January 2012
13 posts
“When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can...”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden (via bookmania)
THIS BOOK. Good God, this book. I would like to have a book club dedicated to discussing only this book for a year.
As of 12 50PM on Monday the 16th of January...
I have gotten rid of facebook. Yee haw. Anyone interested in remaining in contact with me (and who didn’t get a chance to message me via facebook) should send me contact info through my ask box.
Now to post photos from my hut trip.
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Shameless self-promotion of the day →
Myself and a few friends from Chapman are starting a blog. We’ll post things as often as they get written; ideally once a month. Theoretically there will be themes for each posting. The article currently on there was written for the prompt “displacement” - writing about living in new surroundings. I have a slightly more thoughtful essay about my move out here, but it’s...
Personalized reccomendations... →
a bookstore owner in Tokyo runs a bookstore that carries no bestsellers or blockbuster books, just hundreds of books he knows quite well, and then does personal recommendations based on his customers’ taste.
I can only hope that he lasts.
No one cares you're a local... →
Unless you actually are a local, in which case, you care very much about growing up and still living in a town that hundreds of people move to every year. There’s a mentality in Steamboat from people who’ve been here for a while that’s very “look-down-your-nose-at-the-move-ins”. This seems to be a pattern in towns all over the Western US, and though this article...
December 2011
10 posts
Amazon.com sinks to below the belt lows →
Last week, Amazon ran a special suggesting that their customers use independent bookstores to find books they wanted, scan the ISBNs, and then send that information to Amazon, earning them a $5 discount on their order.
Scummy.
So here’s an article written by someone a mite more articulate than me, but just as angry. And if you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping, go give a local...
Sarah Maple Documentary →
dammitjean:
nwroth:
A friend of mine from Chapman is working on a documentary about a controversial Islamic artist from Sussex - Sarah Maple. The class is will be shooting in January 2012 and needs some funds in order to get across the pond. Here’s a link to their page complete with lots of information about their plan for the doc, as well as more info on Maple.
Signal boost! Sounds...
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It's the 50th anniversary of the publication of a...
Here’s to the book that:
~showed me the merits of the sci-fi genre. ~gave me my first female author I liked. ~taught me to enjoy series. ~made me terrified to look anyone directly in the eye for most of my formative years.
Japanese female wrestlers from the '80s! →
A brief article I contributed to for one Joey Halegua’s blog. Check it out - other writers are Robert Sobel, Greg Johnson, Mikey Bulanti, and Joey himself.
Sarah Maple Documentary →
A friend of mine from Chapman is working on a documentary about a controversial Islamic artist from Sussex - Sarah Maple. The class is will be shooting in January 2012 and needs some funds in order to get across the pond. Here’s a link to their page complete with lots of information about their plan for the doc, as well as more info on Maple.
The guy in the video ended up getting tased at the... →
But hey, how many other people can say that they got arrested for going on a 10-hour horseback adventure which included rides on hiking trails on the mountain across the river, several stops at bars around town, and Safeway for a bag of chips, purchased on horseback?
Watch the video. And look at the store manager’s face.
The North Cascades gets national (?) coverage! →
NPR article on cleaning up the copper mine at Holden Village. Hopefully things go all right with this and Holden doesnt’ crash and burn because of the recovery crew overrunning the village.
November 2011
15 posts
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'I Want My Hat Back': Tenth Doctor Edition
thebattricycle:
whatsthematter-graverobber:
Oh. My God. A+ Forever and ever amen.
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A thought on where I live.
Only in Steamboat are your chances of having sex with an Olympian higher than your chances of having sex with a virgin.
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Just got back from four days in the desert...
…the fabulous, unspeakably bleak, terrifying, beautiful desert of Canyonlands, Needles, Islands in the Sky, and Arches National Money-Mint. (monument - sorry I also read Desert Solitaire out there).
Photos to follow - if tumblr still exists.
I'm not sure if it's bandwaggoning if you listened...
but I have had Foster the People’s Torches on repeat on my iPod for almost two weeks now. And it is damn good - Pumped Up Kicks is probably the least best…for lack of a better word.
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Ten literary trends that need to go away.
From Shelf Awareness…
Lackluster graphic novel/comic book adaptations
“Self-help” guides doing more harm than good
Bandwagon-jumping
Self-indulgent celebrity memoirs
“Revolutionary” diet plans
Celebrity authors who just can’t write
“Women’s literature” with reductionist views of women
Remixing the classics
Assuming genre fiction has...
Happy Movember
Good things happened today
roommate got here after one hell of a road trip
roommate’s ride is staying over. I haven’t seen either of these guys in months.
went skiing today at Loveland Pass. Despite five runs and two chairs, it was pretty fun, and I got some good advice on improving my form from the guy I went with.
windows got caulked, just in time for the first heavy snow of...
October 2011
20 posts
TOM MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER ALL OF THE TIME.
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Halloween weekend is five days long in...
electrimafried:
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the riiight
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tiiight
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insaaane
Let’s do the time warp again
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and I’m kicking it off by carving another pumpkin, drinking mulled wine, and watching this film with some friends.
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“The world used to be a better place, back when we had people like Bob Hope,...”
– My father, the comedian.
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Today...
a conversation with my mother revealed that she met Edward Abbey when she was in her early 20s.
What the hell, mom - how did you let me get to 23 before just casually mentioning, “Oh yeah, I was rafting the Colorado around the same time he was working in Moab and writing Desert Solitaire.”
What the hell.
An excellent response to NOM's recent appointment... →
Dani Sanchez-Lopez, my hat’s off to you.