February 2012
4 posts
Do people write fan letters anymore? Or have they been replaced by replies on twitter? If the majority of fan mail is anywhere as insipid as the bulk of @[celebrity]’s I see on twitter, well, I suppose there’s a reason why we are fans and not successful in our own right.
And before the internet, how did people know where to send fan mail? Was it addressed to “Clark Gable, c/o...
January 2012
9 posts
December 2011
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November 2011
10 posts
Last week I went to a restaurant in Houston, and was feeling like ordering a burger, when the owner told us that the burgers weren’t really all that. He recommended the sliders instead. And when the owner tells you not to buy his product, its hard not to trust that opinion.
Over the summer, I wanted to see “Cowboys & Aliens,” but missed it in the theaters. I like westerns,...
October 2011
5 posts
Sealed With Wax.
kevinnuut:
Today I considered mailing hand-written expressions of gratitude for every ‘like’ and ‘reply’ that I received from my peers of social networking. I think they’d all end up feeling pretty appreciative for being my Internet friend.
We could save the US Postal Service like this.
Yesterday I went to Sprouts on a whim with my mom (Lulu), we were next door at Michael’s, and decided that since we were so close, we’d go in to pick up beets and stuff for sandwiches. I was paying for the groceries when Lulu tossed one of those packets of superfood cure-all green powder and said I just had to buy it, it will help my mood, energy etc etc etc. I was asking lulu a ton of...
September 2011
7 posts
After leaving the Met and stepping onto Fifth Avenue, Guinness was approached by a young man, who requested that she pose for a photograph with him. Guinness submitted, looking mildly beleaguered at having been recognized. “I thought the scarf would help,” she said, with a sigh, after the young man had left. She often wears a veil: “What’s great is tying a bit of net around your face, and...
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August 2011
7 posts
This is the part after a commercial, where I slowly try to piece my life back together and rejoin civilization. Sleeping more than five hours a night, putting fresh food in the fridge, trying to find friends again.
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neighborhoodr-austin:
APD searches South Austin for roaming buffalo
And someone told me they saw coyote in their yard last week. The animals are reclaiming their land.
July 2011
8 posts
