Sunday, February 04, 2007
NYT leisure pages. fashion, dining, home & gardening, wedding announcements. the Modern Love column above all, of course! almost always good for tight shorts that feel like they're plucked out of longer stories. most of the time when i'm done the first question that springs to mind is, Is this for real?!.. as a followup to an invisible shudder that wonders who'd publish this sort of truth, i guess. have even developed a bit of a routine - halfway through i'd often feel compelled to check the author's little writeup at the end, first. won't go as far as to say this adds depth or engagement to the rest of the story, it's just always something i feel like i need to do. i've only gone further to Google these folks a couple of times though, because it's nice not knowing any more (whether the stories could be real, or not). mildly romantic, if you will, since it's not particularly important to unturn every damn stone.this week's article. look it up! The usual question/shudder apply. if you've seen Closer, you might enjoy it.. or not. keep away if you're feeling funky, it's not going to dispel any blues. i was curious enough look Andy Christie up though, the morning after too. The Liar Show's got raving reviews. "4 storytellers, 3 truths, 1 pack of lies", hmm. What are the chances now?
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feels like february's finally giving the year a welcome shakeup, vg. have a number of small projects to mull over - even better!! at least now it doesn't seem like the days are wasted on me.
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dropped out of the snaking line at the university bookstore today figuring that it'd be a wiser use of time to browse. i have truman capote's first novel now! found and published only quite recently. the dude died in between this pair of birthdays.. Aug 1984 is the date. also got my first play, since sec1 lit hardly counts. both are slightly salacious, tsk. perhaps i ought to have stayed put in the queue?
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lessons this semester are actually engaging. then again, i say that almost every semester until the exams roll around and headsmashing becomes blood(il)y attractive. coolly sat in for an undergrad year2 class on the Chinese Legal System today - felt good to be taught, better to be learning, and v grown up for wanting to cluck at kiddos who really ought to waste their time in more unconstructive ways than sniggering at bright and only slowly-coherent profs! the dude's improved tons since the last semester.. but what do those children know.
evelyn at 3:54 PM
8 Comments
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at 7:44 PM
said... i like the way the web story spans across two pages and it fits exactly. chapter one ends on page 1 and you don't expect more but the second page is where the surprise is.
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at 5:17 PM
said...
hey dear! how's the cantonese going!?
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at 3:16 PM
said...
hellooo guess who you see on friday! guess guess! hee.
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at 11:59 PM
evelyn said... eq: haiy. heh.
Anon: oh i don't know, but no guesses who i get to see BEFORE friday. hahah aren't you annoyed already. TOO BAD. SEE YOU (who???) AT FIVE, welcome or not.-
at 10:39 AM
said...
wah woman you are SO asking for it.
WHO pray tell are you seeing before friday?? who??
huh, huh, ?!-
at 5:57 AM
evelyn said...
eq: can't believe i took you so literally in my last reply. it's all good (aside from the cantonese) and/because i'm going home for a spot! you are returning this summer? or are grad school plans already in order? hmm perhaps this should go into an email.
no, huh only rhymes with ma. which also works, but only sort of. HAIYA. i was going to be cool and not reply at all. but there, you get to do that instead.-
at 9:59 AM
said...
you tempt me, you know i've never been the cool one.
so if huh rhymes with ma,
then
hark, rhymes with, ?!-
at 6:14 PM
evelyn said...
Anon, I love you. We'll get to muck around like this LIVE. soon.
heh!