10 Nov

Ever the sentimentalist

cbk:

Me: I’m just saying, very few people think about their relationships in terms of the potentially devastating sacrifices they’re making in order to be with that person.
My roommate: You should write Hallmark cards.

09 Nov

Dear AT&T,

It would be lovely to

  • call you and reach someone in less than twenty-five minutes,
  • call you without your automated answering services hanging up on me,
  • or be able to speak to the first service representative who answers instead of being transferred once or twice thereafter only to be placed on hold again.

And, you know.  If one day I could call you *once* about a problem in order to have it addressed, instead of three, four, five, or six times, I would be very impressed, especially if in addressing the initial problem, your service representatives did not create two or three new ones in error.

Sincerely, exhaustedly, exasperatedly, and without much hope,

Glynnis

09 Nov
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Plays: 83

“Periodically Triple” - Yo La Tengo

08 Nov
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It still has the names on all the boxes!  Handwritten, too.  On the side it says it’s from Carlisle, PA, 1959.

08 Nov
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Today I went to an estate sale and brought home a piece of post office.  Now I finally have some place besides old suitcases to store my letters and stationery, once I get it clean.  Also, I finally own a piece of post office.  It’s not quite as extensively awesome as say, the full-sized, gold-framed-window, 100+ box wooden post office facade that’s for sale at the antique market in Wetumpka, Alabama, but, you know…baby steps.

08 Nov
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The entire Beatles back catalog is now set to release in digital format Dec. 7th on a 16gb flash drive shaped like an apple. The price: $279.99.  Both FLAC and 320kb MP3 formats will be included.

(via ericdmcd & evrt)

08 Nov

cbk:

sblack:

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)

I think Lauryn Hill is one of the coolest people to ever walk the face of the Earth. This video! This video!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill should be canonized as one of the classic feminist texts.

Word.

07 Nov

Last night's dinner party

Fall salad with roasted beets, cinnamon cranberry chèvre, pears, toasted walnuts, and vinaigrette

Butternut squash risotto

Fesenjan

Key lime pie with twice the lime juice and sour cream topping

Thanks to everyone for coming to eat!

05 Nov
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I’m about to trot off to the local jazz dive for some music after Tuscaloosa’s “First Thursday” — our once-a-month art night here in town.  But before I do, I want to hold myself accountable.  There are so many exciting things to talk about!  Here are a few I want to get to:

  • This guy.  Whose signed books I’m holding.  He gave a really wonderful talk tonight before a show of his work on campus.  Any NYers out there that are interested in seeing it, he’s got a show coming up near you.
  • Kjeld Ejstrup, a Danish man who recently was part of an art show without realizing it.
  • The South and what I think about it these days.

05 Nov

Happy Guy Fawkes Day, y’all.  Let’s burn stuff!

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