http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just came back from an evening at the Pritzker listening to these guys and dancing our heads off. Megan, you should have been there—they would have banished your blues in a heartbeat. Erica, do you know how to tango? http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/27/bajofondo/ Erica tagged me to do this meme, and while this kind of thing isn't my favorite species of viral Internet phenomenon, I do like saying the word meme, and I also like Erica a lot. Additionally, I am lazy and haven't written the post I was intending to write last ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/26/i-guess-im-it/ After nearly two weeks of what turned out to be an utterly charming holiday filled with a bountifulness of dear, dear friends and family, I am back in the land of the to-do list. Yesterday I pissed the hours away on Flickr and Facebook, but today I strapped myself into ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/22/back-in-the-land-of-the-to-do-list/ http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/20/offering/ I've seen more friends and eaten more delicious restaurant meals in the past six days than I have in the past six months. Since I last checked in I have seen Liz's long hair. I have coveted Steph's boots. I have clinked glasses with Anya. I have heard Jo's laugh. ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/14/overloaded/ Today was a day of wandering, memories, and familiar navigation ("If I got off the train here and walked this way, I'd end up where I used to do that"). It was a strange, sweet, sad sensation; vacation as reunion. And my bookends, well, those were the best parts of ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/11/bookends/ 1) Eaten an amazingly intense dinner of bean curd skins stuffed with crab, spicy shrimp salad, and sweet/hot whole fried cod at my favorite Thai restaurant in Brookline. 2) Drunk obscene amounts of white wine. 3) Gone ocean kayaking under the beautiful sun (Hi, tough shit arm muscles. So glad ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/10/things-ive-done-since-friday-a-partial-list/ When altering an alarm on a cell phone so that instead of reading "2:37pm" (whereupon it is used to wake you from a peaceful afternoon nap) it reads "4:45am" (a time that will allow you to rise with plenty of minutes in which to shower, eat and kiss your husband ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/08/travel-psa/ I'm leaving tomorrow, very early, for Boston. Wish me luck. And if you like, you can read this while you're waiting for me. It's not the piece of writing I'm proudest of producing over the past year, but it does have the somewhat delightful distinction of being the first paid ... http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/07/feels-like-im-going-back-in-time/ http://sonic.wordnerd.org/blog/2008/08/02/something-old-something-round-something-metal-something-ground/