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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-24

Just bought an unlined moleskine, at @documentingme’s behest. We’ll see how it reacts to black pelican fountain pen ink… # @pendemonium well crap. might as well fill it up anyway… but i’ve been looking for a good notebook for a long time; any recommendations? # trying to run. last time i tried that i got [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-23

my room is tidy now & the remnant says most of how to know me. nothing left but books covering bare walls, floor, & all other surfaces. # (that realization via @tofermoran) # I can’t believe this. Can. Not. Believe. My mind is boggled. #

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-22

cleaning. this would be easier in periodic chunks, rather than a binge. the wisdom of my mother. # parties make me think about janis joplin. sometimes, anyway. even 2 year old’s birthday parties. #

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-21

*shaving 4* diaspora for the hairs. they scatter all over my sink and await the inevitable towely judgment. weep, o hairlets of babylon… # ladies. gentlemen. it is morning again. please note my previous requests, that this not happen quite so frequently. i filled out the form… # you just keep on keeping on, jon. [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-20

currently keeping my laptop from overheating by lifting it with three stacks of pocket notebooks and one on-end soda can tab. stay classy. # my new answer will be: c’est la guerre. # @ryanquattlebaum step 4: PROFIT # beautifully creepy photo: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0811/images/25under25/008.jpg # “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-19

Wrote a military drinking song with @tofermoran # list of great photojournalism sites http://tinyurl.com/5wettu via http://mindymcadams.com # more superhero stuff, though this one is intriguing. choo-crasy. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/special/ via @mathiasreese # word of the day: amanuensis. it means manual laborer, but can also mean secretary. as in, the one who performs the manual act of writing. [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-18

i think i end each day more tired than the day before. at least my life will be spent this way, not wasted. spent like a government bailout. # reading “cinematography: theory and practice” by blain brown. pretty good, though hard to assimilate without camera & actors to practice on. # just love each other, [...]

Yma Sumac is dead

What a shame. I first heard of her a few months ago, and listened to her Ultimate Connection, which is primarily Incan remnants. The songs all have names like “Virgin of the Sun God” or “Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love).” Sumac’s songs are filled with exotic percussion, strings, horns, and lilting flutes; all of [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-17

usa’s economy unofficially in recession… two consecutive quarters of decline. # mapping my leagues, learning their boundaries # I guess what I’m saying is: the haircut won’t make an appreciable difference. # best thing ever? why yes, probably. http://tinyurl.com/5rpt8n via @claytoncubitt # site full of info on how britain’s justice system has operated: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org via [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-11-15

So tired. My mind is a lukewarm slug smear. #