My job is so ridiculously mind-numbing right now. I ran into an old professor yesterday, and for some reason talking to him really drove that fact home. I’m doing so little with my mind these days.
But I’m getting a paycheck, right? Which is good, right? I spent part (and not even [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
Sleek to Slow
January 30, 2008
She & Him
Zooey Deschanel has paired with M. Ward to make the band She & Him, and they’re releasing an album in March, and this excites me. Who are these guys? I can’t totally explain — M. Ward is one of my favorites — melancholy tunes, nice guitar. When Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins [...]
January 27, 2008
Ready for Spring
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a few friends at a happy hour, and said, sort of wistfully, “I miss the light…” and they laughed. I seriously do, though. I’m tired of the short days, and I’m so glad it’s light (or very nearly light) when I get to work now… Of [...]
January 25, 2008
What Were You Doing 25 Years Ago?
…I’m a little too young to really, really love this in true nostalgic fashion*, but Stereogum has just posted 3 hours of MTV from 1983, commercials and all. I was two, my sister was an infant… But my mom was 25 — it’s pretty weird to think of her being my age, watching this stuff. [...]
January 22, 2008
Revision!
Apparently there are two “Paper Bird” bands — you can see/hear the other one here. Strangely, this is also a very good band! I love the idea that one name would attract two somewhat similar, excellent groups of artists. I’ll have to pick up the other Paper Bird album, too… Oh, and this Paper Bird [...]
January 22, 2008
Look at / Listen to This
A new friend (actually a somewhat random guest at my supposed-to-be-low-key New Year’s Eve get-together, which was all the more fun with random guests…) drew my attention to the band/singer Paper Bird. Indeed, her songs are beautiful, and she has this little part of her website where she just posts images. I have a postcard [...]
January 21, 2008
What is “Organic,” really?
It’s a question that has been plaguing me lately. I am increasingly bothered by the ingredients companies will put in and on food they sell to the masses to make it last longer, look better, and stretch farther. If we were cooking for ourselves, we wouldn’t add these ingredients. Do the executives at Kraft foods [...]
January 20, 2008
That could have been written by a seven-year-old
If you’re a librarian, you either warily love or wholeheartedly hate Wikipedia. It is completely capable of propagating large amounts of misinformation. It also has a whole world of contributors and editors. I myself am a wary lover: I like it as a starting point, but would always double-check anything I found [...]
January 19, 2008
Well-Kept Secrets
1.) The Denver Art Museum is sparsely populated on Friday nights
The Denver Art Museum is open until 10 p.m. every Friday night. We went last night, and it was fantastic, especially for people (like me) who prefer to see art sans crowds. There was a handful of other art-viewers, but I don’t think we looked [...]
January 17, 2008
Product Placement in Six Feet Under…
It’s appeared a couple of times in restaurant scenes… Makes me like the show even more…
