Kew the selectively deaf realtor
Kew’s only annoying characteristic was her selective deafness. She listened to and internalized everything I said I liked about an apartment (sunlit windows, modern kitchen, spacious closets) but every time I brought up my price ceiling it was like I hadn’t said anything at all. The first studio she showed me, a postage stamp of … Read more
You are not poet enough to summon up its riches
This view from Irving Ave in Bushwick Saturday night is a reminder that a) you don’t need to be on a tropical beach to enjoy a beautiful sunset and b) I need a better camera. On a semi-related note, the most inspirational quote I read this week (and possibly this month) was in a collection … Read more
Pynchon in Public Day!
It’s Pynchon in Public Day, which means that in lieu of the famously reclusive author himself appearing in public, you should take one of his books with you on the subway, to a café, or in any other public place (or try any of these fourteen other ideas). If you’ve started and stopped any of … Read more
A Brooklyn beach
- When you address a letter in a smudgy pen and terrible handwriting, these interestingly-employed people suffer. – This week a friend and I took a free Urban Oyster tour of the South Street Seaport post-Sandy (I was embarrassed how little I already knew) and visited Molasses Books, which trades books for beer, wine, and … Read more
April included these things.
1. Somewhere in early April: started following BookPairings, whose author does these monthly (and weekly) wrap-ups. Weekly seems excessive (that would average 33-50% of my weekly posts) but in keeping with self-reviewing I’m down with monthly wrap-ups. 2. April 20 was Record Store Day. J&R only let each customer take one vinyl, and by the time we got … Read more
DailyChapter I
I didn’t speak to Marina for almost a year after she got DailyChapter. I ignored her texts, blocked her on Facebook, and avoided the bi-monthly reunion drinks unless I knew she was out of town. I thought I was being discreet, but in retrospect it was probably obvious how consumed I was by a fiercely … Read more
Winding buildings
This week I read/heard/saw: I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living - a direct, honest unburdening on Grimes’ Tumblr. “Turn It Around” by Lucius The Sopranos series finale – but only watch this if you’ve got about 80 free hours for the preamble.
Self-hosting
Being a control freak with too much spare time on my hands, I’m trying to move this site from WordPress.com hosting to WordPress.org self-hosting. Until about an hour ago, I assumed that upgrading to whatever version of WordPress gave me the http://www.lemoncoin.com domain meant that whenever I had the energy and desire to control every … Read more
You Need YouCliff
I hate questions that start with “Have you seen that Youtube video where—?” If you haven’t seen the video, to watch it immediately is almost always socially or technologically impractical. So if you’re the only one in the circle who has never seen it, the conversation goes on without you. Then what? Try and remember … Read more
Beach season
Sunday reading: – “Ordinary Super Powers“: Scott Adams of Dilbert argues that one of the keys to success is not being able to feel embarrassment. It’s a good argument, but I tried to try it at a party and discovered that I’ll need to scale some Great-Wall-sized neurotic hurdles before I’m impervious to shame. – “Hey … Read more
