“ Donning a dinner jacket at the rate of a lesser Gatsby, drinking more sangria than Hemingway, and popping aspirin with the ease of certain sixties neurotics.
A line from Alessandro Piperno’s amazing novel The Worst Intensions. Anyone that knows me can tell you that dropping allusions to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway in the same sentence is the fastest way straight into my heart.
This is a painting that’s in the lobby of the company I’m working for right now that was done by the daughter of the guy who owns it. It appears as if there are two people having sex on a cliff over looking the water. That’s my interpretation of it anyways.
“ Hey! I knew you was in town. Jason Bourne, right? Want some peanuts?
A homeless guy I met on the street today
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Coconut Records - Easy Girl
Coconut Records is an album that Jason Schwartzman came out with a few years ago. I listened to this song today at work at least 15 times. I don’t know why I was so magically drawn to it today.
Reasons why Julia Stiles is great:
- She’s adorable
- She got a degree in English from Columbia University
- What else do you need?
Aesop Rock is coming to Chicago to play at the Abbey Pub on August 23rd. I made a Muxtape of some of my favorite songs of his so that people can get a sample of what he’s like. If you like what you hear and want to go with me a ticket is $20. I can honestly say that he puts on one of the best rap shows I’ve ever seen. If you’re interested let me know.
Tomorrow my careless (and also job and money less) summer comes to an end. I am entering the world as a 9-5 working stiff. I will be temping at a company in the loop, and I can only hope that my experience will be as funny and entertaining as Ryan the temp from The Office.
