Good Morning, Robot! (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} talkbox) wrote,@ 2005-10-20 11:45:00 |
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You people get it.
Friday night: drinks at Cheap Shots and Beers - no lie about the cheap drinks, plus...AIR HOCKEY. I lost 3 out of 4 games, but man, that game is fun. I want to find a book or video about the secrets of the perfect air hockey game, tricks and secret moves, that sort of thing. Josh and I had fun making up plays, like the Nickelface Bow Wow and the Ol' Hammer Scooter and I can't remember what else. Josh and I also had fun drinking the cheap shots.
Sunday night: Dungen at Bowery Ballroom. Swedish psych-rock...with a flute, even!
Wednesday late night: Robots present KOMPAKT vs AREAL: Superpitcher/ADA/Metope at the Canal Room. I missed Superpitcher altogether, because he didn't go on until 2 a.m. and I left at 1:30. But I did see ADA [1], and I have to say, it was pretty fun, and she is goddamn cute.
Books:
Finished Lighthousekeeping.
Read The Every Boy, which I enjoyed immensely - it was written by Dana Adam Shapiro, a former senior editor at Spin, and also the coproducer and codirector of the documentary Murderball. The back cover had a quote from Amy Sedaris, which was a big draw for me. Anything recommended by either David or Amy Sedaris - sign me up. That, and the jellyfish on the cover. I'm awful fond of jellyfish, too.
Taken at the aquarium last year.
Started Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk. So far it's quite engaging. The story is about a bunch of writers who go on what they think is a three-month writers' retreat (a three-hour tour?) only to find out that they've been kidnapped. I heard that after taking the The Forum, Chuck Palahalahanaliuk went out, bought a word processor, and wrote his first book [2], thus making it seem like it must have been a positive experience. But then his stories make allusions to the weird, not good, cult-like aspects of that sort of "training." I guess that's the way that stuff is - some of the adages are probably great, and some are probably slightly insane.
Next on my list: Sleeping In Flame, a present from John (it's one of his favorites).
TV:
5 episodes of Undeclared (Rick brought it in for me to borrow, so thanks kindly to him and to the lovelysuzyqmartin)
And, of course, The Colbert Report. "Truthiness" is my new favorite word.
Movies:
Wrong Turn
Finding Neverland
Drop Dead Gorgeous
and tonight - THE ONION Film Series Presents (one of my favorites, and I am happy to announce that I now own a poster signed by director Larry Blamire): The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra!
[1] Trivia: Did you know that I have a cat named Ada? Yep, it's true. She's named after the Nabakov book, Ada, or Ardor because of the teenage sex. She was a brazen hussy, 10 months old and pregnant when I found her. She has since denounced her former crack whore ways (read: I had her fixed, and fixed GOOD).
[2] I'm not all the way sure about that, so don't quote me on it. I read an article about The Forum a few years ago in New York Magazine, and I think that was the deal.
Friday night: drinks at Cheap Shots and Beers - no lie about the cheap drinks, plus...AIR HOCKEY. I lost 3 out of 4 games, but man, that game is fun. I want to find a book or video about the secrets of the perfect air hockey game, tricks and secret moves, that sort of thing. Josh and I had fun making up plays, like the Nickelface Bow Wow and the Ol' Hammer Scooter and I can't remember what else. Josh and I also had fun drinking the cheap shots.
Sunday night: Dungen at Bowery Ballroom. Swedish psych-rock...with a flute, even!
Wednesday late night: Robots present KOMPAKT vs AREAL: Superpitcher/ADA/Metope at the Canal Room. I missed Superpitcher altogether, because he didn't go on until 2 a.m. and I left at 1:30. But I did see ADA [1], and I have to say, it was pretty fun, and she is goddamn cute.
Books:
Finished Lighthousekeeping.
Read The Every Boy, which I enjoyed immensely - it was written by Dana Adam Shapiro, a former senior editor at Spin, and also the coproducer and codirector of the documentary Murderball. The back cover had a quote from Amy Sedaris, which was a big draw for me. Anything recommended by either David or Amy Sedaris - sign me up. That, and the jellyfish on the cover. I'm awful fond of jellyfish, too.
Taken at the aquarium last year.
Started Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk. So far it's quite engaging. The story is about a bunch of writers who go on what they think is a three-month writers' retreat (a three-hour tour?) only to find out that they've been kidnapped. I heard that after taking the The Forum, Chuck Palahalahanaliuk went out, bought a word processor, and wrote his first book [2], thus making it seem like it must have been a positive experience. But then his stories make allusions to the weird, not good, cult-like aspects of that sort of "training." I guess that's the way that stuff is - some of the adages are probably great, and some are probably slightly insane.
Next on my list: Sleeping In Flame, a present from John (it's one of his favorites).
TV:
5 episodes of Undeclared (Rick brought it in for me to borrow, so thanks kindly to him and to the lovely
suzyqmartin)And, of course, The Colbert Report. "Truthiness" is my new favorite word.
Movies:
Wrong Turn
Finding Neverland
Drop Dead Gorgeous
and tonight - THE ONION Film Series Presents (one of my favorites, and I am happy to announce that I now own a poster signed by director Larry Blamire): The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra!
[1] Trivia: Did you know that I have a cat named Ada? Yep, it's true. She's named after the Nabakov book, Ada, or Ardor because of the teenage sex. She was a brazen hussy, 10 months old and pregnant when I found her. She has since denounced her former crack whore ways (read: I had her fixed, and fixed GOOD).
[2] I'm not all the way sure about that, so don't quote me on it. I read an article about The Forum a few years ago in New York Magazine, and I think that was the deal.
