26 6 / 2009
Fueling the Beast Within - by Julia Langbein (from Gourmet.com)
“In the following weeks, as I launched into a brief, syrupy, ill-advised taurine- and glucuronolactone-fueled investigation of energy drinks, I repeatedly had to ask two things: 1) Will you please come over and babysit me until my heart stops beating visibly through my sternum? And 2) Who needs this violent quality of energy? “When you want the energy to succeed where only the leanest and meanest survive, you need the penetrating Venom of a Mojave Rattler”—do only the leanest and meanest survive, say, a Tuesday?”
26 6 / 2009
Why I Left Tehran - By Jason Rezaian (for TMN)
“Over the years, I’ve read several authors describing Iranian society as a place where people live as if they were free—doing all the things that are banned in public behind closed doors, accepting the rules of the Islamic republic as a series of annoyances to be worked around. Over the last few weeks, those doors blew open, and now it feels like the regime is the one acting as if it still has a handle on things. ”
23 6 / 2009
HILARIOUS.
http://www.lets-panic.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/breaking-the-news/
Only one thing will be on the minds of every friend, family member, and medical professional with whom you share your news: You let a man put his penis in your vagina. Even if you’re a lesbian and used donor sperm, once you’re big enough to show, every barista who hands you a latte is going to think about how, at least once, you were impregnated during hot heterosexual intercourse that may or may not have brought you to orgasm, and what did your face look like while that happened? …
23 6 / 2009
The Truth About Writers - By J. Robert Lennon (LA Times)
But back to those four hours a day, during which, on those days when I do write, I am supposed to be writing. If I spend less than 25% of that time engaged in the act of writing, what do I do with the rest of it?
To answer this question, I surveilled myself during a recent writing session. The results are below.
8:04. Subject says goodbye to older son leaving for school.
8:05. Subject turns on laptop and sits on sofa in pajamas.
8:05-8:23. Internet.
8:23. Subject lets cat out.
8:23-9:07. Internet.
9:07. Subject lets cat in.
9:08-9:15. Really fast typing.
9:15-9:17. Subject makes toast.
9:17-9:30. Subject eats toast while rereading article in local paper about rural UFO cult.
9:30. Subject puts extra pair of socks on over extant pair of socks.
9:31-9:35. Deleting.
9:35-9:40. Re-creating deleted text almost verbatim from memory.
9:40-10:26. Internet, including 20 minutes spent writing, revising, and ultimately abandoning angry Internet message board post.
10:26-11:14. Intense self-doubt.
11:14-11:31. Subject showers, dresses (including two new pairs of socks).
11:31-11:49. Really fast typing.
11:49-12:01. Bathroom break.
12:01-12:05. Frenetic typing accompanied by quiet sinister chuckling.
12:05. Subject saves file, turns off computer, makes sandwich.
16 6 / 2009
The Dry Spells
NPR recently mentioned a band called The Dry Spells in one of the bajillion and two e-mails they send me per day. They mentioned how it was fantastic morning music — and they were spot on. Bought the EP and it is AMAZING. A Summer Morning mix is in the works. Stay tuned.
16 6 / 2009
A Terrifically Bad Idea - by Elisha Cooper (TMN)
“We bike up along the East River. Across the water we can see Brooklyn, where we started. In a more innocent time—about three hours ago—I never could have imagined that we would be feeling what we are feeling now. Of course, I also never could have imagined what it would be like tasting oysters, or having children, or sledding naked. Some things you can’t know until you know.”
06 3 / 2009
Well, Good Morning to You Too!
- 1: Cathleen waltzes into the office at 5:30am Friday morning
- ***
- 2: Good morning!
- 3: Are you ILL?
06 3 / 2009
Scheduling a Vacation in 3, 2, 1…
Wow, funny how working between 2-4 hours of overtime each weekday plus weekends will affect the ability to blog… So much for the goal of posting every day, eh?
Regular blogging will resume in the very near future. Pardon the pause.
Also - brief update, that Russian clogger is still going strong and now *pause for dramatic effect* she’s also vacuuming 1-2 times each day (after rearranging her furniture before and after for optimal vacuuming each time).
- Vacuuming at 6:45am? Check.
- Vacuuming at 9:30pm? Check.
- Stomping around at 10:30pm? Check.
- Stomping around at 4am? Check.
- Aerobic dance routine daily between 8:30-9:30pm? Check.
My thought is that she’s probably just trying to vacuum up the remnants of any nose candy that may have drifted off the table while she was snorting it up to maintain her “active” lifestyle.
I will most likely fire a few shots upwards through the ceiling go upstairs and politely ask her to shut the f*** up please be more conscientious of her noise level on the hardwood floors, considering that otherwise I might go postal there are people living below her who cannot watch TV or talk on the phone or stay sane with ear plugs in 24/7 to block out her clogging. This conversation is likely to ensue this evening. Stay tuned.
18 2 / 2009
Another video from Slate.com’s Bad Boyfriend series. Also - I should mention - these are not as R rated as they look. More along the lines of PG 13.
18 2 / 2009
Slate.com is currently showcasing a collection of video essays on the topic of “Bad Boyfriends” called What Was I Thinking?. The writing is pretty good, the animation is great, and the stories themselves are hilarious. Enjoy!
18 2 / 2009
Quick! Somebody, hold me back!
The woman in the apartment above me is doing a dance aerobics routine. On the hardwood. With shoes. And her music sounds like an old, beat up metronome. And she’s doing this on HARDWOOD. WITH SHOES. ABOVE MY ROOM. I am going to lose my _____.
- Pounding the ceiling with my Swiffer repeatedly? Failed.
- Face-to-face confrontation regarding the problem? Worked for a couple days, then failed.
Pardon me while I find a way onto the roof so I can stomp around above her room for a few hours. Anybody have any clogs I can borrow?
17 2 / 2009
Once you’re done watching this, eyes transfixed, jaw on the floor, you’ll want to watch more. You can find the other videos at http://www.blogotheque.net/Priscilla-Ahn,4375.
17 2 / 2009
My only complaint in regards to Blogotheque videos is that they can take a wee bit longer than I’d like to get to the main content of the video (the music), but for the pure organic sounds of the talented and wonderful Fleet Foxes, I’m willing to compromise.
17 2 / 2009
LP Cover Lover | Lower. Harder. Deeper. (Post from ffffound.com)
I hope you find yourself viewing this in a public place so you can experience the exceptionally tricky task of trying to contain yourself, such as I did 5 minutes ago. Oh dear…
