August 2003



ban adolescence

Wednesday, 27 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
I was talking with a coworker this morning about how much I hate summer and I got the typical surprised reaction ("But it's so sunny and warm!" "Yeah. Two things I hate."). But then I remembered how, when I was a kid (between six
Category: adventure city

choose your stereotype

Tuesday, 26 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
A girl is sitting across from me on the train. Sorry, a woman. A young woman. A young woman is sitting across from me on the train, wearing the casual work gear that so many young women in the city wear: blue button-up top, brown corderoy skirt, blue
Category: adventure city

Top 10 Favorite Songs Right Now

Wednesday, 20 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
Top Ten Favorite Songs Right Now ~ meg ~(in order) 1. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 19452. Old 97s - Timebomb3. Desaparecidos - Manana4. Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl5. Bratmobile - And
Category: top tens

blackout 2003

Saturday, 16 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
am I the only one who thinks its funny (in a jaded, wry way) that the biggest news story about the 2003 Blackout, besides what caused it, is that no one looted?all pretensions of civilization go out the window when the first thing anyone expects of
Category: pretty nonsense

some friday morning polyphonic spree

Saturday, 9 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
You wake up with this song going through your head, the same way you've woken up with the same song going through your head for the past week. Except this morning, you are still feeling the wear and tear from being out until 2:30 a.m. and drinking, n
Category: pretty nonsense
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in the words of Fear...

Thursday, 7 August 2003 1:42 P GMT-04
What with cat things and work things and thing things I have been exhausted all week. No, not all week. All month. It is the kind of tired that one night of good sleep can't even come close to curing, but still, I figure it's a good start. It's Wedne
Category: adventure city

save the children

Thursday, 7 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
I'm watching a 60 Minutes II repeat and they're doing a piece on the rise of "mature" videogames. Specifically, they are discussing BMX XXX, in which pimps, hoes, and strippers figure prominently and in some versions you get actual nudity.
Category: pretty nonsense

even you

Monday, 4 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
They tell you that you are working towards something, that goals will be achieved. They tell you that it will work out. I think it will not work out. I think it will be like this, this blind grabbing and scraping for purpose or the desperate squinti
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how not to pick up a girl

Friday, 1 August 2003 12:59 A GMT-04
Meet the girl. Begin speaking to her in a foreign language, perhaps chinese. Make sure when you do this that neither she nor you are chinese.Pay her a compliment. She will blush. Pay her a more foreward compliment. She will change the subject. Ignore
Category: boys & girls