter, some nights a knit blankie, some nights a plain, thin sheet, and other nights i go without.

i've slept on flannel sheets, silk sheets, 400-thread-count sheets, white sheets, red sheets, star wars sheets, sheets with snorks on them, sheets with delicate leaf patterns. i've slept under fleece throws adorned with sledding bears and penguins, christmas trees and twinkling stars; all kinds of bedding, really, from the prosaic to the fantastical. occasionally the beds i sleep in even have frilly shams, and i refuse to be ashamed of that.

i've slept in bunk beds, twin beds, twin beds pushed together (enabling one to sleep sideways across the divide), full-size beds, queen beds, round beds, water beds, beds that vibrate, beds that hover six feet off the ground, beds that float through the starry night on clouds of pixie dust and the warm breath of angels.

so when it comes to bedroom experience, i'd say that mine can't be beat.

current mood: nature's promise lemon tea.
current music: a distant guffaw and the sound of clacking keys.

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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
12:07 pm
  • 13:52 Gobble gobble! Turkeys wandering around in the parking lot outside my apartment this morning: is.gd/1g9XB #
  • 16:41 Enjoying the season's first Wattamelon Roll™ harvest. #
  • 00:20 RT @SI_JonHeyman: nice to see aj burnett introduce mom to 'mates after game. looks young, athletic. she probably could 3-hit mets. #yanks #
  • 00:29 RT @SI_JonHeyman: manuel says maybe he'd jump off bridge if #mets go below .500. my NYC faves: 1. verrazzano, 2. throgs neck, 3. 59th st. #
  • 00:30 I've added Tweekly.fm. Tweets weekly stats from #lastfm. tweekly.fm #
  • 01:30 Arms and Sleepers – The Motorist. Another really nice discovery from that show Thurs. night. @dowcet, have yo... ♫ blip.fm/~90ioo #
  • 02:03 Found a cheap copy of Moby's "Everything Is Wrong" tonight and had to buy it. A lot of memories in this album. Bittersweet I guess? Le sigh. #
  • 02:14 Also bought single from same Moby album (for b-side "Shining"). Multimedia requirements: Mac Sys. 7.1/Windows 3.1, 8MB RAM, 2x CD-ROM drive. #
  • 02:45 @swotus It's all about "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters." This song kills me. I liked your Lullatone blip, btw. Had not heard of 'em. #
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
10:30 pm - listening to "The Motorist - Arms and Sleepers" on Blip
Arms and Sleepers – The Motorist. Another really nice discovery from that show Thurs. night. @dowcet, have you heard this before?

current music: ist - Arms a

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12:06 pm
  • 13:39 @etaktac How about business cards made from meat and lasers? www.meatcards.com/ #
  • 17:45 Mmm, deviled eggs. RT @nytimesdining: A Good Appetite: A Deviled Egg Is in the Details bit.ly/ROOZQ #
  • 22:33 Really liking this Tiny Vipers cd. Spare, moody, acoustic stuff. Slow but with patience the effect is spellbinding. She's also wicked cute. #
  • 22:41 Tiny Vipers - Dreamer. (Vaguely reminds me of Current 93's "A Silence Song," only stripped down and less apocal... ♫ blip.fm/~8yi89 #
  • 23:05 @kariek Funny you blipped that Great Lake Swimmers song. I had wanted to check them out, and even made a note to myself last night to do so. #
  • 00:20 Show support for Michael Jackson. Add Michael Jackson overlay to your Twitter avatar. #michaeljackson #
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
7:41 pm - listening to "Dreamer - Tiny Vipers" on Blip
Tiny Vipers - Dreamer. (Vaguely reminds me of Current 93's "A Silence Song," only stripped down and less apocalyptic. Both are beautiful.)

current music:

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12:07 pm
  • 13:05 Seeing Balmorhea and Tiny Vipers tonight at TT the Bear's. Tickets only 9 bucks at the door. balmorheamusic.com/AIW/media.html #
  • 14:40 Favorite bumper sticker of the week: "Ignore the Dog, Beware of the Children." #
  • 14:54 I'm totally getting a capybara someday. There's nothing cuter than a friendly 100-lb. rodent in a swimming pool. See: is.gd/1dlkV. #
  • 19:17 @BarbaraOrtutay You truly are the queen of media; you broke the Michael Jackson story on my twitter feed before NPR and the New York Times. #
  • 19:47 Major brainstorm! We saw the power of Twitter in the Iranian protests. Let's pool our strength to BRING MICHAEL JACKSON BACK!! WE CAN DO IT! #
  • 09:29 I thought it was "turn the other cheek," not "turn the other cheek then pull out your Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun." is.gd/1ekIr #
  • 10:20 In a post-Jacksonian world, tweets not having to do with Michael Jackson just seem irrelevant. #michaeljackson #bringbackmichaeljackson #
  • 10:34 @_MintJulep Show was great, although they didn't play 'Baleen Morning.' Looking forward to hearing the remixes! And Tiny Vipers is adorable. #
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
12:08 pm
  • 15:30 Convinced that it takes a unique kind of degenerate weirdo to be Governor: Spitzer, McGreevey, Blagojevich, Rowland, Sanford, Schwarzenegger #
  • 16:29 Having trouble differentiating Onion stories from real ones. Thought this was from NPR at first and didn't question it: bit.ly/IaR6D. #
  • 16:50 #honestquote "You must be the quote you wish to see in the Honest Tea bottle."- Eric Witz #
  • 18:26 Interesting way for AMPAS to dilute the value of a nomination. RT @nytimesmovies Academy Expands Best-Picture Pool to 10 bit.ly/etKB7 #
  • 19:31 @JoeandEvan Is it me or do the Mets never score a run without also hitting into a double play or getting thrown out on the bases? Deflating. #
  • 19:33 Doing the Heckman Two-Step. (No idea what it is but I always see it in Economics papers and it sounds like fun.) #
  • 23:32 Okay, this weather is officially evil. Only one out of the next ten days does not call for rain of some kind. WTF, nature? I ask again: WTF? #
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
12:10 pm
  • 15:34 The title of the new Transformers movie sounds like it could be the next VNV Nation album. #
  • 22:02 I want to hear some weatherman say it: This is the worst stretch of weather in history. Because it is. Forecast now calls for sun... on 7/1. #
  • 22:38 Stat of the night: Albert Pujols is 5 for 5 with the bases loaded this year (including 3 grand slams). #
  • 23:10 The Velour Underground #coolbandsmadeuncool #
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
12:09 pm

  • 01:51 Discovered XM radio on dad's DirectTV. Fell asleep on New Age station. Woke up placid, middle-aged, inside Prius, drinking flax seed oil. #

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
12:07 pm
  • 15:16 Off to New Jersey for the (rest of the) weekend. #
  • 00:31 Ugh. Literally 50% of Craigslist apartment listings are spam now. It wasn't like this last summer. What happened? So aggravating. #
  • 01:24 Half-watching "Enron: Smartest Guys In The Room" and eating organic bunny-shaped cinnamon graham crackers. Miniature, comforting, snacky. #
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
12:06 pm
  • 12:14 @swotus We've been RT'd by TheDude: @DudeBroChill RT @swotus: @aphonik He was A Netherland dwarf and he was such a cool lil bun, very chill. #
  • 12:23 Bo Obama, First Dog, now has his own "baseball card" (PDF): is.gd/16pIL #
  • 13:19 @HonestTea "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."- Carl Sagan #
  • 13:48 Now I'm wondering where First Dog falls in the Presidential line of succession. #
  • 14:08 Really tempted to buy @Criterion's new blu-ray edition of The Seventh Seal to watch on my dad's giant TV this weekend: is.gd/16uTx. #
  • 16:21 In that case, I recommend Ben & Jerry's finest Chubby Hubby. In your grocer's freezer. RT @nicolebrett All about chocolate-covered pretzels. #
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
12:08 pm
  • 15:13 @HonestTea "Be excellent to each other."- Bill S. Preston, Esq. #
  • 15:14 @HonestTea "Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K."- Ted 'Theodore' Logan #
  • 19:30 RT @swotus "She also was told not to go within 100 yards of a rabbit." bit.ly/1j0PCg #
  • 20:19 @swotus I know! Bunnies in the freezer and everything. Animal hoarders are a disturbed lot. One bun is fine for me (see is.gd/15GN4). #
  • 01:07 @swotus Aww, your sister's bun was adorable. So tiny. Looks like a silver marten (breed, that is). Sorry to hear s/he is no longer with us. #
  • 01:16 Hoping my broken toof doesn't require a crown. If so, will be practicing fine art of home dentistry (cheapo insurance doesn't cover crowns). #
  • 09:11 With $1.9 M I bet the RIAA can buy some lovely deck chairs for their sinking ship. RT @nprnews Music-Pirate Mom... tinyurl.com/lyuy8d #
  • 11:42 Just emailed distinguished MIT prof. to let him know that his house is being offered for rent on Craigslist by a Nigerian scammer. Bizarre. #
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
12:08 pm
  • 12:31 What's this #squarespace thing that's all the rage? Have I just unwittingly sold my soul to the internets? Will I be run through with tubes? #
  • 17:45 Drinking new @HonestTea Mango Green tea. Tasty organic refreshment. #
  • 00:25 How is it possible for a ten-day forecast to call for showers EVERY SINGLE DAY? I wish nature would stop oppressing me. #
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
5:15 pm - craigslist.
frustration with craigslist apartment searching and endless spam boils over into... more, but funnier, spam:

$700 no bedrooms! parking in bathroom. pets included. unbearable price!!! (boston)

(i'm guessing this ad won't be up for very long.)

in other news, i really want to try this soup:

west african peanut soup with chicken (plus sweet potatoes, cayenne, ginger, kale, and best of all, peanut butter!)

current mood: work and non-work.
current music: paper shuffling.

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12:09 pm
  • 16:17 Reading @ruthreichI reminds me why I miss the Leonard Lopate show. Used to be my lunch hour staple when I lived in NJ. #
  • 23:32 Clicked "New Jersey" in trending topics. Figures it's a reality show. Depressing, vapid, materialistic, catty nonsense. The end is nigh. #
  • 00:01 "The more we learn, the less we know..." One of my all-time favorite songs. ♫ blip.fm/~8d46z #
  • 09:07 @swotus I saw Howard The Duck in theater circa 1986. Still can't get theme song out of my head. Saw Ishtar, too, in that very same theater. #
  • 09:13 @swotus Also, I really need to see Werckmeister Harmonies (currently in Netflix queue). Possibly Satantango when I have 7+ hours to spare. #
  • 11:31 RT @michaelianblack: "If you'd like to read my thoughts on Weird Al: tinyurl.com/mcjt8g. WARNING: NO NUDITY!!! SOME WEIRD AL!!!" #
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
9:01 pm - listening to "She's Leaving - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark" on Blip
"The more we learn, the less we know..." One of my all-time favorite songs.

current music: ving - Orchestral Manoeuvres

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12:07 pm
  • 23:14 Eating Cinnamon & Spice Quaker instant oatmeal. World's most perfect regressive comfort food. #
  • 00:15 Aimlessly browsing apartment listings. Keep thinking I see ads that say "pets included" but it turns out not to be so. #
  • 11:38 Thoroughly amused by Moby's insane stalker. Read the comments on his journal and see if you can guess who I mean: tinyurl.com/m7cuqh. #
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
12:09 pm
  • 13:34 @swotus That's my favorite feeling in the world: waking up in a panic for work then realizing it's the weekend. The opposite is not so good. #
  • 22:16 Yankees 15, Mets 0. I tivo'ed the game (and avoided reading facebook and twitter all day) for this? Ye gods, Metropolitans. #metsfail #
  • 23:05 Tentatively beginning Craigslist apartment search '09. Phrase "gutted to the studs" so unsavory. #
  • 09:02 I hit that point at age 25. RT @nicolebrett Eventually I hit that point in the early morning hours when I run out of ways to be productive. #
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
12:06 pm
  • 12:40 One of the best early 90s ambient tracks. The end is gorgeous. Too bad the album is almost nonexistent; still l... ♫ blip.fm/~85st7 #
  • 11:12 @SI_JonHeyman Bruney can talk all he wants but if he says one thing about Mr. Met, it's war. #
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
12:06 pm
  • 15:22 Listening to @WFAN660. Francesa's pronunciation of "intermittent" needs work; sounded more like a forecast calling for "intimate showers." #
  • 23:23 Way to go, Luis Castillo. Worst Mets loss ever. (Well, close anyway.) #metsfail #
  • 23:54 @MetsWFAN Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. #
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