January 2009
115 posts
listening to The Decemberists and contemplating that bookcase and how to cram more books into it
Stuff I've Been Reading: 10 word reviews (01/09) →
I am bringing back this stunning idea that I stole from M——-l, because I really love this idea. However, since I am lazy and need to write about these…
coal miner’s daughter or back to the future, why must i always make the tough decisions?
watching a Beatles thing on PBS, had no idea John Lennon was so funny
the worst part of playing a prank is waiting for the prankee to notice your criminial brilliance
Debating between turning in with Salinger’s Nine Stories or Ali Smith’s The First Person, these are the kinds dilemma’s booknerds face
listening to a playlist that only features 25 different version of Can’t Hardly Wait
A Say Anything robot painting? Must resist: http://tinyurl.com/ah8unc
had to turn off original Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory because Gene Wilder was creeping me out
repeating over & over to myself, “it’s okay for someone on the Internet to be wrong.” http://xkcd.com/386/
Nolan claims this video is so funny it almost made him pee in his pants: http://tinyurl.com/2x4qxh
I’m a font of writerly wisdom (or snobbiness) today
The Tibbles are threatening to tell Uncle Ben (@kimballb) on me
In honor of Updike, you can read my favorite piece by him, A&P: http://tinyurl.com/7xv7w
Author John Updike has died, http://snurl.com/atv0b
I have to admit I was pretty jazzed that cartoonist Kirk Anderson answered MN Reads’ 6 questions we alway ask: http://snurl.com/atoi5
listening to Nebraska lest the entire foundation that rock and roll was built on comes crumbling down around our ears
Have succeeded in making Trip Shakes cry by admitting that I don’t own Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska
I am sorry to diss on you Split Rock Arts Program, but, “creative non-fiction for healthcare professionals? REALLY?
RT @the_nerdery: Battle of the Network Stars piece is the most hilarious & bizarre thing to read & watch today. http://tinyurl.com/6ralwb
i’ve written at least 3,000 words today and yet, there are still more words that need writing.
Memes for a Sunday →
I’ve been tagged about 93 bajillion times for a few memes on Facebook, so since my ADD is acting up tonight and I can’t seem to focus on a single thought for more than 16 seconds I figured, I’d…
the deal I made with myself about not watching Whore Bus until after writing about Lydia Millet’s My Happy Life is proving excruciating
i was dancing in the kitchen to the Hold Steady while making a cup of coffee but now I have to get back to work. Boo.
wow. I can say without hesitation that I really hate Bon Iver’s “Woods” off the new EP. Actual physical revolution, I’m kind of stunned
writing without Nutter Butters is like tight-rope walking without a net, only more dangerous
Working on my resolutions →
I can’t remember if I talked about my 2009 resolutions here on Vox or not. I might be repeating myself, if so please forgive me. My resolutions all center around books and music, because those…
I have many of the goals for today (two down thus far), lucky for me all of them can be accomplished while wearing pajamas.
arguing with @BrenBreck about who gets to marry Craig Finn first me or him
listening to Trip Shakes rail about how MPR is probably making fun of him for not knowing about the Pretenders’ concert is making me laugh
I’m going to go finish reading Lydia Millet’s My Happy Life, I predict it will shatter me
despite my better judgment I’m going to read Too Cool to Be Forgotten instead of this freelance assignment
My nefarious schemes would be much timelier if I had an eye-fi card or brought my camera cord to work
buying the new Bon Iver EP doesn’t do me a lick of good when I forget to sync Evangeline. Boo.
watching mascara commercials would lead you think that eyelash length is to women what penis length is to men
Nolan is calling the cops because Liam said Johnny Cash was stupid. Ithink it might be warranted
The Tibbles have discovered knock-knock jokes, god help us all
Nolan just asked me if a I had a credit card, a driver’s license, & a job, which means I can buy him Batman meets Scooby Doo on DVD
i just asked my cat to stop sneezing on the books, he is not listening
“an end to the worn out dogma that has far too long strangled this country”
I think it would be really cool if Obama gave a Girl Talkesque address comprised of a mashup of former inauguration speeches
just one look at you and I know it’s going to be a lovely day
Everytime I stop for a moment and think about tomorrow’s inauguration I get tingly and weepy all at the same time
Thinking of changing my tagline to “the only personal blog the Largehearted Boy reads” : http://snurl.com/addo9
learning all about the architecture of fairy houses from Trip’s daughter who is visiting The Nerdery today
talking with Trip’s daughter about how she used to be way into hearts but moved on to snowflakes because they are more sophisticated
Nutter Butters are to be avoided due to salmonella investigation. It’s a sad day in the supergeniushood: http://snurl.com/acms0
RT @SeenReading: @jodiwilldare reads from My Happy Life by Lydia Millet on today’s Readers Reading. http://ow.ly/4lL
can’t seem to take my eyes off of “Bye Bye Birdie”
There is a little piece of my heart that will always belong to John Cougar Mellencamp.