September 26, 2008

week 39.08

add two parts mellow scarlet palindrome

food: organic toaster pastries
drink: leffe brune
video: mighty mouse (kaufman)
sleep: 61 hours
fires: didn't see any... not even during the debate
film: king corn (woolf)
reading: street signs chicago (bowden & kreinberg)

quote: i set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. i knew i belonged here. (oprah winfrey)

September 19, 2008

week 38.08

from further north than you and other egoistic yawnings…

food: pizza
drink: coffee
video: heartbreaker (metronomy)
sleep: 37 hours
fires: no fires, but the flood aftermath
film: black sheep (king)
reading: boss (royko)

quote: the policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder. (richard j. daley)

September 12, 2008

week 37.08

another anniversary and other random (?) acts of blindness

food: beans and rice
drink: apple and rhubarb juice
video: the waldo ultimatum (the imponderables)
sleep: 28 hours
fires: no fires, many floods
film: manufacturing consent (achbar & wintonick)
reading: never a city so real (kotlowitz)

quote: the avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a phd. (nelson algren)

September 5, 2008

week 36.08

our memories will be open while under construction

food: sushi-eating
drink: latte-drinking
video: the gloaming (huang)
sleep: 33 hours
fires: none
film: sicko (moore)
reading: never a city so real (kotlowitz)

quote: when i was younger, i could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon i shall be so i cannot remember any but the things that never happened. (mark twain)