Eating:<\/u> Better than last week. So far. Lots of bananas. Monkey-loving girls can never have too many bananas.<\/p>\n
Making:<\/u> This week? Absofuckinglutely nothing. Maybe over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Reading:<\/u> Dad’s and my challenge <\/a>book for the month, “The New Granta Book of the American Short Story” edited by Richard Ford<\/strong>, a behemoth of a collection, way too heavy to read in transit. I didn’t think the first three or so were very good choices, but after that it really picked up and now I can’t put it down. I mean when I’m at home, sitting down, with the book resting on a pillow or table, THEN I can’t put it down. So since I’m not carrying that fucker around, on the El I’m reading “Absurdistan” by Gary Shteyngart <\/strong>which is really hilarious<\/em>. Solidly in the “Confederacy of Dunces” tradition. I am picturing the main character as a (much) fatter Kevin Smith. If you listen to SModcasts and then read this book, I think you’ll see why.<\/p>\n Watching:<\/u> Almost nothing. (I mean BSG every night but at this point, does that even count?) I’m supposedly going to start watching Band of Brothers <\/strong>(CCB, can you guess why????). But I’ve been carrying around disc one for a couple days now and haven’t managed to pop it in yet.<\/p>\n Listening:<\/u> The new Beck “Modern Guilt”<\/strong> (good!), the awesome mix I just made per Juno’s request, another new Joseph Arthur EP “Vagabond Skies”<\/strong> (Love.It.), the most talked about rap album of the year Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III”<\/strong> (fun!), and still listening to Fleet Foxes <\/strong>, Sea Wolf <\/strong> and Matt Costa <\/strong>a lot as well. Plus today I am listening to “Nightswimming” from an old, old beloved album (R.E.M. “Automatic for the People”<\/strong>) after a eulogy in the April issue of Paste brought it to mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eating: Better than last week. So far. Lots of bananas. Monkey-loving girls can never have too many bananas. Making: This week? Absofuckinglutely nothing. Maybe over the weekend. Reading: Dad’s and my challenge book for the month, “The New Granta Book … Continue reading