Tonight is beautiful. I am off work and would love nothing more than to go on a walk to the lake. Alas, I am too much of a pansy to do so by myself at 10pm. (My mother is most assuredly pleased by this fact.) And no one is available to walk with me. What […]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Gravity’s Rainbow
I just cracked open “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchon. It’s proven a little slow to get into, but that man can sure stretch out a sentence. He has entire paragraphs (and not little pansy paragraphs either) that contain a solitary sentence. Ever play that writing game where you pass around a paper on which everyone […]
A Day in the Life
They’ve started filming for the next Batman movie and apparently some of Chicago’s buildings are now sporting the name Gotham. Paige and I went off on a rainy nighttime walk in search of such buildings. Though we were unsuccessful in our quest to find the magical land of Batman, we came away with some nice […]
Classic Teri
Delilah was on the radio at work while I was talking with a manager. Woman on Radio: “I want to dedicate this song to my husband… he really is the best husband in the world.” (And then she begins to rattle off all these things he’s been doing lately.) Manager: [laughs] “But he’s probably cheating on her.” Me: “The ‘best […]
Today was Gorgeous–just like you
Don’t ask me where that subject line came from. I need sleep. So, am I getting cynical again or was The Holiday not that great? I found myself not caring a whole lot whether two of the characters ended up together. And I rolled my eyes a lot at the end. If anyone has seen […]