January 2012
5 posts
December 2011
3 posts
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
WatchTexas Monthly is running a short film contest called “Where I’m From.” My friend Stuart is one of the finalists — his video is embedded above. Watch his, click on the link, watch the others and go vote!
Carmageddon: Bicyclists start crosstown race... →
shaneguiter:
The plane versus peddles crosstown dash was born when a pair of bloggers dared an urban bicyclists’ club to take on JetBlue after it offered $4 one-way flights from Burbank to Long Beach. The airline offered the deal for folks who want to fly over the traffic mayhem predicted during “Carmageddon,” the weekend closure of 10 miles of the 405 Freeway.
“It’s going good. We got the...
I have a 5:15a call time on set. That wakemate is sounding more and more appealing.
June 2011
11 posts
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Yesterday I was spelling my email address to someone over the phone.
“So, it’s just like my name, chia berry. c-h-i-a-b-e-r-r-y. “
“Okay maam, now is that D as in dog or B as in berry?”
“Uhhh….berry….”
