I just found a half-eaten cookie wrapped in plastic remnants in one of the outside pockets of my purse. That I bought (and then ate half of) in Japan. In March. Sweet. Dessert’s on me tonight, ladies. Mwah ha ha ha ha.
Daily Archives: May 2, 2008
Lyrics of the Afternoon
Not only does it have an awesome beeboppy ’60s feelin’ to it, but also there are a LOT of good lines in The Magnetic Fields “Too Drunk to Dream” (from Distortion, a pretty kickin’ album that sonically certainly lives up to its name) but here are three of my faves:
I’ve got to get too drunk to dream because I only dream of you.
I’ve got to get too pissed to miss you or I’ll never get to sleep.
I’ve got to get too fried to cry or I’ll be crying all night long.
Mmmm, making me thirsty.
À la Super Eggplant, currently, I am…
Eating: Loads of crap-ass horrible-for-you but oh-so-good-tasting food.
Making: Not a motherfucking thing.
Reading: Finishing up “Slam” by Nick Hornby so I can move on to the May challenge book before Dad gets too far ahead of me!!! (Finished April in the nick of time but haven’t written it up yet.)
Watching: This week’s episodes of: Bros & Sis (middling); Bones (eh, stupid babies); Gossip Girl (hmm OK); How I Met Your Mother (awesome); CSI NY (lame); CSI (awesome); Lost (motherfucking awesomely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!); The Office (pretty good); 30 Rock (eh); Grey’s (sucked ass). Did I watch anything else this week? I just can’t remember.
Listening: New albums from The Weepies (yes!); Madonna (some!); Fleet Foxes (LOVE!); and lots of other stuff (check several recent Tunes posts).
Cover of the Day…and Some Other Recommendations
“I Should Have Known Better” – She & Him (Zoey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Beatles done alt-country style. Sweet. Zoey D = the next June Carter Cash?
Other singles (but not covers) I’m diggin’:
- “She Loves Everybody” Chester French
- “Tick of Time” The Kooks
- “Roadway Hymn” La Rocca
- “Heart of Mine” Peter Salett*
*So I’ve been rewatching Keeping the Faith lately. So what. You SHOULD be too.
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for April.
Bought:
- A Plea for Eros, by Siri Hustvedt
- Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos
- The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow
- Seven Notebooks, by Campbell McGrath (poetry)
- Fade Away, by Harlan Coben
- Back Spin, by Harlan Coben
- The Last Kashmiri Rose, by Barbara Cleverly
- The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder
Read:
- The Watchman, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais
- Drop Shot, by Harlan Coben
- Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos
- The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
- Fade Away, by Harlan Coben
- The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch
- Back Spin, by Harlan Coben