December 2010
7 Deadly Sins
Pride. Seven great things about yourself.
I enjoy a wide variety of music and my tastes change daily. Tonight, I’m liking anything classical piano.
I am into dry and dark humor, though the incredibly stupid does amuse me too.
I can paint a mean portrait from time to time.
I am skilled academically.
Is this seven yet?
My first crush was on Adam Sandler.
I hate talking about things...
November 2010
Fifteen authors (poets included) who’ve influenced you and will always stick with you. Quickly list the first fifteen you can recall.
Truman Capote (In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons, essays, etc.)
Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange)
Hunter S. Thompson (Hell’s Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Better Than Sex: The Confessions of a Political Junkie, The Great Shark Hunt,...
Conversation Snippet of the Day
Anonymous: I know what’s going on in the world.
Me: But you don’t read the news.
Anonymous: So…?
Me: Do you even know what happened in the Korean Peninsula yesterday?
Anonymous: Don’t know, don’t care.
Me: North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery into South Korea yesterday and it set off a really serious exchange of fire.
Anonymous: Well, I survived, so...
Today was full of high points.
This morning I had a great cup of coffee and watched Some Like It Hot.
I finally finished the magazine (re-te-rik) today, a project that I put my heart and soul into. It was sent to press this afternoon and I’ll have the first printed issue by next week.
I got an email from New York University expressing interest in me for graduate school.
My brother and I drove back to Cincinnati to see...