August 2009
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Flips, stripes, and all that jazz
Imagine my delight when I heard that the New York Review of Books was going to publish another Elaine Dundy novel, following The Dud Avocado. I stumbled upon it at Three Lives, the fantastic West Village bookshop that has quickly become my favorite in the city. I finished it this morning on the C train on my way to work. I had a few problems with The Dud Avocado. I was bothered by the silly plot...
Times Online reports on disclosures of William Golding’s violence in unpublished autobiography http://tinyurl.com/kkyusx via @cteicher
:) RT @GraywolfPress @chapmanchapman @MaudNewton @robspill Free books on the NYC subway: http://bit.ly/FKfOu
Nearly finished with The Old Man and Me, the latest Elaine Dundy resurrected by NY Review of Books.
I enjoy letter writing so much! Wish I did it more often. Maybe my hand wouldn’t get quite so sore if I did.
Far superior to The Dud Avocado, and just as much, if not more, fun to read.
The cable company is holding me hostage tomorrow. My appointment is anywhere from 10am to 8pm. Going to be the worst day ever.
Shakespeare potluck & reading with friends is my new favorite Thursday night activity. I played Don Pedro…meddling matchmaker.
Just had an epic day of work, yoga, sushi, Much Ado About Nothing, & ginger cookies…too many ginger cookies…cream-filled.
Why is Blaine’s hair SO flat and awful at the end of this movie? I guess it reflects his depressed demeanor.
Watching Pretty In Pink and marvelling at Molly Ringwald’s clothes and James Spader’s hair.
RT @MaudNewton: Molly Ringwald, actress & sometime book reviewer, pays tribute to John Hughes. http://tinyurl.com/mdkgj3 (via @mariemockett)
Finally made an appt for an Internet installation. Reached my breaking point.
One book into my Russia project: Eugene Onegin is finished. Pushkin’s prose is up next, found at Three Lives, my new fave bookshop.
True Blood obsessed
“Once more an idler, now he smothers/The emptiness that plagued his soul/By making his the thoughts of others/A laudable and worthy goal.”
I forgot how much I adore Eugene Onegin.
Enjoying mint lavendar tea at cafe pedlar in cobble hill. I think this is my favorite neighborhood in Bklyn.
Wanting to have a John Hughes marathon.
RT @bookbench Looking for the perfect book of aphorisms to tuck into your back pocket? http://bit.ly/4c4aQK
RT @FSG_Books Novel Advice: The Best Cafés for Writing via Michael Idov and Grub Street. http://bit.ly/3glrUs
I’m sure that there was a better book published in 2005 than Twilight. I’m quite disturbed at the moment. http://bit.ly/XLAQ4
Watched Blonde Venus at BAM. Disapponted in Marlene Dietrich, but not by the way light plays on her bone structure.
Bitten by creepy looking mosquito while waiting for Robyn outside of Blue Marble. Mosquitos are the bane of my existence this summer.
All I want to do is read. Sadly, my body really wants me to sleep.
Off to Park Slope for Vietnamese sandwiches and Rach-time.
And excited for my friend’s new experiment: Reading In Bars With Boys: http://ribwb.wordpress.com/
Reading Elif Batuman’s adventures with Russian novels at 9th Street Espresso
Drunk bowling at Gutter with @noneck