Rule, Brittaniea! Wrapped in plastic
I forgot Lenny and the Squigtones
Cohort Hlavaty and I write a weekly column, He Said/She Said, where we each make lists of music on a certain topic from a male/female perspective. This week was our favorite fictional bands (my idea, which proves I’m awesome).
I didn’t count on the fact that there would be about twice as many favorite fictional bands [...]
Lynda Barry’s “Two Questions”
Wednesday was the last meeting of the creative writing workshop class I took this semester. The professor handed out this comic strip by Lynda Barry as a kind of parting gesture. I’ve never read Lynda Barry (having only recently discovered the wonder of the graphic novel) but she’s on my list now.
I guess it’s because [...]
Winter in summerland
So the big news here last weekend was that it snowed — a lot — on Friday. I don’t have to tell you this because I say it every time it snows here, but it never snows in Houston.
Think:Snow from Chase Rees on Vimeo.
Too bad it didn’t really stick, because it was coming down big [...]
The perils of being female in Korea
The Awl’s take on The Korea Times’ report that one in five South Korea women are starving themselves to be “beautiful.” No shit!
If you asked a South Korean woman to draw what she thought she looked like on a wall in crayon, she would FORGET THE TASK BECAUSE SHE IS SO HUNGRY.
Even I wasn’t immune [...]
I voted for her. Twice.
Remember winter, the four hours of it we had in Houston? John Stewart thinks this is related.
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Homage
Charming little video homage to Houston, featuring music from the Tontons.
(Via Rocks Off, which is giving away a free pair of tickets to the House of Blues show of one’s choice to the first person to correctly name 20 of the locations shown.)
Ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb
Can not believe how good this actually looks. Yes that is Little Miss Virginal Vampire Lover and Tom Cruise’s protege Dakota Fanning.
For comparison, here’s the real thing:
I remembered what it was like to work hard.
Janice Erlbaum, who has been on a deliberate self-imposed internet hiatus for the past few months, has written an interesting post about her experiences with NaNoWriMo.
I also learned how much you can write in an hour, as long as you don’t go back and reread and try to polish things. I used to think, what’s [...]
On Barthelme and seredipity
It may be confirmation bias but I’m been reading about, hearing mentions of and getting recommendations for Donald Barthelme’s work a lot lately. It started earlier this year when I read The School for my creative writing workshop. I am ashamed to admit I had never read him before.
Over on MetaFilter, someone has linked to [...]
The Big Bend
As you have no doubt surmised, I’m in vacation mode. I’m leaving this morning for a week-long Texas road trip that will culminate in Big Bend, where I’ll be spending New Year’s Eve with CLH and some friends, including the geologist who takes tequila shots with halite.
This geologist friend is the same person who was [...]
More books than time
I have frequently fretted about my to-read list, which is topping 300 books, and I can’t even manage to read a book a week. At that rate it’ll take me six years to finish the books on my list right now, which multiply exponentially as each day passes.
Right now I’m reading The Little Guide to [...]
Both went down to Berlin joined the Ice Capades
The Ramones’ best song, rendered in uke:
I love these guys. By the way, I’m still road-tripping and will soon lose cell service and wifi, but you can keep up with my intermittent travel updates via Twitter. Have a wonderful new year.
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